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Zend Framework 2 Documentation

Release 2.2.2dev

Zend Technologies Ltd.

June 12, 2013

CONTENTS

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Overview Installation Getting Started with Zend Framework 2 3.1 Some assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 The tutorial application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting started: A skeleton application 4.1 Virtual host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Error reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modules 5.1 Setting up the Album module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Informing the application about our new module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Routing and controllers Create the controller 7.1 Initialise the view scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Database and models 8.1 The database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 The model les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 Using ServiceManager to congure the table gateway and inject into the AlbumTable . 8.4 Back to the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 Listing albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Styling and Translations

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10 Forms and actions 10.1 Adding new albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 Editing an album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 Deleting an album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 Ensuring that the home page displays the list of albums . 11 Conclusion

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12 Zend Framework Tool (ZFTool) 12.1 Installation using Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12.2 Manual installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 Without installation, using the PHAR le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Learning Dependency Injection 13.1 Very brief introduction to Di. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 Very brief introduction to Di Container. . . . . . . . . . 13.3 Simplest usage case (2 classes, one consumes the other) 13.4 Simplest Usage Case Without Type-hints . . . . . . . . 13.5 Simplest usage case with Compiled Denition . . . . . 13.6 Creating a precompiled denition for others to use . . . 13.7 Using Multiple Denitions From Multiple Sources . . . 13.8 Generating Service Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Unit Testing a Zend Framework 2 application 14.1 Setting up the tests directory . . . . . . . . . 14.2 Bootstrapping your tests . . . . . . . . . . . 14.3 Your rst controller test . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 A failing test case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5 Conguring the service manager for the tests 14.6 Testing actions with POST . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 Testing model entities . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 Testing model tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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15 Using the EventManager 15.1 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3 Shared managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Wildcards 17 Listener aggregates 17.1 Introspecting results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 Short-ciruiting listener execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3 Keeping it in order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4 Custom event objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.5 Putting it together: Implementing a simple caching system 17.6 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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18 Advanced Conguration Tricks 18.1 System conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.2 Module Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3 Conguration merging workow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using Zend\Navigation in your Album Module 19.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 Setting Up Zend\Navigation . . . . . . . . 19.3 Conguring our Site Map . . . . . . . . . 19.4 Adding the Menu View Helper . . . . . . . 19.5 Adding Breadcrumbs . . . . . . . . . . . .

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20 Using Zend\Paginator in your Album Module 20.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.2 Modifying the AlbumTable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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20.3 Modifying the AlbumController . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.4 Updating the View Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.5 Creating the Pagination Control Partial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using the PaginationControl View Helper

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22 Setting up a database adapter 101 22.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 22.2 Basic setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 22.3 Setting a static adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 23 Migration from Zend Framework 1 103

24 Namespacing Old Classes 105 24.1 Namespacing a ZF1 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 24.2 HOWTO Namespace Your Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 25 Running Zend Framework 2 and Zend Framework 1 in parallel 25.1 Use ZF2 in a ZF1 project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 Use ZF1 in a ZF2 project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 Run ZF1 and ZF2 together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Introduction to Zend\Authentication 26.1 Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.3 Identity Persistence . . . . . . . 26.4 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 109 110 110 113 113 114 115 118

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27 Database Table Authentication 121 27.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 27.2 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 27.3 Advanced Usage: Persisting a DbTable Result Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 28 Digest Authentication 28.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 Specics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 HTTP Authentication Adapter 29.1 Introduction . . . . . . . 29.2 Design Overview . . . . . 29.3 Conguration Options . . 29.4 Resolvers . . . . . . . . . 29.5 Basic Usage . . . . . . . 127 127 127 127 129 129 129 129 130 131 133 133 133 135 136 138 138

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30 LDAP Authentication 30.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 The API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4 Server Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 Collecting Debugging Messages . . . 30.6 Common Options for Specic Servers

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31 Authentication Validator 141 31.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 31.2 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 iii

32 Introduction to Zend\Barcode

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33 Barcode creation using Zend\Barcode\Barcode class 145 33.1 Using Zend\Barcode\Barcode::factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 33.2 Drawing a barcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 33.3 Rendering a barcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 34 Zend\Barcode\Barcode Objects 149 34.1 Common Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 34.2 Common Additional Getters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 35 Description of shipped barcodes 35.1 Zend\Barcode\Object\Error . . . . . . . 35.2 Zend\Barcode\Object\Code128 . . . . . 35.3 Zend\Barcode\Object\Codabar . . . . . . 35.4 Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25 . . . . . . 35.5 Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25interleaved 35.6 Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean2 . . . . . . . 35.7 Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean5 . . . . . . . 35.8 Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean8 . . . . . . . 35.9 Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean13 . . . . . . . 35.10 Zend\Barcode\Object\Code39 . . . . . . 35.11 Zend\Barcode\Object\Identcode . . . . . 35.12 Zend\Barcode\Object\Itf14 . . . . . . . . 35.13 Zend\Barcode\Object\Leitcode . . . . . . 35.14 Zend\Barcode\Object\Planet . . . . . . . 35.15 Zend\Barcode\Object\Postnet . . . . . . 35.16 Zend\Barcode\Object\Royalmail . . . . . 35.17 Zend\Barcode\Object\Upca . . . . . . . 35.18 Zend\Barcode\Object\Upce . . . . . . . 153 153 153 153 154 154 154 155 155 155 156 156 156 157 157 157 158 158 158

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36 Zend\Barcode Renderers 161 36.1 Common Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 36.2 Zend\Barcode\Renderer\Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 36.3 Zend\Barcode\Renderer\Pdf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 37 Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter 37.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.2 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.3 Basic Conguration Options . . . . . 37.4 The StorageInterface . . . . . . . . . 37.5 The AvailableSpaceCapableInterface 37.6 The TotalSpaceCapableInterface . . . 37.7 The ClearByNamespaceInterface . . 37.8 The ClearByPrexInterface . . . . . 37.9 The ClearExpiredInterface . . . . . . 37.10 The FlushableInterface . . . . . . . . 37.11 The IterableInterface . . . . . . . . . 37.12 The OptimizableInterface . . . . . . 37.13 The TaggableInterface . . . . . . . . 37.14 The Apc Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 37.15 The Dba Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 37.16 The Filesystem Adapter . . . . . . . 37.17 The Memcached Adapter . . . . . . 37.18 The Memory Adapter . . . . . . . . iv 163 163 163 164 164 166 166 166 167 167 167 167 167 168 168 169 170 171 172

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The WinCache Adapter . . . The XCache Adapter . . . . . The ZendServerDisk Adapter The ZendServerShm Adapter Examples . . . . . . . . . . .

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38 Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities 38.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 Available Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin 39.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.2 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.3 The ClearExpiredByFactor Plugin 39.4 The ExceptionHandler Plugin . . 39.5 The IgnoreUserAbort Plugin . . . 39.6 The OptimizeByFactor Plugin . . 39.7 The Serializer Plugin . . . . . . . 39.8 Available Methods . . . . . . . . 39.9 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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45 Zend\Cache\Pattern\CaptureCache 45.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.2 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . 45.3 Conguration Options . . . . . 45.4 Available Methods . . . . . . . 45.5 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Introduction to Zend\Captcha 47 Captcha Operation 48 CAPTCHA Adapters 48.1 Zend\Captcha\AbstractWord 48.2 Zend\Captcha\Dumb . . . . 48.3 Zend\Captcha\Figlet . . . . 48.4 Zend\Captcha\Image . . . . 48.5 Zend\Captcha\ReCaptcha .

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49 Introduction to Zend\Cong 213 49.1 Using Zend\Cong\Cong with a Reader Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 49.2 Using Zend\Cong\Cong with a PHP Conguration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 50 Theory of Operation 51 Zend\Cong\Reader 51.1 Zend\Cong\Reader\Ini . 51.2 Zend\Cong\Reader\Xml 51.3 Zend\Cong\Reader\Json 51.4 Zend\Cong\Reader\Yaml 215 217 217 218 219 220 223 223 224 225 225 226 229 229 229 230 230 231

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52 Zend\Cong\Writer 52.1 Zend\Cong\Writer\Ini . . . . 52.2 Zend\Cong\Writer\Xml . . . 52.3 Zend\Cong\Writer\PhpArray 52.4 Zend\Cong\Writer\Json . . . 52.5 Zend\Cong\Writer\Yaml . .

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53 Zend\Cong\Processor 53.1 Zend\Cong\Processor\Constant . 53.2 Zend\Cong\Processor\Filter . . 53.3 Zend\Cong\Processor\Queue . . 53.4 Zend\Cong\Processor\Token . . 53.5 Zend\Cong\Processor\Translator

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54 The Factory 233 54.1 Loading conguration le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 54.2 Storing conguration le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 55 Introduction to Zend\Console 235 55.1 Writing console routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 55.2 Handling console requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 55.3 Adding console usage info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 56 Console routes and routing 241 56.1 Router conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 56.2 Basic route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 vi

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59 Console adapters 263 59.1 Retrieving console adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 59.2 Using console adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 60 Console prompts 60.1 Conrm . . 60.2 Line . . . . 60.3 Char . . . 60.4 Select . . . 267 267 268 268 269 271 273

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61 Introduction to Zend\Crypt 62 Encrypt/decrypt using block ciphers

63 Key derivation function 275 63.1 Pbkdf2 adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 63.2 SaltedS2k adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 63.3 Scrypt adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 64 Password 279 64.1 Bcrypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 64.2 Apache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 65 Public key cryptography 283 65.1 Dife-Hellman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 65.2 RSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 66 Zend\Db\Adapter 66.1 Creating an Adapter - Quickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.2 Creating an Adapter Using Dependency Injection . . . . . . . . 66.3 Query Preparation Through Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter::query() 66.4 Query Execution Through Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter::query() . 66.5 Creating Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 Using the Driver Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.7 Using The Platform Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 Using The Parameter Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.9 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 287 288 288 289 289 289 291 292 293 295 295 296 296 vii

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67 Zend\Db\ResultSet 67.1 Quickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.2 Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet and Zend\Db\ResultSet\AbstractResultSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 Zend\Db\ResultSet\HydratingResultSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

68 Zend\Db\Sql 68.1 Zend\Db\Sql\Sql (Quickstart) . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 Zend\Db\Sqls Select, Insert, Update and Delete 68.3 Zend\Db\Sql\Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 Zend\Db\Sql\Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 Zend\Db\Sql\Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 Zend\Db\Sql\Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 Zend\Db\Sql\Where & Zend\Db\Sql\Having . . 69 Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl 70 Creating Tables 71 Altering Tables 72 Dropping Tables 73 Executing DDL Statements 74 Currently Supported Data Types 75 Currently Supported Constraint Types

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76 Zend\Db\TableGateway 325 76.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 76.2 TableGateway Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 77 Zend\Db\RowGateway 329 77.1 Quickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 77.2 ActiveRecord Style Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 78 Zend\Db\Metadata 331 78.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 79 Introduction to Zend\Di 335 79.1 Dependency Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 79.2 Dependency Injection Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 80 Zend\Di Quickstart 81 Zend\Di Denition 81.1 DenitionList . . . 81.2 RuntimeDenition 81.3 CompilerDenition 81.4 ClassDenition . . 337 341 341 341 342 343 345 345 346 347 349

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82 Zend\Di InstanceManager 82.1 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.2 Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Zend\Di Conguration

84 Zend\Di Debugging & Complex Use Cases 351 84.1 Debugging a DiC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 84.2 Complex Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

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86 Zend\Dom\Query 357 86.1 Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 86.2 Methods Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 87 Introduction to Zend\Escaper 361 87.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 87.2 What Zend\Escaper is not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 88 Theory of Operation 363 88.1 The Problem with Inconsistent Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 88.2 Why Contextual Escaping? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 89 Conguring Zend\Escaper 367

90 Escaping HTML 369 90.1 Examples of Bad HTML Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 90.2 Examples of Good HTML Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 91 Escaping HTML Attributes 371 91.1 Examples of Bad HTML Attribute Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 91.2 Examples of Good HTML Attribute Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 92 Escaping Javascript 375 92.1 Examples of Bad Javascript Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 92.2 Examples of Good Javascript Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 93 Escaping Cascading Style Sheets 377 93.1 Examples of Bad CSS Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 93.2 Examples of Good CSS Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 94 Escaping URLs 379 94.1 Examples of Bad URL Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 94.2 Examples of Good URL Escaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 95 The EventManager 95.1 Overview . . . . . . . 95.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 95.3 Conguration Options 95.4 Available Methods . . 95.5 Examples . . . . . . . 96 Introduction to Zend\Feed 381 381 381 384 384 386 391

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97 Importing Feeds 393 97.1 Dumping the contents of a feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 98 Retrieving Feeds from Web Pages 99 Consuming an RSS Feed 100Consuming an Atom Feed 101Consuming a Single Atom Entry 395 397 399 401

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102Zend\Feed and Security 403 102.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 102.2 Filtering data using HTMLPurier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 102.3 Escaping data using Zend\Escaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 103Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader 103.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.2 Importing Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.3 Retrieving Underlying Feed and Entry Sources 103.4 Cache Support and Intelligent Requests . . . . 103.5 Locating Feed URIs from Websites . . . . . . 103.6 Attribute Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.7 Retrieving Feed Information . . . . . . . . . . 103.8 Retrieving Entry/Item Information . . . . . . . 103.9 Extending Feed and Entry APIs . . . . . . . . 104Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer 104.1 Introduction . . . . . . . 104.2 Architecture . . . . . . . 104.3 Getting Started . . . . . . 104.4 Setting Feed Data Points . 104.5 Setting Entry Data Points 407 407 407 408 409 410 411 411 414 415 421 421 421 422 424 426 429 429 429 430 431 437 437 437 437

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105Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub 105.1 What is PubSubHubbub? . . . . . . . . 105.2 Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.3 Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Publisher . 105.4 Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber

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106Zend\File\ClassFileLocator 106.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.2 Available Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

107Introduction to Zend\Filter 439 107.1 What is a lter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 107.2 Basic usage of lters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 108Using the StaticFilter 441 108.1 Double ltering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 109Standard Filter Classes 109.1 Alnum . . . . . . . . . . . 109.2 Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.3 BaseName . . . . . . . . . 109.4 Boolean . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 Callback . . . . . . . . . . 109.6 Compress and Decompress . 109.7 Digits . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.8 Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.9 Encrypt and Decrypt . . . . 109.10HtmlEntities . . . . . . . . 109.11Int . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.12Null . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.13NumberFormat . . . . . . . 443 443 444 444 445 447 449 454 455 455 461 463 463 464

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109.14PregReplace . 109.15RealPath . . . 109.16StringToLower 109.17StringToUpper 109.18StringTrim . . 109.19StripNewLines 109.20StripTags . . . 109.21UriNormalize .

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110Word Filters 110.1 CamelCaseToDash . . . . 110.2 CamelCaseToSeparator . 110.3 CamelCaseToUnderscore 110.4 DashToCamelCase . . . . 110.5 DashToSeparator . . . . . 110.6 DashToUnderscore . . . . 110.7 SeparatorToCamelCase . 110.8 SeparatorToDash . . . . . 110.9 SeparatorToSeparator . . 110.10UnderscoreToCamelCase 110.11UnderscoreToSeparator . 110.12UnderscoreToDash . . . . 111File Filter Classes 111.1 Decrypt . . . . 111.2 Encrypt . . . . 111.3 Lowercase . . 111.4 Rename . . . . 111.5 RenameUpload 111.6 Uppercase . .

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112Filter Chains 485 112.1 Setting Filter Chain Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 112.2 Using the Plugin Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 113Zend\Filter\Inector 113.1 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.2 Using Custom Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.3 Setting the Inector Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.4 Inection Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.5 Utility Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.6 Using a Traversable or an array with Zend\Filter\Inector 114Writing Filters 115Introduction to Zend\Form 116Form Quick Start 116.1 Programmatic Form Creation . 116.2 Creation via Factory . . . . . . 116.3 Factory-backed Form Extension 116.4 Validating Forms . . . . . . . . 116.5 Hinting to the Input Filter . . . 116.6 Binding an object . . . . . . . . 116.7 Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . 487 487 488 488 489 491 491 493 495 497 497 498 501 503 503 505 507

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116.8 Validation Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 116.9 Using Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 117Form Collections 117.1 Creating Fieldsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.2 The Form Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.3 The Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.4 The View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.5 Adding New Elements Dynamically . . . . . 117.6 Validation groups for eldsets and collection 118File Uploading 118.1 Standard Example . . . . . . 118.2 File Post-Redirect-Get Plugin 118.3 HTML5 Multi-File Uploads . 118.4 Upload Progress . . . . . . . 118.5 Additional Info . . . . . . . . 513 516 520 521 521 522 524 527 527 530 532 533 537 539 539 539 543 545 547 547 547 549 564 577 577 577 588 591

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119Advanced use of forms 119.1 Short names . . . . . . . . . . 119.2 Creating custom elements . . . 119.3 Handling dependencies . . . . . 119.4 The specic case of initializers . 120Form Elements 120.1 Introduction . . . . 120.2 Element Base Class 120.3 Standard Elements . 120.4 HTML5 Elements .

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121Form View Helpers 121.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . 121.2 Standard Helpers . . . . . . . 121.3 HTML5 Helpers . . . . . . . 121.4 File Upload Progress Helpers

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122Overview of Zend\Http 593 122.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 122.2 Zend\Http Request, Response and Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 123The Request Class 123.1 Overview . . . . . . . 123.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 123.3 Conguration Options 123.4 Available Methods . . 123.5 Examples . . . . . . . 124The Response Class 124.1 Overview . . . . . . . 124.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 124.3 Conguration Options 124.4 Available Methods . . 124.5 Examples . . . . . . . 125The Headers Class 595 595 595 596 596 599 601 601 601 602 602 604 607

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126HTTP Client - Overview 126.1 Overview . . . . . . . 126.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 126.3 Conguration Options 126.4 Available Methods . . 126.5 Examples . . . . . . .

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127HTTP Client - Connection Adapters 127.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.2 The Socket Adapter . . . . . . . . . . 127.3 The Proxy Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 127.4 The cURL Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 127.5 The Test Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.6 Creating your own connection adapters

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128HTTP Client - Advanced Usage 128.1 HTTP Redirections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.2 Adding Cookies and Using Cookie Persistence . 128.3 Setting Custom Request Headers . . . . . . . . 128.4 File Uploads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.5 Sending Raw POST Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.6 HTTP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.7 Sending Multiple Requests With the Same Client 128.8 Data Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129HTTP Client - Static Usage 129.1 Overview . . . . . . . 129.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 129.3 Conguration Options 129.4 Available Methods . . 130Translating 130.1 Adding translations . 130.2 Supported formats . 130.3 Setting a locale . . . 130.4 Translating messages 130.5 Caching . . . . . . .

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132I18n Filters 653 132.1 Alnum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 132.2 Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 132.3 NumberFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 133I18n Validators 657

134Float 659 134.1 Supported options for Zend\I18n\Validator\Float . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 134.2 Simple oat validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 134.3 Localized oat validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 135Int 661 135.1 Supported options for Zend\I18n\Validator\Int . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 135.2 Simple integer validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 135.3 Localized integer validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 136Introduction to Zend\InputFilter 137File Upload Input 138Introduction to Zend\Json 663 667 669

139Basic Usage 671 139.1 Pretty-printing JSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 140Advanced Usage of Zend\Json 140.1 JSON Objects . . . . . . 140.2 Encoding PHP objects . . 140.3 Internal Encoder/Decoder 140.4 JSON Expressions . . . . 141XML to JSON conversion 673 673 673 674 674 675

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142Zend\Json\Server - JSON-RPC server 677 142.1 Advanced Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 143Introduction to Zend\Ldap 685 143.1 Theory of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 144API overview 689 144.1 Conguration / options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 144.2 API Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 145Zend\Ldap\Ldap 691 145.1 Zend\Ldap\Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 146Zend\Ldap\Attribute 147Zend\Ldap\Converter\Converter 148Zend\Ldap\Dn 149Zend\Ldap\Filter 150Zend\Ldap\Node 693 695 697 699 701

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154Usage Scenarios 715 154.1 Authentication scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 154.2 Basic CRUD operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 154.3 Extended operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 155Tools 155.1 Creation and modication of DN strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.2 Using the lter API to create search lters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.3 Modify LDAP entries using the Attribute API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Object-oriented access to the LDAP tree using Zend\Ldap\Node 156.1 Basic CRUD operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.2 Extended operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.3 Tree traversal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 719 719 719 721 721 721 721

157Getting information from the LDAP server 723 157.1 RootDSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 157.2 Schema Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 158Serializing LDAP data to and from LDIF 725 158.1 Serialize a LDAP entry to LDIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 158.2 Deserialize a LDIF string into a LDAP entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 159The AutoloaderFactory 159.1 Overview . . . . . . . 159.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 159.3 Conguration Options 159.4 Available Methods . . 159.5 Examples . . . . . . . 160The StandardAutoloader 160.1 Overview . . . . . . . 160.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 160.3 Conguration Options 160.4 Available Methods . . 160.5 Examples . . . . . . . 161The ClassMapAutoloader 161.1 Overview . . . . . . . 161.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 161.3 Conguration Options 161.4 Available Methods . . 161.5 Examples . . . . . . . 729 729 729 730 730 730 731 731 732 733 733 734 735 735 735 735 736 737

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162The ModuleAutoloader 162.1 Overview . . . . . . . 162.2 Quickstart . . . . . . 162.3 Conguration Options 162.4 Available Methods . . 162.5 Examples . . . . . . .

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163The SplAutoloader Interface 163.1 Overview . . . . . . . . 163.2 Quick Start . . . . . . . 163.3 Conguration Options . 163.4 Available Methods . . . 163.5 Examples . . . . . . . . 164The PluginClassLoader 164.1 Overview . . . . . . . 164.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 164.3 Conguration Options 164.4 Available Methods . . 164.5 Examples . . . . . . .

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167The Class Map Generator utility: bin/classmap_generator.php 755 167.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 167.2 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 167.3 Conguration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 168Overview of Zend\Log 168.1 Creating a Log . . . . . . 168.2 Logging Messages . . . . 168.3 Destroying a Log . . . . . 168.4 Using Built-in Priorities . 168.5 Understanding Log Events 168.6 Log PHP Errors . . . . . 169Writers 169.1 Writing to Streams . . . 169.2 Writing to Databases . . 169.3 Writing to FirePHP . . . 169.4 Stubbing Out the Writer 169.5 Testing with the Mock . 169.6 Compositing Writers . . 757 757 758 758 758 759 759 761 761 762 762 763 763 763

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170Filters 765 170.1 Available lters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765 171Formatters 171.1 Simple Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.2 Formatting to XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.3 Formatting to FirePhp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 767 767 768

172Introduction to Zend\Mail 769 172.1 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 172.2 Conguring the default sendmail transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 173Zend\Mail\Message 173.1 Overview . . . . . . . 173.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 173.3 Conguration Options 173.4 Available Methods . . 173.5 Examples . . . . . . . 174Zend\Mail\Transport 174.1 Overview . . . . . . . 174.2 Quick Start . . . . . . 174.3 Conguration Options 174.4 Available Methods . . 174.5 Examples . . . . . . . 771 771 771 773 773 776 777 777 777 778 778 779 781 781 781 783 783 784 785 785 785 785 786 786

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175Zend\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions 175.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.2 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . 175.3 Conguration Options . . . . . 175.4 Available Methods . . . . . . . 175.5 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Zend\Mail\Transport\FileOptions 176.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 176.2 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . 176.3 Conguration Options . . . . 176.4 Available Methods . . . . . . 176.5 Examples . . . . . . . . . . .

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177Introduction to Zend\Math 787 177.1 Random number generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 177.2 Big integers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788 178Zend\Mime 791 178.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 178.2 Static Methods and Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 178.3 Instantiating Zend\Mime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792 179Zend\Mime\Message 179.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.2 Instantiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.3 Adding MIME Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.4 Boundary handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.5 Parsing a string to create a Zend\Mime\Message object 793 793 793 793 793 794

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179.6 Available methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 180Zend\Mime\Part 180.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.2 Instantiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.3 Methods for rendering the message part to a string 180.4 Available methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 795 795 795 796

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181Introduction to the Module System 797 181.1 The autoload_*.php Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 182The Module Manager 799 182.1 Module Manager Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 182.2 Module Manager Listeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 183The Module Class 183.1 A Minimal Module . . . . . . . 183.2 A Typical Module Class . . . . 183.3 The loadModules.post Event 183.4 The MVC bootstrap Event . . 803 803 803 804 805

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184The Module Autoloader 807 184.1 Module Autoloader Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807 184.2 Non-Standard / Explicit Module Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 184.3 Packaging Modules with Phar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 185Best Practices when Creating Modules 186Introduction to the MVC Layer 186.1 Basic Application Structure . . . . . 186.2 Basic Module Structure . . . . . . . 186.3 Bootstrapping an Application . . . . 186.4 Bootstrapping a Modular Application 186.5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 813 813 814 816 818 819 821 821 822 822 823 824 824 826 826 829 829 829 834 836 837 838 839

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187Quick Start 187.1 Install the Zend Skeleton Application . 187.2 Create a New Module . . . . . . . . . 187.3 Update the Module Class . . . . . . . . 187.4 Create a Controller . . . . . . . . . . . 187.5 Create a View Script . . . . . . . . . . 187.6 Create a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.7 Tell the Application About our Module 187.8 Test it Out! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Default Services 188.1 Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . 188.2 ServiceManager . . . . . . . . . . 188.3 Abstract Factories . . . . . . . . . 188.4 Plugin Managers . . . . . . . . . . 188.5 ViewManager . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.6 Application Conguration Options 188.7 Default Conguration Options . . .

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189Routing 843 189.1 Router Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845 xviii

189.2 HTTP Route Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845 189.3 HTTP Routing Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851 189.4 Console Route Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 190The MvcEvent 190.1 Order of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.2 MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP . . . . 190.3 MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE . . . . . . . 190.4 MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH . . . . . 190.5 MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR 190.6 MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER . . . . . . 190.7 MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER_ERROR . 190.8 MvcEvent::EVENT_FINISH . . . . . . . 855 856 856 857 857 859 860 861 862

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191The SendResponseEvent 863 191.1 Listeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863 191.2 Triggerers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863 192Available Controllers 865 192.1 Common Interfaces Used With Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865 192.2 The AbstractActionController . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867 192.3 The AbstractRestfulController . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868 193Controller Plugins 193.1 AcceptableViewModelSelector Plugin 193.2 FlashMessenger Plugin . . . . . . . . 193.3 Forward Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.4 Identity Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.5 Layout Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.6 Params Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.7 Post/Redirect/Get Plugin . . . . . . . 193.8 File Post/Redirect/Get Plugin . . . . 193.9 Redirect Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.10Url Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871 871 872 874 874 875 875 876 876 878 878

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194Examples 879 194.1 Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 194.2 Bootstrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 195Introduction to Zend\Navigation 881 195.1 Pages and Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 195.2 View Helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 196Quick Start 197Pages 198Common page features 199Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc 200Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri 201Creating custom page types 202Creating pages using the page factory 883 885 887 891 895 897 899

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204View Helpers 915 204.1 Translation of labels and titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 204.2 Integration with ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 204.3 Navigation setup used in examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917 205View Helper - Breadcrumbs 206View Helper - Links 207View Helper - Menu 208View Helper - Sitemap 209View Helper - Navigation Proxy 210Introduction to Zend\Paginator 211Usage 211.1 Paginating data collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.2 The DbSelect adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.3 Rendering pages with view scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212Conguration 213Advanced usage 213.1 Custom data source adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.2 Custom scrolling styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.3 Caching features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Introduction to Zend\Permissions\Acl 214.1 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.2 Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.3 Creating the Access Control List . 214.4 Registering Roles . . . . . . . . . 214.5 Dening Access Controls . . . . 214.6 Querying an ACL . . . . . . . . 923 927 931 939 945 947 949 949 950 951 957 959 959 959 960 963 963 964 965 965 966 967

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215Rening Access Controls 969 215.1 Precise Access Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969 215.2 Removing Access Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970 216Advanced Usage 973 216.1 Storing ACL Data for Persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 216.2 Writing Conditional ACL Rules with Assertions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 217Introduction to Zend\Permissions\Rbac 975 217.1 Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975 217.2 Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975

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219Examples 979 219.1 Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979 219.2 Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980 219.3 Dynamic Assertions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980 220Progress Bars 220.1 Introduction . . . 220.2 Basic Usage . . . 220.3 Persistent Progress 220.4 Standard Adapters 983 983 983 983 984

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221File Upload Handlers 987 221.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 221.2 Methods of Reporting Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 221.3 Standard Handlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988 222Introduction to Zend\Serializer 222.1 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.2 Basic conguration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.3 Available Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Zend\Serializer\Adapter 223.1 The PhpSerialize Adapter 223.2 The IgBinary Adapter . . 223.3 The Wddx Adapter . . . . 223.4 The Json Adapter . . . . . 223.5 The PythonPickle Adapter 223.6 The PhpCode Adapter . . 224Introduction to Zend\Server 991 991 992 992 995 995 995 995 996 996 997 999

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225Zend\Server\Reection 1001 225.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001 225.2 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001 226Zend\ServiceManager 1003

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231Standard Cong 1023 231.1 Basic Conguration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 232Basic Usage 1025

233Session Cong 1027 233.1 Basic Conguration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027 234Basic Usage 1029 234.1 Custom Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029 235Session Container 1031 235.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031 235.2 Setting the Default Session Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031 236Session Manager 1033 236.1 Initializing the Session Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1033 236.2 Session Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 237Session Save Handlers 1037

238Cache 1039 238.1 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1039 239DbTableGateway 1041 239.1 Creating the database table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1041 239.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1041 240MongoDB 1043 240.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1043 240.2 Custom Save Handlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1043 241Session Storage 1045

242Array Storage 1047 242.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1047 243Session Storage 1049 243.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1049 244Session Array Storage 1051 244.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 244.2 Custom Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 245Session Validators 1053

246Http User Agent 1055 246.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 247Remote Addr 1057 247.1 Basic Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057 247.2 Custom Validators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057 248Zend\Soap\Server 1059 248.1 Zend\Soap\Server constructor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1059

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252Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator 252.1 HydratorInterface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.2 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.3 Available Implementations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter 253.1 Filter implementations . . . . . . . . 253.2 Remove lters . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.3 Add lters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.4 Use the composite for complex lters 253.5 Using the provider interface . . . . .

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257Creating tag clouds with Zend\Tag\Cloud 1097 257.1 Decorators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098

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258Introduction to Zend\Test 259Unit testing with PHPUnit 260Setup your TestCase 261Testing your Controllers and MVC Applications 262Assertions 263Request Assertions 264CSS Selector Assertions 265XPath Assertions 266Redirect Assertions 267Response Header Assertions 268Zend\Text\Figlet 269Zend\Text\Table 270Zend\Uri 270.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 270.2 Creating a New URI . . . . . 270.3 Manipulating an Existing URI 270.4 Common Instance Methods . 271Introduction to Zend\Validator 271.1 What is a validator? . . . 271.2 Basic usage of validators . 271.3 Customizing messages . . 271.4 Translating messages . . . 272Standard Validation Classes 273Alnum 273.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Alnum 273.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.3 Using whitespaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.4 Using different languages . . . . . . . . . . 274Alpha 274.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Alpha 274.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.3 Using whitespaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.4 Using different languages . . . . . . . . . .

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276Between 1147 276.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1147 276.2 Default behaviour for Zend\Validator\Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1147 276.3 Validation exclusive the border values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1147 277Callback 277.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Callback 277.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.3 Usage with closures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.4 Usage with class-based callbacks . . . . . . . 277.5 Adding options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149 1149 1149 1149 1150 1151 1153 1154 1154 1154 1155 1156 1157 1157 1157 1157 1158 1159 1159 1159 1160 1161 1161

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278CreditCard 278.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\CreditCard 278.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.3 Accepting dened credit cards . . . . . . . . . . 278.4 Validation by using foreign APIs . . . . . . . . 278.5 Ccnum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Date 279.1 279.2 279.3 279.4

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Supported options for Zend\Validator\Date Default date validation . . . . . . . . . . . Localized date validation . . . . . . . . . . Self dened date validation . . . . . . . .

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280Db\RecordExists and Db\NoRecordExists 280.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Db\* 280.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.3 Excluding records . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.4 Database Schemas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.5 Using a Select object . . . . . . . . . . . .

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281Digits 1163 281.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Digits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1163 281.2 Validating digits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1163 282EmailAddress 282.1 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.2 Options for validating Email Addresses . . . . . 282.3 Complex local parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.4 Validating only the local part . . . . . . . . . . . 282.5 Validating different types of hostnames . . . . . 282.6 Checking if the hostname actually accepts email 282.7 Validating International Domains Names . . . . 282.8 Validating Top Level Domains . . . . . . . . . . 282.9 Setting messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1165 1165 1165 1166 1166 1166 1166 1167 1168 1168

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283GreaterThan 1169 283.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\GreaterThan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1169 283.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1169 283.3 Validation inclusive the border value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1169 284Hex 284.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Hex 1171 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1171

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285Hostname 285.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Hostname 285.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.3 Validating different types of hostnames . . . . . 285.4 Validating International Domains Names . . . . 285.5 Validating Top Level Domains . . . . . . . . . .

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286Iban 1177 286.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Iban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 286.2 IBAN validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 287Identical 287.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Identical 287.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.3 Identical objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.4 Form elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.5 Strict validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.6 Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288InArray 288.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\InArray 288.2 Simple array validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.3 Array validation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.4 Recursive array validation . . . . . . . . . . . 1179 1179 1179 1179 1180 1182 1182 1183 1183 1183 1184 1185

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289Ip 1187 289.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Ip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1187 289.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1187 289.3 Validate IPv4 or IPV6 alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1188 290Isbn 290.1 290.2 290.3 290.4 1189 1189 1189 1189 1190

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291LessThan 291.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\LessThan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.3 Validation inclusive the border value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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292NotEmpty 1193 292.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\NotEmpty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1193 292.2 Default behaviour for Zend\Validator\NotEmpty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1193 292.3 Changing behaviour for Zend\Validator\NotEmpty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1193 293PostCode 1195 293.1 Constructor options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1196 293.2 Supported options for Zend\Validator\PostCode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1196 294Regex 1197 294.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Regex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197 294.2 Validation with Zend\Validator\Regex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197 294.3 Pattern handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197

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295Sitemap Validators 295.1 Sitemap\Changefreq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.2 Sitemap\Lastmod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.3 Sitemap\Loc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.4 Sitemap\Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.5 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Sitemap_*

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296Step 296.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.2 Basic usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.3 Using oating-point values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297StringLength 297.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\StringLength 297.2 Default behaviour for Zend\Validator\StringLength 297.3 Limiting the maximum allowed length of a string . 297.4 Limiting the minimal required length of a string . 297.5 Limiting a string on both sides . . . . . . . . . . . 297.6 Encoding of values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298File Validation Classes 298.1 Crc32 . . . . . . . 298.2 ExcludeExtension 298.3 ExcludeMimeType 298.4 Exists . . . . . . . 298.5 Extension . . . . . 298.6 Hash . . . . . . . 298.7 ImageSize . . . . 298.8 IsCompressed . . 298.9 IsImage . . . . . . 298.10Md5 . . . . . . . . 298.11MimeType . . . . 298.12NotExists . . . . . 298.13Sha1 . . . . . . . 298.14Size . . . . . . . . 298.15UploadFile . . . . 298.16WordCount . . . . 299Validator Chains 300Writing Validators

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301Validation Messages 1225 301.1 Using pre-translated validation messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225 301.2 Limit the size of a validation message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226 302Getting the Zend Framework Version 303Zend\View Quick Start 304Overview 1227 1229 1231

305Usage 1233 305.1 Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1233 305.2 Controllers and View Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1234 305.3 Nesting View Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1235 xxvii

305.4 Dealing with Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1238 305.5 Creating and Registering Alternate Rendering and Response Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1241 306The PhpRenderer 306.1 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.2 Options and Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.3 Additional Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1247 . 1247 . 1251 . 1251

307PhpRenderer View Scripts 1253 307.1 Escaping Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1254 308The ViewEvent 308.1 Order of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.2 ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER . . . . 308.3 ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER_POST 308.4 ViewEvent::EVENT_RESPONSE . . . . . 309View Helpers 310Included Helpers 310.1 BasePath Helper . . . 310.2 Cycle Helper . . . . . 310.3 Doctype Helper . . . . 310.4 HeadLink Helper . . . 310.5 HeadMeta Helper . . . 310.6 HeadScript Helper . . 310.7 HeadStyle Helper . . . 310.8 HeadTitle Helper . . . 310.9 HtmlList Helper . . . 310.10HTML Object Helpers 310.11Identity Helper . . . . 310.12InlineScript Helper . . 310.13JSON Helper . . . . . 310.14Partial Helper . . . . . 310.15Placeholder Helper . . 310.16URL Helper . . . . . 1255 1255 1256 1257 1257 1259 1261 1262 1262 1263 1265 1266 1268 1270 1274 1275 1277 1279 1279 1280 1280 1282 1285

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311Advanced usage of helpers 1287 311.1 Registering Helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1287 311.2 Writing Custom Helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1288 311.3 Registering Concrete Helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 312Introduction to Zend\XmlRpc 1291 312.1 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1291 313Zend\XmlRpc\Client 313.1 Introduction . . . . . . . 313.2 Method Calls . . . . . . . 313.3 Types and Conversions . . 313.4 Server Proxy Object . . . 313.5 Error Handling . . . . . . 313.6 Server Introspection . . . 313.7 From Request to Response 313.8 HTTP Client and Testing . 1293 1293 1293 1294 1295 1296 1297 1298 1298

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316ZendServiceAmazon 316.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.2 Country Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.3 Looking up a Specic Amazon Item by ASIN . 316.4 Performing Amazon Item Searches . . . . . . 316.5 Using the Alternative Query API . . . . . . . 316.6 ZendServiceAmazon Classes . . . . . . . . .

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317ZendService\Apple\Apns 317.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.2 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.3 Feedback Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318ZendServiceAudioscrobbler 318.1 Introduction . . . . . 318.2 Users . . . . . . . . . 318.3 Artists . . . . . . . . 318.4 Tracks . . . . . . . . 318.5 Tags . . . . . . . . . . 318.6 Groups . . . . . . . . 318.7 Forums . . . . . . . .

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319ZendServiceDelicious 319.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . 319.2 Retrieving posts . . . . . . . 319.3 ZendServiceDeliciousPostList 319.4 Editing posts . . . . . . . . . 319.5 Deleting posts . . . . . . . . 319.6 Adding new posts . . . . . . 319.7 Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.8 Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.9 Public data . . . . . . . . . . 319.10HTTP client . . . . . . . . .

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320Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden 320.1 Introduction to DeveloperGarden 320.2 BaseUserService . . . . . . . . . 320.3 IP Location . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.4 Local Search . . . . . . . . . . . 320.5 Send SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.6 SMS Validation . . . . . . . . . . 320.7 Voice Call . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.8 ConferenceCall . . . . . . . . . . 320.9 Performance and Caching . . . .

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321ZendServiceFlickr 321.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.2 Finding Flickr Users Photos and Information 321.3 Finding photos From a Group Pool . . . . . 321.4 Retrieving Flickr Image Details . . . . . . . 321.5 ZendServiceFlickr Result Classes . . . . . .

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322ZendService\LiveDocx 1349 322.1 Introduction to LiveDocx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349 322.2 ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1351 323ZendServiceNirvanix 323.1 Introduction . . . . . . . 323.2 Registering with Nirvanix 323.3 API Documentation . . . 323.4 Features . . . . . . . . . . 323.5 Getting Started . . . . . . 323.6 Understanding the Proxy . 323.7 Examining Results . . . . 323.8 Handling Errors . . . . . 1363 1363 1363 1363 1363 1364 1364 1365 1366 1367 1367 1367 1367 1368 1368

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324Zend\Service\Rackspace 324.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . 324.2 Registering with Rackspace 324.3 Cloud Files . . . . . . . . . 324.4 Cloud Servers . . . . . . . 324.5 Available Methods . . . . .

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325ZendServiceReCaptcha 1371 325.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1371 325.2 Simplest use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1371 325.3 Hiding email addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1372 326ZendServiceSlideShare 326.1 Getting Started with ZendServiceSlideShare 326.2 The SlideShow object . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.3 Retrieving a single slide show . . . . . . . . 326.4 Retrieving Groups of Slide Shows . . . . . . 326.5 ZendServiceSlideShare Caching policies . . 326.6 Changing the behavior of the HTTP Client . 1375 1375 1375 1378 1378 1379 1379

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327ZendServiceStrikeIron 1381 327.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1381 327.2 Registering with StrikeIron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1381

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328ZendServiceTechnorati 328.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.3 Making Your First Query . . . . . . . 328.4 Consuming Results . . . . . . . . . . 328.5 Handling Errors . . . . . . . . . . . 328.6 Checking Your API Key Daily Usage 328.7 Available Technorati Queries . . . . 328.8 ZendServiceTechnorati Classes . . . 329ZendServiceTwitter 329.1 Introduction . . . . . . 329.2 Authentication . . . . . 329.3 Account Methods . . . . 329.4 Application Methods . . 329.5 Blocking Methods . . . 329.6 Direct Message Methods 329.7 Favorites Methods . . . 329.8 Friendship Methods . . 329.9 Search Methods . . . . 329.10Status Methods . . . . . 329.11User Methods . . . . . .

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330ZendServiceWindowsAzure 330.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.2 Installing the Windows Azure SDK 330.3 API Documentation . . . . . . . . 330.4 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.5 Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . 331ZendServiceWindowsAzureStorageBlob 331.1 API Examples . . . . . . . . . . . 331.2 Root container . . . . . . . . . . . 331.3 Blob storage stream wrapper . . . . 331.4 Shared Access Signature . . . . . .

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332ZendServiceWindowsAzureStorageTable 332.1 Operations on tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.2 Operations on entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.3 Table storage session handler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Zend Framework 2 is an open source framework for developing web applications and services using PHP 5.3+. Zend Framework 2 uses 100% object-oriented code and utilises most of the new features of PHP 5.3, namely namespaces, late static binding, lambda functions and closures. Zend Framework 2 evolved from Zend Framework 1, a successful PHP framework with over 15 million downloads. Note: ZF2 is not backward compatible with ZF1, because of the new features in PHP 5.3+ implemented by the framework, and due to major rewrites of many components. The component structure of Zend Framework 2 is unique; each component is designed with few dependencies on other components. ZF2 follows the SOLID object-oriented design principle. This loosely coupled architecture allows developers to use whichever components they want. We call this a use-at-will design. We support Pyrus and Composer as installation and dependency tracking mechanisms for the framework as a whole and for each component, further enhancing this design. We use PHPUnit to test our code and Travis CI as a Continuous Integration service. While they can be used separately, Zend Framework 2 components in the standard library form a powerful and extensible web application framework when combined. Also, it offers a robust, high performance MVC implementation, a database abstraction that is simple to use, and a forms component that implements HTML5 form rendering, validation, and ltering so that developers can consolidate all of these operations using one easy-to-use, object oriented interface. Other components, such as Zend\Authentication and Zend\Permissions\Acl, provide user authentication and authorization against all common credential stores. Still others, with the ZendService namespace, implement client libraries to simply access the most popular web services available. Whatever your application needs are, youre likely to nd a Zend Framework 2 component that can be used to dramatically reduce development time with a thoroughly tested foundation. The principal sponsor of the project Zend Framework 2 is Zend Technologies, but many companies have contributed components or signicant features to the framework. Companies such as Google, Microsoft, and StrikeIron have partnered with Zend to provide interfaces to web services and other technologies they wish to make available to Zend Framework 2 developers. Zend Framework 2 could not deliver and support all of these features without the help of the vibrant Zend Framework 2 community. Community members, including contributors, make themselves available on mailing lists, IRC channels and other forums. Whatever question you have about Zend Framework 2, the community is always available to address it.

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New to Zend Framework? Download the latest stable release. Available in .zip and .tar.gz formats. Brave, cutting edge? Download Zend Frameworks Git repository using a Git client. Zend Framework is open source software, and the Git repository used for its development is publicly available on GitHub. Consider using Git to get Zend Framework if you want to contribute back to the framework, or need to upgrade your framework version more often than releases occur. Once you have a copy of Zend Framework available, your application needs to be able to access the framework classes found in the library folder. There are several ways to achieve this. Failing to nd a Zend Framework 2 installation, the following error occurs:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception RuntimeException with message Unable to load ZF2. Run php composer.phar install or define a ZF2_PATH environment variable.

To x that, you can add the Zend Frameworks library path to the PHP include_path. Also, you should set an environment path named ZF2_PATH in httpd.conf (or equivalent). i.e. SetEnv ZF2_PATH /var/ZF2 running Linux. Rob Allen has kindly provided the community with an introductory tutorial, Getting Started with Zend Framework 2. Other Zend Framework community members are actively working on expanding the tutorial.

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This tutorial is intended to give an introduction to using Zend Framework 2 by creating a simple database driven application using the Model-View-Controller paradigm. By the end you will have a working ZF2 application and you can then poke around the code to nd out more about how it all works and ts together.

3.1 Some assumptions


This tutorial assumes that you are running at least PHP 5.3.3 with the Apache web server and MySQL, accessible via the PDO extension. Your Apache installation must have the mod_rewrite extension installed and congured. You must also ensure that Apache is congured to support .htaccess les. This is usually done by changing the setting:
AllowOverride None

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AllowOverride FileInfo

in your httpd.conf le. Check with your distributions documentation for exact details. You will not be able to navigate to any page other than the home page in this tutorial if you have not congured mod_rewrite and .htaccess usage correctly.

3.2 The tutorial application


The application that we are going to build is a simple inventory system to display which albums we own. The main page will list our collection and allow us to add, edit and delete CDs. We are going to need four pages in our website: Page List of albums Add new album Edit album Delete album Description This will display the list of albums and provide links to edit and delete them. Also, a link to enable adding new albums will be provided. This page will provide a form for adding a new album. This page will provide a form for editing an album. This page will conrm that we want to delete an album and then delete it.

We will also need to store our data into a database. We will only need one table with these elds in it: 5

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In order to build our application, we will start with the ZendSkeletonApplication available on github. Use Composer (http://getcomposer.org) to create a new project from scratch with Zend Framework:

php composer.phar create-project --repository-url="http://packages.zendframework.com" zendframework/s

Note: Another way to install the ZendSkeletonApplication is to use github. Go to https://github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonApplication and click the Zip button. This will download a le with a name like ZendSkeletonApplication-master.zip or similar. Unzip this le into the directory where you keep all your vhosts and rename the resultant directory to zf2-tutorial. ZendSkeletonApplication is set up to use Composer (http://getcomposer.org) to resolve its dependencies. In this case, the dependency is Zend Framework 2 itself. To install Zend Framework 2 into our application we simply type:
php composer.phar self-update php composer.phar install

from the zf2-tutorial folder. This takes a while. You should see an output like:
Installing dependencies from lock file - Installing zendframework/zendframework (dev-master) Cloning 18c8e223f070deb07c17543ed938b54542aa0ed8 Generating autoload files

Note: If you see this message:


[RuntimeException] The process timed out.

then your connection was too slow to download the entire package in time, and composer timed out. To avoid this, instead of running:
php composer.phar install

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We can now move on to the virtual host.

4.1 Virtual host


You now need to create an Apache virtual host for the application and edit your hosts le so that http://zf2tutorial.localhost will serve index.php from the zf2-tutorial/public directory. Setting up the virtual host is usually done within httpd.conf or extra/httpd-vhosts.conf. If you are using httpd-vhosts.conf, ensure that this le is included by your main httpd.conf le. Some Linux distributions (ex: Ubuntu) package Apache so that conguration les are stored in /etc/apache2 and create one le per virtual host inside folder /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. In this case, you would place the virtual host block below into the le /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/zf2-tutorial. Ensure that NameVirtualHost is dened and set to *:80 or similar, and then dene a virtual host along these lines:
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName zf2-tutorial.localhost DocumentRoot /path/to/zf2-tutorial/public SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development" <Directory /path/to/zf2-tutorial/public> DirectoryIndex index.php AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost>

Make sure that you update your /etc/hosts or c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts le so that zf2-tutorial.localhost is mapped to 127.0.0.1. The website can then be accessed using http://zf2tutorial.localhost.
127.0.0.1 zf2-tutorial.localhost localhost

Restart your web server. If youve done it right, you should see something like this: To test that your .htaccess le is working, navigate to http://zf2-tutorial.localhost/1234 and you should see this: If you see a standard Apache 404 error, then you need to x .htaccess usage before continuing. If youre are using IIS with the URL Rewrite Module, import the following:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

You now have a working skeleton application and we can start adding the specics for our application.

4.2 Error reporting


Optionally, you can use the APPLICATION_ENV setting in your virtualhost to let PHP output all its errors to the browser. This can be useful when during development of your application. Edit index.php from the zf2-tutorial/public/ directory and change it to the following:

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<?php /** * Display all errors when APPLICATION_ENV is development. */ if ($_SERVER[APPLICATION_ENV] == development) { error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set("display_errors", 1); } /** * This makes our life easier when dealing with paths. Everything is relative * to the application root now. */ chdir(dirname(__DIR__)); // Setup autoloading require init_autoloader.php; // Run the application! Zend\Mvc\Application::init(require config/application.config.php)->run();

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Zend Framework 2 uses a module system and you organise your main application-specic code within each module. The Application module provided by the skeleton is used to provide bootstrapping, error and routing conguration to the whole application. It is usually used to provide application level controllers for, say, the home page of an application, but we are not going to use the default one provided in this tutorial as we want our album list to be the home page, which will live in our own module. We are going to put all our code into the Album module which will contain our controllers, models, forms and views, along with conguration. Well also tweak the Application module as required. Lets start with the directories required.

5.1 Setting up the Album module


Start by creating a directory called Album under module with the following subdirectories to hold the modules les:
zf2-tutorial/ /module /Album /config /src /Album /Controller /Form /Model /view /album /album

As you can see the Album module has separate directories for the different types of les we will have. The PHP les that contain classes within the Album namespace live in the src/Album directory so that we can have multiple namespaces within our module should we require it. The view directory also has a sub-folder called album for our modules view scripts. In order to load and congure a module, Zend Framework 2 has a ModuleManager. This will look for Module.php in the root of the module directory (module/Album) and expect to nd a class called Album\Module within it. That is, the classes within a given module will have the namespace of the modules name, which is the directory name of the module. Create Module.php in the Album zf2-tutorial/module/Album: module: Create a le called Module.php under

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<?php namespace Album; class Module { public function getAutoloaderConfig() { return array( Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader => array( __DIR__ . /autoload_classmap.php, ), Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader => array( namespaces => array( __NAMESPACE__ => __DIR__ . /src/ . __NAMESPACE__, ), ), ); } public function getConfig() { return include __DIR__ . /config/module.config.php; } }

The ModuleManager will call getAutoloaderConfig() and getConfig() automatically for us.

5.1.1 Autoloading les


Our getAutoloaderConfig() method returns an array that is compatible with ZF2s AutoloaderFactory. We congure it so that we add a class map le to the ClassMapAutoloader and also add this modules namespace to the StandardAutoloader. The standard autoloader requires a namespace and the path where to nd the les for that namespace. It is PSR-0 compliant and so classes map directly to les as per the PSR-0 rules. As we are in development, we dont need to load les via the classmap, so we provide an empty array for the classmap autoloader. Create a le called autoload_classmap.php under zf2-tutorial/module/Album:
<?php return array();

As this is an empty array, whenever the autoloader looks for a class within the Album namespace, it will fall back to the to StandardAutoloader for us. Note: If you are using Composer, you could instead just create an empty getAutoloaderConfig() { } and add to composer.json:
"autoload": { "psr-0": { "Album": "module/Album/src/" } },

If you go this way, then you need to run php composer.phar update to update the composer autoloading les.

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5.2 Conguration
Having registered the autoloader, lets have a quick look at the getConfig() method in Album\Module. This method simply loads the config/module.config.php le. Create a le called module.config.php under zf2-tutorial/module/Album/config:
<?php return array( controllers => array( invokables => array( Album\Controller\Album => Album\Controller\AlbumController, ), ), view_manager => array( template_path_stack => array( album => __DIR__ . /../view, ), ), );

The cong information is passed to the relevant components by the ServiceManager. We need two initial sections: controllers and view_manager. The controllers section provides a list of all the controllers provided by the module. We will need one controller, AlbumController, which well reference as Album\Controller\Album. The controller key must be unique across all modules, so we prex it with our module name. Within the view_manager section, we add our view directory to the TemplatePathStack conguration. This will allow it to nd the view scripts for the Album module that are stored in our view/ directory.

5.3 Informing the application about our new module


We now need to tell the ModuleManager that this new module exists. This is done in the applications config/application.config.php le which is provided by the skeleton application. Update this le so that its modules section contains the Album module as well, so the le now looks like this: (Changes required are highlighted using comments.)
<?php return array( modules => array( Application, Album, // <-- Add this line ), module_listener_options => array( config_glob_paths => array( config/autoload/{,*.}{global,local}.php, ), module_paths => array( ./module, ./vendor, ), ), );

As you can see, we have added our Album module into the list of modules after the Application module.

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We will build a very simple inventory system to display our album collection. The home page will list our collection and allow us to add, edit and delete albums. Hence the following pages are required: Page Home Add new album Edit album Delete album Description This will display the list of albums and provide links to edit and delete them. Also, a link to enable adding new albums will be provided. This page will provide a form for adding a new album. This page will provide a form for editing an album. This page will conrm that we want to delete an album and then delete it.

Before we set up our les, its important to understand how the framework expects the pages to be organised. Each page of the application is known as an action and actions are grouped into controllers within modules. Hence, you would generally group related actions into a controller; for instance, a news controller might have actions of current, archived and view. As we have four pages that all apply to albums, we will group them in a single controller AlbumController within our Album module as four actions. The four actions will be: Page Home Add new album Edit album Delete album Controller AlbumController AlbumController AlbumController AlbumController Action index add edit delete

The mapping of a URL to a particular action is done using routes that are dened in the modules module.config.php le. We will add a route for our album actions. This is the updated module cong le with the new code highlighted.
<?php return array( controllers => array( invokables => array( Album\Controller\Album => Album\Controller\AlbumController, ), ), // The following section is new and should be added to your file router => array( routes => array( album => array( type => segment, options => array(

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route => /album[/][:action][/:id], constraints => array( action => [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*, id => [0-9]+, ), defaults => array( controller => Album\Controller\Album, action => index, ), ), ), ), ), view_manager => array( template_path_stack => array( album => __DIR__ . /../view, ), ), );

The name of the route is album and has a type of segment. The segment route allows us to specify placeholders in the URL pattern (route) that will be mapped to named parameters in the matched route. In this case, the route is /album[/:action][/:id] which will match any URL that starts with /album. The next segment will be an optional action name, and then nally the next segment will be mapped to an optional id. The square brackets indicate that a segment is optional. The constraints section allows us to ensure that the characters within a segment are as expected, so we have limited actions to starting with a letter and then subsequent characters only being alphanumeric, underscore or hyphen. We also limit the id to a number. This route allows us to have the following URLs: URL /album /album/add /album/edit/2 /album/delete/4 Page Home (list of albums) Add new album Edit album with an id of 2 Delete album with an id of 4 Action index add edit delete

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We are now ready to set up our controller. In Zend Framework 2, the controller is a class that is generally called {Controller name}Controller. Note that {Controller name} must start with a capital letter. This class lives in a le called {Controller name}Controller.php within the Controller directory for the module. In our case that is module/Album/src/Album/Controller. Each action is a public method within the controller class that is named {action name}Action. In this case {action name} should start with a lower case letter. Note: This is by convention. Zend Framework 2 doesnt provide many restrictions on controllers other than that they must implement the Zend\Stdlib\Dispatchable interface. The framework provides two abstract classes that do this for us: Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController and Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractRestfulController. Well be using the standard AbstractActionController, but if youre intending to write a RESTful web service, AbstractRestfulController may be useful. Lets go ahead and create our controller class zf2-tutorials/module/Album/src/Album/Controller :
<?php namespace Album\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; class AlbumController extends AbstractActionController { public function indexAction() { } public function addAction() { } public function editAction() { } public function deleteAction() { } }

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Note: We have already informed the module about our controller in the controller section of module/Album/config/module.config.php. We have now set up the four actions that we want to use. They wont work yet until we set up the views. The URLs for each action are: URL http://zf2-tutorial.localhost/album http://zf2-tutorial.localhost/album/add http://zf2-tutorial.localhost/album/edit http://zf2-tutorial.localhost/album/delete Method called Album\Controller\AlbumController::indexAction Album\Controller\AlbumController::addAction Album\Controller\AlbumController::editAction Album\Controller\AlbumController::deleteAction

We now have a working router and the actions are set up for each page of our application. Its time to build the view and the model layer.

7.1 Initialise the view scripts


To integrate the view into our application all we need to do is create some view script les. These les will be executed by the DefaultViewStrategy and will be passed any variables or view models that are returned from the controller action method. These view scripts are stored in our modules views directory within a directory named after the controller. Create these four empty les now: module/Album/view/album/album/index.phtml module/Album/view/album/album/add.phtml module/Album/view/album/album/edit.phtml module/Album/view/album/album/delete.phtml We can now start lling everything in, starting with our database and models.

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8.1 The database
Now that we have the Album module set up with controller action methods and view scripts, it is time to look at the model section of our application. Remember that the model is the part that deals with the applications core purpose (the so-called business rules) and, in our case, deals with the database. We will make use of the Zend Framework class Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway which is used to nd, insert, update and delete rows from a database table. We are going to use MySQL, via PHPs PDO driver, so create a database called zf2tutorial, and run these SQL statements to create the album table with some data in it.
CREATE TABLE album ( id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, artist varchar(100) NOT NULL, title varchar(100) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id) ); INSERT INTO album (artist, title) VALUES (The Military Wives, In My Dreams); INSERT INTO album (artist, title) VALUES (Adele, 21); INSERT INTO album (artist, title) VALUES (Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball (Deluxe)); INSERT INTO album (artist, title) VALUES (Lana Del Rey, Born To Die); INSERT INTO album (artist, title) VALUES (Gotye, Making Mirrors);

(The test data chosen happens to be the Bestsellers on Amazon UK at the time of writing!) We now have some data in a database and can write a very simple model for it.

8.2 The model les


Zend Framework does not provide a Zend\Model component because the model is your business logic and its up to you to decide how you want it to work. There are many components that you can use for this depending on your needs. One approach is to have model classes represent each entity in your application and then use mapper objects that load and save entities to the database. Another is to use an Object-relational mapping (ORM) technology, such as Doctrine or Propel.

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For this tutorial, we are going to create a very simple model by creating an AlbumTable class that uses the Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway class in which each album object is an Album object (known as an entity). This is an implementation of the Table Data Gateway design pattern to allow for interfacing with data in a database table. Be aware though that the Table Data Gateway pattern can become limiting in larger systems. There is also a temptation to put database access code into controller action methods as these are exposed by Zend\Db\TableGateway\AbstractTableGateway. Dont do this! Lets start by creating a le called Album.php under module/Album/src/Album/Model:
<?php namespace Album\Model; class Album { public $id; public $artist; public $title; public function exchangeArray($data) { $this->id = (!empty($data[id])) ? $data[id] : null; $this->artist = (!empty($data[artist])) ? $data[artist] : null; $this->title = (!empty($data[title])) ? $data[title] : null; } }

Our Album entity object is a simple PHP class. In order to work with Zend\Dbs TableGateway class, we need to implement the exchangeArray() method. This method simply copies the data from the passed in array to our entitys properties. We will add an input lter for use with our form later. Next, we create our AlbumTable.php le in module/Album/src/Album/Model directory like this:
<?php namespace Album\Model; use Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway; class AlbumTable { protected $tableGateway; public function __construct(TableGateway $tableGateway) { $this->tableGateway = $tableGateway; } public function fetchAll() { $resultSet = $this->tableGateway->select(); return $resultSet; } public function getAlbum($id) { $id = (int) $id; $rowset = $this->tableGateway->select(array(id => $id)); $row = $rowset->current(); if (!$row) { throw new \Exception("Could not find row $id ");

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} return $row; } public function saveAlbum(Album $album) { $data = array( artist => $album->artist, title => $album->title, ); $id = (int)$album->id; if ($id == 0) { $this->tableGateway->insert($data); } else { if ($this->getAlbum($id)) { $this->tableGateway->update($data, array(id => $id)); } else { throw new \Exception(Form id does not exist); } } } public function deleteAlbum($id) { $this->tableGateway->delete(array(id => $id)); } }

Theres a lot going on here. Firstly, we set the protected property $tableGateway to the TableGateway instance passed in the constructor. We will use this to perform operations on the database table for our albums. We then create some helper methods that our application will use to interface with the table gateway. fetchAll() retrieves all albums rows from the database as a ResultSet, getAlbum() retrieves a single row as an Album object, saveAlbum() either creates a new row in the database or updates a row that already exists and deleteAlbum() removes the row completely. The code for each of these methods is, hopefully, self-explanatory.

8.3 Using ServiceManager to congure the table gateway and inject into the AlbumTable
In order to always use the same instance of our AlbumTable, we will use the ServiceManager to dene how to create one. This is most easily done in the Module class where we create a method called getServiceConfig() which is automatically called by the ModuleManager and applied to the ServiceManager. Well then be able to retrieve it in our controller when we need it. To congure the ServiceManager, we can either supply the name of the class to be instantiated or a factory (closure or callback) that instantiates the object when the ServiceManager needs it. We start by implementing getServiceConfig() to provide a factory that creates an AlbumTable. Add this method to the bottom of the Module.php le in module/Album.
<?php namespace Album; // Add these import statements: use Album\Model\Album; use Album\Model\AlbumTable;

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use Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet; use Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway; class Module { // getAutoloaderConfig() and getConfig() methods here // Add this method: public function getServiceConfig() { return array( factories => array( Album\Model\AlbumTable => function($sm) { $tableGateway = $sm->get(AlbumTableGateway); $table = new AlbumTable($tableGateway); return $table; }, AlbumTableGateway => function ($sm) { $dbAdapter = $sm->get(Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter); $resultSetPrototype = new ResultSet(); $resultSetPrototype->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Album()); return new TableGateway(album, $dbAdapter, null, $resultSetPrototype); }, ), ); } }

This method returns an array of factories that are all merged together by the ModuleManager before passing to the ServiceManager. The factory for Album\Model\AlbumTable uses the ServiceManager to create an AlbumTableGateway to pass to the AlbumTable. We also tell the ServiceManager that an AlbumTableGateway is created by getting a Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter (also from the ServiceManager) and using it to create a TableGateway object. The TableGateway is told to use an Album object whenever it creates a new result row. The TableGateway classes use the prototype pattern for creation of result sets and entities. This means that instead of instantiating when required, the system clones a previously instantiated object. See PHP Constructor Best Practices and the Prototype Pattern for more details. Finally, we need to congure the ServiceManager so that it knows how to get a Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter. This is done using a factory called Zend\Db\Adapter\AdapterServiceFactory which we can congure within the merged cong system. Zend Framework 2s ModuleManager merges all the conguration from each modules module.config.php le and then merges in the les in config/autoload (*.global.php and then *.local.php les). Well add our database conguration information to global.php which you should commit to your version control system. You can use local.php (outside of the VCS) to store the credentials for your database if you want to. Modify config/autoload/global.php (in the Zend Skeleton root, not inside the Album module) with following code:
<?php return array( db => array( driver => Pdo, dsn => mysql:dbname=zf2tutorial;host=localhost, driver_options => array( PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => SET NAMES \UTF8\ ), ), service_manager => array( factories => array( Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter

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=> Zend\Db\Adapter\AdapterServiceFactory, ), ), );

You should put your database credentials in config/autoload/local.php so that they are not in the git repository (as local.php is ignored):
<?php return array( db => array( username => YOUR USERNAME HERE, password => YOUR PASSWORD HERE, ), );

8.4 Back to the controller


Now that the ServiceManager can create an AlbumTable instance for us, we can add a method to the controller to retrieve it. Add getAlbumTable() to the AlbumController class:
// module/Album/src/Album/Controller/AlbumController.php: public function getAlbumTable() { if (!$this->albumTable) { $sm = $this->getServiceLocator(); $this->albumTable = $sm->get(Album\Model\AlbumTable); } return $this->albumTable; }

You should also add:


protected $albumTable;

to the top of the class. We can now call getAlbumTable() from within our controller whenever we need to interact with our model. If the service locator was congured correctly in Module.php, then we should get an instance of Album\Model\AlbumTable when calling getAlbumTable().

8.5 Listing albums


In order to list the albums, we need to retrieve them from the model and pass them to the view. To do this, we ll in indexAction() within AlbumController. Update the AlbumControllers indexAction() like this:
// module/Album/src/Album/Controller/AlbumController.php: // ... public function indexAction() { return new ViewModel(array( albums => $this->getAlbumTable()->fetchAll(), ));

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} // ...

With Zend Framework 2, in order to set variables in the view, we return a ViewModel instance where the rst parameter of the constructor is an array from the action containing data we need. These are then automatically passed to the view script. The ViewModel object also allows us to change the view script that is used, but the default is to use {controller name}/{action name}. We can now ll in the index.phtml view script:
<?php // module/Album/view/album/album/index.phtml: $title = My albums; $this->headTitle($title); ?> <h1><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($title); ?></h1> <p> <a href="<?php echo $this->url(album, array(action=>add));?>">Add new album</a> </p> <table class="table"> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Artist</th> <th>&nbsp;</th> </tr> <?php foreach ($albums as $album) : ?> <tr> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($album->title);?></td> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($album->artist);?></td> <td> <a href="<?php echo $this->url(album, array(action=>edit, id => $album->id));?>">Edit</a> <a href="<?php echo $this->url(album, array(action=>delete, id => $album->id));?>">Delete</a> </td> </tr> <?php endforeach; ?> </table>

The rst thing we do is to set the title for the page (used in the layout) and also set the title for the <head> section using the headTitle() view helper which will display in the browsers title bar. We then create a link to add a new album. The url() view helper is provided by Zend Framework 2 and is used to create the links we need. The rst parameter to url() is the route name we wish to use for construction of the URL, and the second parameter is an array of all the variables to t into the placeholders to use. In this case we use our album route which is set up to accept two placeholder variables: action and id. We iterate over the $albums that we assigned from the controller action. The Zend Framework 2 view system automatically ensures that these variables are extracted into the scope of the view script, so that we dont have to worry about prexing them with $this-> as we used to have to do with Zend Framework 1; however you can do so if you wish. We then create a table to display each albums title and artist, and provide links to allow for editing and deleting the record. A standard foreach: loop is used to iterate over the list of albums, and we use the alternate form using a colon and endforeach; as it is easier to scan than to try and match up braces. Again, the url() view helper is used to create the edit and delete links.

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Note: We always use the escapeHtml() view helper to help protect ourselves from Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting). If you open http://zf2-tutorial.localhost/album you should see this:

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STYLING AND TRANSLATIONS


Weve picked up the SkeletonApplications styling, which is ne, but we need to change the title and remove the copyright message. The ZendSkeletonApplication is set up to use Zend\I18ns translation functionality for all the text. It uses .po les that live in Application/language, and you need to use poedit to change the text. Start poedit and open application/language/en_US.po. Click on Skeleton Application in the list of Original strings and then type in Tutorial as the translation. Press Save in the toolbar and poedit will create an en_US.mo le for us. If you nd that no .mo le is generated, check Preferences -> Editor -> Behavior and see if the checkbox marked Automatically compile .mo file on save is checked. To remove the copyright message, we need to edit the Application modules layout.phtml view script:
// module/Application/view/layout/layout.phtml: // Remove this line: <p>&copy; 2005 - 2012 by Zend Technologies Ltd. <?php echo $this->translate(All rights reserved.) ?></p>

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10.1 Adding new albums
We can now code up the functionality to add new albums. There are two bits to this part: Display a form for user to provide details Process the form submission and store to database We use Zend\Form to do this. The Zend\Form component manages the form and, form validation, we add a Zend\InputFilter to our Album entity. We start by creating a new class Album\Form\AlbumForm that extends from Zend\Form\Form to dene our form. Create a le called AlbumForm.php in module/Album/src/Album/Form:
<?php namespace Album\Form; use Zend\Form\Form; class AlbumForm extends Form { public function __construct($name = null) { // we want to ignore the name passed parent::__construct(album); $this->setAttribute(method, post); $this->add(array( name => id, type => Hidden, )); $this->add(array( name => title, type => Text, options => array( label => Title, ), )); $this->add(array( name => artist, type => Text, options => array( label => Artist, ), ));

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$this->add(array( name => submit, type => Submit, attributes => array( value => Go, id => submitbutton, ), )); } }

Within the constructor of AlbumForm we do several things. First, we set the name of the form as we call the parents constructor. We then set the forms method, in this case, post. Finally, we create four form elements: the id, title, artist, and submit button. For each item we set various attributes and options, including the label to be displayed. We also need to set up validation for this form. In Zend Framework 2 this is done using an input lter, which can either be standalone or dened within any class that implements the InputFilterAwareInterface interface, such as a model entity. In our case, we are going to add the input lter to the Album class, which resides in the Album.php le in module/Album/src/Album/Model:
<?php namespace Album\Model; // Add these import statements use Zend\InputFilter\Factory as InputFactory; use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter; use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterAwareInterface; use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterInterface; class Album implements InputFilterAwareInterface { public $id; public $artist; public $title; protected $inputFilter;

// <-- Add this variable

public function exchangeArray($data) { $this->id = (isset($data[id])) ? $data[id] : null; $this->artist = (isset($data[artist])) ? $data[artist] : null; $this->title = (isset($data[title])) ? $data[title] : null; } // Add content to these methods: public function setInputFilter(InputFilterInterface $inputFilter) { throw new \Exception("Not used"); } public function getInputFilter() { if (!$this->inputFilter) { $inputFilter = new InputFilter(); $factory = new InputFactory(); $inputFilter->add($factory->createInput(array( name => id, required => true,

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filters => array( array(name => Int), ), ))); $inputFilter->add($factory->createInput(array( name => artist, required => true, filters => array( array(name => StripTags), array(name => StringTrim), ), validators => array( array( name => StringLength, options => array( encoding => UTF-8, min => 1, max => 100, ), ), ), ))); $inputFilter->add($factory->createInput(array( name => title, required => true, filters => array( array(name => StripTags), array(name => StringTrim), ), validators => array( array( name => StringLength, options => array( encoding => UTF-8, min => 1, max => 100, ), ), ), ))); $this->inputFilter = $inputFilter; } return $this->inputFilter; } }

The InputFilterAwareInterface denes two methods: setInputFilter() and getInputFilter(). We only need to implement getInputFilter() so we simply throw an exception in setInputFilter(). Within getInputFilter(), we instantiate an InputFilter and then add the inputs that we require. We add one input for each property that we wish to lter or validate. For the id eld we add an Int lter as we only need integers. For the text elements, we add two lters, StripTags and StringTrim, to remove unwanted HTML and unnecessary white space. We also set them to be required and add a StringLength validator to ensure that the user doesnt enter more characters than we can store into the database.

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We now need to get the form to display and then process it on submission. AlbumControllers addAction():
// module/Album/src/Album/Controller/AlbumController.php: //... use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; use Album\Model\Album; // <-- Add this import use Album\Form\AlbumForm; // <-- Add this import //... // Add content to this method: public function addAction() { $form = new AlbumForm(); $form->get(submit)->setValue(Add); $request = $this->getRequest(); if ($request->isPost()) { $album = new Album(); $form->setInputFilter($album->getInputFilter()); $form->setData($request->getPost()); if ($form->isValid()) { $album->exchangeArray($form->getData()); $this->getAlbumTable()->saveAlbum($album); // Redirect to list of albums return $this->redirect()->toRoute(album); } } return array(form => $form); } //...

This is done within the

After adding the AlbumForm to the use list, we implement addAction(). Lets look at the addAction() code in a little more detail:
$form = new AlbumForm(); $form->get(submit)->setValue(Add);

We instantiate AlbumForm and set the label on the submit button to Add. We do this here as well want to re-use the form when editing an album and will use a different label.
$request = $this->getRequest(); if ($request->isPost()) { $album = new Album(); $form->setInputFilter($album->getInputFilter()); $form->setData($request->getPost()); if ($form->isValid()) {

If the Request objects isPost() method is true, then the form has been submitted and so we set the forms input lter from an album instance. We then set the posted data to the form and check to see if it is valid using the isValid() member function of the form.
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// Redirect to list of albums return $this->redirect()->toRoute(album);

After we have saved the new album row, we redirect back to the list of albums using the Redirect controller plugin.
return array(form => $form);

Finally, we return the variables that we want assigned to the view. In this case, just the form object. Note that Zend Framework 2 also allows you to simply return an array containing the variables to be assigned to the view and it will create a ViewModel behind the scenes for you. This saves a little typing. We now need to render the form in the add.phtml view script:
<?php // module/Album/view/album/album/add.phtml: $title = Add new album; $this->headTitle($title); ?> <h1><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($title); ?></h1> <?php $form = $this->form; $form->setAttribute(action, $this->url(album, array(action => add))); $form->prepare(); echo echo echo echo echo echo $this->form()->openTag($form); $this->formHidden($form->get(id)); $this->formRow($form->get(title)); $this->formRow($form->get(artist)); $this->formSubmit($form->get(submit)); $this->form()->closeTag();

Again, we display a title as before and then we render the form. Zend Framework provides some view helpers to make this a little easier. The form() view helper has an openTag() and closeTag() method which we use to open and close the form. Then for each element with a label, we can use formRow(), but for the two elements that are standalone, we use formHidden() and formSubmit(). Alternatively, the process of rendering the form can be simplied by using the bundled formCollection view helper. For example, in the view script above replace all the form-rendering echo statements with:
echo $this->formCollection($form);

Note: You still need to call the openTag and closeTag methods of the form. You replace the other echo statements with the call to formCollection, above. This will iterate over the form structure, calling the appropriate label, element and error view helpers for each element, but you still have to wrap formCollection($form) with the open and close form tags. This helps reduce the complexity of your view script in situations where the default HTML rendering of the form is acceptable. You should now be able to use the Add new album link on the home page of the application to add a new album record.

10.2 Editing an album


Editing an album is almost identical to adding one, so the code is very similar. This time we use editAction() in the AlbumController:

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// module/Album/src/Album/Controller/AlbumController.php: //... // Add content to this method: public function editAction() { $id = (int) $this->params()->fromRoute(id, 0); if (!$id) { return $this->redirect()->toRoute(album, array( action => add )); } // Get the Album with the specified id. An exception is thrown // if it cannot be found, in which case go to the index page. try { $album = $this->getAlbumTable()->getAlbum($id); } catch (\Exception $ex) { return $this->redirect()->toRoute(album, array( action => index )); } $form = new AlbumForm(); $form->bind($album); $form->get(submit)->setAttribute(value, Edit); $request = $this->getRequest(); if ($request->isPost()) { $form->setInputFilter($album->getInputFilter()); $form->setData($request->getPost()); if ($form->isValid()) { $this->getAlbumTable()->saveAlbum($album); // Redirect to list of albums return $this->redirect()->toRoute(album); } } return array( id => $id, form => $form, ); } //...

This code should look comfortably familiar. Lets look at the differences from adding an album. Firstly, we look for the id that is in the matched route and use it to load the album to be edited:
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// Get the album with the specified id. An exception is thrown // if it cannot be found, in which case go to the index page. try { $album = $this->getAlbumTable()->getAlbum($id); } catch (\Exception $ex) { return $this->redirect()->toRoute(album, array( action => index )); }

params is a controller plugin that provides a convenient way to retrieve parameters from the matched route. We use it to retrieve the id from the route we created in the modules module.config.php. If the id is zero, then we redirect to the add action, otherwise, we continue by getting the album entity from the database. We have to check to make sure that the Album with the specied id can actually be found. If it cannot, then the data access method throws an exception. We catch that exception and re-route the user to the index page.
$form = new AlbumForm(); $form->bind($album); $form->get(submit)->setAttribute(value, Edit);

The forms bind() method attaches the model to the form. This is used in two ways: When displaying the form, the initial values for each element are extracted from the model. After successful validation in isValid(), the data from the form is put back into the model. These operations are done using a hydrator object. There are a number of hydrators, but the default one is Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ArraySerializable which expects to nd two methods in the model: getArrayCopy() and exchangeArray(). We have already written exchangeArray() in our Album entity, so just need to write getArrayCopy():
// module/Album/src/Album/Model/Album.php: // ... public function exchangeArray($data) { $this->id = (isset($data[id])) ? $data[id] : null; $this->artist = (isset($data[artist])) ? $data[artist] : null; $this->title = (isset($data[title])) ? $data[title] : null; } // Add the following method: public function getArrayCopy() { return get_object_vars($this); } // ...

As a result of using bind() with its hydrator, we do not need to populate the forms data back into the $album as thats already been done, so we can just call the mappers saveAlbum() to store the changes back to the database. The view template, edit.phtml, looks very similar to the one for adding an album:
<?php // module/Album/view/album/album/edit.phtml: $title = Edit album; $this->headTitle($title); ?>

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<h1><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($title); ?></h1> <?php $form = $this->form; $form->setAttribute(action, $this->url( album, array( action => edit, id => $this->id, ) )); $form->prepare(); echo echo echo echo echo echo $this->form()->openTag($form); $this->formHidden($form->get(id)); $this->formRow($form->get(title)); $this->formRow($form->get(artist)); $this->formSubmit($form->get(submit)); $this->form()->closeTag();

The only changes are to use the Edit Album title and set the forms action to the edit action too. You should now be able to edit albums.

10.3 Deleting an album


To round out our application, we need to add deletion. We have a Delete link next to each album on our list page and the naive approach would be to do a delete when its clicked. This would be wrong. Remembering our HTTP spec, we recall that you shouldnt do an irreversible action using GET and should use POST instead. We shall show a conrmation form when the user clicks delete and if they then click yes, we will do the deletion. As the form is trivial, well code it directly into our view (Zend\Form is, after all, optional!). Lets start with the action code in AlbumController::deleteAction():
// module/Album/src/Album/Controller/AlbumController.php: //... // Add content to the following method: public function deleteAction() { $id = (int) $this->params()->fromRoute(id, 0); if (!$id) { return $this->redirect()->toRoute(album); } $request = $this->getRequest(); if ($request->isPost()) { $del = $request->getPost(del, No); if ($del == Yes) { $id = (int) $request->getPost(id); $this->getAlbumTable()->deleteAlbum($id); } // Redirect to list of albums return $this->redirect()->toRoute(album); }

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return array( id => $id, album => $this->getAlbumTable()->getAlbum($id) ); } //...

As before, we get the id from the matched route, and check the request objects isPost() to determine whether to show the conrmation page or to delete the album. We use the table object to delete the row using the deleteAlbum() method and then redirect back the list of albums. If the request is not a POST, then we retrieve the correct database record and assign to the view, along with the id. The view script is a simple form:
<?php // module/Album/view/album/album/delete.phtml: $title = Delete album; $this->headTitle($title); ?> <h1><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($title); ?></h1> <p>Are you sure that you want to delete <?php echo $this->escapeHtml($album->title); ?> by <?php echo $this->escapeHtml($album->artist); ?>? </p> <?php $url = $this->url(album, array( action => delete, id => $this->id, )); ?> <form action="<?php echo $url; ?>" method="post"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo (int) $album->id; ?>" /> <input type="submit" name="del" value="Yes" /> <input type="submit" name="del" value="No" /> </div> </form>

In this script, we display a conrmation message to the user and then a form with Yes and No buttons. In the action, we checked specically for the Yes value when doing the deletion.

10.4 Ensuring that the home page displays the list of albums
One nal point. At the moment, the home page, http://zf2-tutorial.localhost/ doesnt display the list of albums. This is due to a route set up in the Application modules module.config.php. module/Application/config/module.config.php and nd the home route:
home => array( type => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Literal, options => array( route => /, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Index, action => index,

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), ), ),

Change the controller from Application\Controller\Index to Album\Controller\Album:


home => array( type => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Literal, options => array( route => /, defaults => array( controller => Album\Controller\Album, // <-- change here action => index, ), ), ),

Thats it - you now have a fully working application!

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CONCLUSION
This concludes our brief look at building a simple, but fully functional, MVC application using Zend Framework 2. In this tutorial we but briey touched quite a number of different parts of the framework. The most important part of applications built with Zend Framework 2 are the modules, the building blocks of any MVC ZF2 application. To ease the work with dependencies inside our applications, we use the service manager. To be able to map a request to controllers and their actions, we use routes. Data persistence, in most cases, includes using Zend\Db to communicate with one of the databases. Input data is ltered and validated with input lters and together with Zend\Form they provide a strong bridge between the domain model and the view layer. Zend\View is responsible for the View in the MVC stack, together with a vast amount of view helpers.

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ZEND FRAMEWORK TOOL (ZFTOOL)


ZFTool is a utility module for maintaining modular Zend Framework 2 applications. It runs from the command line and can be installed as ZF2 module or as PHAR (see below). This tool gives you the ability to: create a ZF2 project, installing a skeleton application; create a new module inside an existing ZF2 application; get the list of all the modules installed inside an application; get the conguration le of a ZF2 application; install the ZF2 library choosing a specic version. To install the ZFTool you can use one of the following methods or you can just download the PHAR package and use it.

12.1 Installation using Composer


1. Open console (command prompt) 2. Go to your applications directory 3. Run composer require zendframework/zftool:dev-master

12.2 Manual installation


1. Clone using git or download zipball 2. Extract to vendor/ZFTool in your ZF2 application 3. Enter the vendor/ZFTool folder and execute zf.php as reported below.

12.3 Without installation, using the PHAR le


1. You dont need to install ZFTool if you want just use it as a shell command. You can download zftool.phar and use it.

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In the following usage examples, the zf.php command can be replace with zftool.phar.

12.4.1 Basic information


> zf.php modules [list] show loaded modules

The modules option gives you the list of all the modules installed in a ZF2 application.
> zf.php version | --version display current Zend Framework version

The version option gives you the version number of ZFTool and, if executed from the root folder of a ZF2 application, the version number of the Zend Framework library used by the application.

12.4.2 Project creation


> zf.php create project <path> <path> The path of the project to be created

This command installs the ZendSkeletonApplication in the specied path.

12.4.3 Module creation


> zf.php create module <name> [<path>] <name> <path> The name of the module to be created The path to the root folder of the ZF2 application (optional)

This command can be used to create a new module inside an existing ZF2 application. If the path is not provided the ZFTool try to create a new module in the local directory (only if the local folder contains a ZF2 application).

12.4.4 Classmap generator


> zf.php classmap generate <directory> <classmap file> [--append|-a] [--overwrite|-w] <directory> <classmap file> --append | -a --overwrite | -w

The directory to scan for PHP classes (use "." to use current directory) File name for generated class map file or - for standard output. If not supplied autoload_classmap.php inside <directory>. Append to classmap file if it exists Whether or not to overwrite existing classmap file

12.4.5 ZF library installation


> zf.php install zf <path> [<version>] <path> <version> The directory where to install the ZF2 library The version to install, if not specified uses the last available

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This command install the specied version of the ZF2 library in a path. If the version is omitted it will be used the last stable available. Using this command you can install all the tag version specied in the ZF2 github repository (the name used for the version is obtained removing the release- string from the tag name; for instance, the tag release-2.0.0 is equivalent to the version number 2.0.0).

12.4.6 Compile the PHAR le


You can create a .phar le containing the ZFTool project. In order to compile ZFTool in a .phar le you need to execute the following command:
> bin/create-phar

This command will create a zftool.phar le in the bin folder. You can use and ship only this le to execute all the ZFTool functionalities. After the zftool.phar creation, we suggest to add the folder bin of ZFTool in your PATH environment. In this way you can execute the zftool.phar script wherever you are.

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13.1 Very brief introduction to Di.
Dependency Injection is a concept that has been talked about in numerous places over the web. For the purposes of this quickstart, well explain the act of injecting dependencies simply with this below code:
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Above, A is a dependency of B, and A was injected into B. If you are not familiar with the concept of dependency injection, here are a couple of great reads: Matthew Weier OPhinneys Analogy, Ralph Schindlers Learning DI, or Fabien Potenciers Series on DI.

13.2 Very brief introduction to Di Container.


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13.3 Simplest usage case (2 classes, one consumes the other)


In the simplest use case, a developer might have one class (A) that is consumed by another class (B) through the constructor. By having the dependency injected through the constructor, this requires an object of type A be instantiated before an object of type B so that A can be injected into B.
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namespace My { class A { /* Some useful functionality */ } class B { protected $a = null; public function __construct(A $a) { $this->a = $a; } } }

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To create B by hand, a developer would follow this work ow, or a similar workow to this:
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If this workow becomes repeated throughout your application multiple times, this creates an opportunity where one might want to DRY up the code. While there are several ways to do this, using a dependency injection container is one of these solutions. With Zends dependency injection container Zend\Di\Di, the above use case can be taken care of with no conguration (provided all of your autoloading is already congured properly) with the following usage:
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$di = new Zend\Di\Di; $b = $di->get(My\B); // will produce a B object that is consuming an A object

Moreover, by using the Di::get() method, you are ensuring that the same exact object is returned on subsequent calls. To force new objects to be created on each and every request, one would use the Di::newInstance() method:
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Lets assume for a moment that A requires some conguration before it can be created. Our previous use case is expanded to this (well throw a 3rd class in for good measure):
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namespace My { class A { protected $username = null; protected $password = null; public function __construct($username, $password) { $this->username = $username; $this->password = $password; } } class B { protected $a = null; public function __construct(A $a) { $this->a = $a; } } class C { protected $b = null; public function __construct(B $b) { $this->b = $b; } } }

With the above, we need to ensure that our Di is capable of seeing the A class with a few conguration values (which are generally scalar in nature). To do this, we need to interact with the InstanceManager:
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Now that our container has values it can use when creating A, and our new goal is to have a C object that consumes B and in turn consumes A, the usage scenario is still the same:
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$c = $di->get(My\C); // or $c = $di->newInstance(My\C);

Simple enough, but what if we wanted to pass in these parameters at call time? Assuming a default Di object ($di = new Zend\Di\Di() without any conguration to the InstanceManager), we could do the following:
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$parameters = array( username => MyUsernameValue, password => MyHardToGuessPassword%$#, ); $c = $di->get(My\C, $parameters); // or $c = $di->newInstance(My\C, $parameters);

Constructor injection is not the only supported type of injection. The other most popular method of injection is also supported: setter injection. Setter injection allows one to have a usage scenario that is the same as our previous example with the exception, for example, of our B class now looking like this:
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namespace My { class B { protected $a; public function setA(A $a) { $this->a = $a; } } }

Since the method is prexed with set, and is followed by a capital letter, the Di knows that this method is used for setter injection, and again, the use case $c = $di->get(C), will once again know how to ll the dependencies when needed to create an object of type C. Other methods are being created to determine what the wirings between classes are, such as interface injection and annotation based injection.

13.4 Simplest Usage Case Without Type-hints


If your code does not have type-hints or you are using 3rd party code that does not have type-hints but does practice dependency injection, you can still use the Di, but you might nd you need to describe your dependencies explicitly. To do this, you will need to interact with one of the denitions that is capable of letting a developer describe, with objects, the map between classes. This particular denition is called the BuilderDefinition and can work with, or in place of, the default RuntimeDefinition. Denitions are a part of the Di that attempt to describe the relationship between classes so that Di::newInstance() and Di::get() can know what the dependencies are that need to be lled for a particular class/object. With no conguration, Di will use the RuntimeDefinition which uses reection and the type-hints in your code to determine the dependency map. Without type-hints, it will assume that all dependencies are scalar or required conguration parameters.

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The BuilderDefinition, which can be used in tandem with the RuntimeDefinition (technically, it can be used in tandem with any denition by way of the AggregateDefinition), allows you to programmatically describe the mappings with objects. Lets say for example, our above A/B/C usage scenario, were altered such that class B now looks like this:
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namespace My { class B { protected $a; public function setA($a) { $this->a = $a; } } }

Youll notice the only change is that setA now does not include any type-hinting information.
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use Zend\Di\Di; use Zend\Di\Definition; use Zend\Di\Definition\Builder; // Describe this class: $builder = new Definition\BuilderDefinition; $builder->addClass(($class = new Builder\PhpClass)); $class->setName(My\B); $class->addInjectableMethod(($im = new Builder\InjectableMethod)); $im->setName(setA); $im->addParameter(a, My\A); // Use both our Builder Definition as well as the default // RuntimeDefinition, builder first $aDef = new Definition\AggregateDefinition; $aDef->addDefinition($builder); $aDef->addDefinition(new Definition\RuntimeDefinition); // Now make sure the Di understands it $di = new Di; $di->setDefinition($aDef); // and finally, create C $parameters = array( username => MyUsernameValue, password => MyHardToGuessPassword%$#, ); $c = $di->get(My\C, $parameters);

This above usage scenario provides that whatever the code looks like, you can ensure that it works with the dependency injection container. In an ideal world, all of your code would have the proper type hinting and/or would be using a mapping strategy that reduces the amount of bootstrapping work that needs to be done in order to have a full denition that is capable of instantiating all of the objects you might require.

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13.5 Simplest usage case with Compiled Denition


Without going into the gritty details, as you might expect, PHP at its core is not DI friendly. Out-of-the-box, the Di uses a RuntimeDefinition which does all class map resolution via PHPs Reflection extension. Couple that with the fact that PHP does not have a true application layer capable of storing objects in-memory between requests, and you get a recipe that is less performant than similar solutions youll nd in Java and .Net (where there is an application layer with in-memory object storage.) To mitigate this shortcoming, Zend\Di has several features built in capable of pre-compiling the most expensive tasks that surround dependency injection. It is worth noting that the RuntimeDefinition, which is used by default, is the only denition that does lookups on-demand. The rest of the Definition objects are capable of being aggregated and stored to disk in a very performant way. Ideally, 3rd party code will ship with a pre-compiled Definition that will describe the various relationships and parameter/property needs of each class that is to be instantiated. This Definition would have been built as part of some deployment or packaging task by this 3rd party. When this is not the case, you can create these Definitions via any of the Definition types provided with the exception of the RuntimeDefinition. Here is a breakdown of the job of each denition type: AggregateDefinition- Aggregates multiple denitions of various types. When looking for a class, it looks it up in the order the denitions were provided to this aggregate. ArrayDefinition- This denition takes an array of information and exposes it via the interface provided by Zend\Di\Definition suitable for usage by Di or an AggregateDefinition BuilderDefinition- Creates a denition based on an object graph consisting of various Builder\PhpClass objects and Builder\InjectionMethod objects that describe the mapping needs of the target codebase and . . . Compiler- This is not actually a denition, but produces an ArrayDefinition based off of a code scanner (Zend\Code\Scanner\DirectoryScanner or Zend\Code\Scanner\FileScanner). The following is an example of producing a denition via a DirectoryScanner:
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$compiler = new Zend\Di\Definition\Compiler(); $compiler->addCodeScannerDirectory( new Zend\Code\Scanner\ScannerDirectory(path/to/library/My/) ); $definition = $compiler->compile();

This denition can then be directly used by the Di (assuming the above A, B, C scenario was actually a le per class on disk):
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$di = new Zend\Di\Di; $di->setDefinition($definition); $di->getInstanceManager()->setProperty(My\A, username, foo); $di->getInstanceManager()->setProperty(My\A, password, bar); $c = $di->get(My\C);

One strategy for persisting these compiled denitions would be the following:
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if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . /di-definition.php) && $isProduction) { $compiler = new Zend\Di\Definition\Compiler(); $compiler->addCodeScannerDirectory( new Zend\Code\Scanner\ScannerDirectory(path/to/library/My/) ); $definition = $compiler->compile(); file_put_contents( __DIR__ . /di-definition.php,

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<?php return . var_export($definition->toArray(), true) . ; ); } else { $definition = new Zend\Di\Definition\ArrayDefinition( include __DIR__ . /di-definition.php ); } // $definition can now be used; in a production system it will be written // to disk.

Since Zend\Code\Scanner does not include les, the classes contained within are not loaded into memory. Instead, Zend\Code\Scanner uses tokenization to determine the structure of your les. This makes this suitable to use this solution during development and within the same request as any one of your applications dispatched actions.

13.6 Creating a precompiled denition for others to use


If you are a 3rd party code developer, it makes sense to produce a Definition le that describes your code so that others can utilize this Definition without having to Reflect it via the RuntimeDefinition, or create it via the Compiler. To do this, use the same technique as above. Instead of writing the resulting array to disk, you would write the information into a denition directly, by way of Zend\Code\Generator:
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// First, compile the information $compiler = new Zend\Di\Definition\CompilerDefinition(); $compiler->addDirectoryScanner( new Zend\Code\Scanner\DirectoryScanner(__DIR__ . /My/) ); $compiler->compile(); $definition = $compiler->toArrayDefinition(); // Now, create a Definition class for this information $codeGenerator = new Zend\Code\Generator\FileGenerator(); $codeGenerator->setClass(($class = new Zend\Code\Generator\ClassGenerator())); $class->setNamespaceName(My); $class->setName(DiDefinition); $class->setExtendedClass(\Zend\Di\Definition\ArrayDefinition); $class->addMethod( __construct, array(), \Zend\Code\Generator\MethodGenerator::FLAG_PUBLIC, parent::__construct( . var_export($definition->toArray(), true) . ); ); file_put_contents(__DIR__ . /My/DiDefinition.php, $codeGenerator->generate());

13.7 Using Multiple Denitions From Multiple Sources


In all actuality, you will be using code from multiple places, some Zend Framework code, some other 3rd party code, and of course, your own code that makes up your application. Here is a method for consuming denitions from multiple places:
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$di = new Di; $diDefAggregate = new Definition\Aggregate(); // first add in provided Definitions, for example $diDefAggregate->addDefinition(new ThirdParty\Dbal\DiDefinition()); $diDefAggregate->addDefinition(new Zend\Controller\DiDefinition()); // for code that does not have TypeHints $builder = new Definition\BuilderDefinition(); $builder->addClass(($class = Builder\PhpClass)); $class->addInjectionMethod( ($injectMethod = new Builder\InjectionMethod()) ); $injectMethod->setName(injectImplementation); $injectMethod->addParameter( implementation, Class\For\Specific\Implementation ); // now, your application code $compiler = new Definition\Compiler() $compiler->addCodeScannerDirectory( new Zend\Code\Scanner\DirectoryScanner(__DIR__ . /App/) ); $appDefinition = $compiler->compile(); $diDefAggregate->addDefinition($appDefinition); // now, pass in properties $im = $di->getInstanceManager(); // this could come from Zend\Config\Config::toArray $propertiesFromConfig = array( ThirdParty\Dbal\DbAdapter => array( username => someUsername, password => somePassword ), Zend\Controller\Helper\ContentType => array( default => xhtml5 ), ); $im->setProperties($propertiesFromConfig);

13.8 Generating Service Locators


In production, you want things to be as fast as possible. The Dependency Injection Container, while engineered for speed, still must do a fair bit of work resolving parameters and dependencies at runtime. What if you could speed things up and remove those lookups? The Zend\Di\ServiceLocator\Generator component can do just that. It takes a congured DI instance, and generates a service locator class for you from it. That class will manage instances for you, as well as provide hard-coded, lazy-loading instantiation of instances. The method getCodeGenerator() returns an instance of Zend\CodeGenerator\Php\PhpFile, from which you can then write a class le with the new Service Locator. Methods on the Generator class allow you to specify the namespace and class for the generated Service Locator. As an example, consider the following: 13.8. Generating Service Locators 51

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use Zend\Di\ServiceLocator\Generator; // $di is a fully configured DI instance $generator = new Generator($di); $generator->setNamespace(Application) ->setContainerClass(Context); $file = $generator->getCodeGenerator(); $file->setFilename(__DIR__ . /../Application/Context.php); $file->write();

The above code will write to ../Application/Context.php, and that le will contain the class Application\Context. That le might look like the following:
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} public function getComposed() { return $this->get(My\ComposedClass); } public function getStruct() { return $this->get(My\Struct); } }

To use this class, you simply consume it as you would a DI container:


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One note about this functionality in its current incarnation. Conguration is per-environment only at this time. This means that you will need to generate a container per execution environment. Our recommendation is that you do so, and then in your environment, specify the container class to use.

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UNIT TESTING A ZEND FRAMEWORK 2 APPLICATION


A solid unit test suite is essential for ongoing development in large projects, especially those with many people involved. Going back and manually testing every individual component of an application after every change is impractical. Your unit tests will help alleviate that by automatically testing your applications components and alerting you when something is not working the same way it was when you wrote your tests. This tutorial is written in the hopes of showing how to test different parts of a Zend Framework 2 MVC application. As such, this tutorial will use the application written in the getting started user guide. It is in no way a guide to unit testing in general, but is here only to help overcome the initial hurdles in writing unit tests for ZF2 applications. It is recommended to have at least a basic understanding of unit tests, assertions and mocks. As the Zend Framework 2 API uses PHPUnit, so will this tutorial. This tutorial assumes that you already have PHPUnit installed. The version of PHPUnit used should be 3.7.*

14.1 Setting up the tests directory


As Zend Framework 2 applications are built from modules that should be standalone blocks of an application, we dont test the application in its entirety, but module by module. We will show how to set up the minimum requirements to test a module, the Album module we wrote in the user guide, and which then can be used as a base for testing any other module. Start by creating a directory called test in zf2-tutorial\module\Album with the following subdirectories:
zf2-tutorial/ /module /Album /test /AlbumTest /Controller

The structure of the test directory matches exactly with that of the modules source les, and it will allow you to keep your tests well-organized and easy to nd.

14.2 Bootstrapping your tests


Next, create a le called phpunit.xml under zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <phpunit bootstrap="Bootstrap.php" colors="true"> <testsuites> <testsuite name="zf2tutorial"> <directory>./AlbumTest</directory> </testsuite> </testsuites> </phpunit>

And a le called Bootstrap.php, also under zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test:


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error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT); chdir(__DIR__); /** * Test bootstrap, for setting up autoloading */ class Bootstrap { protected static $serviceManager; public static function init() { $zf2ModulePaths = array(dirname(dirname(__DIR__))); if (($path = static::findParentPath(vendor))) { $zf2ModulePaths[] = $path; } if (($path = static::findParentPath(module)) !== $zf2ModulePaths[0]) { $zf2ModulePaths[] = $path; } static::initAutoloader(); // use ModuleManager to load this module and its dependencies $config = array( module_listener_options => array( module_paths => $zf2ModulePaths, ), modules => array( Album ) ); $serviceManager = new ServiceManager(new ServiceManagerConfig()); $serviceManager->setService(ApplicationConfig, $config); $serviceManager->get(ModuleManager)->loadModules(); static::$serviceManager = $serviceManager; }

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public static function getServiceManager() { return static::$serviceManager; } protected static function initAutoloader() { $vendorPath = static::findParentPath(vendor); $zf2Path = getenv(ZF2_PATH); if (!$zf2Path) { if (defined(ZF2_PATH)) { $zf2Path = ZF2_PATH; } elseif (is_dir($vendorPath $zf2Path = $vendorPath . } elseif (is_dir($vendorPath $zf2Path = $vendorPath . } }

. /ZF2/library)) { /ZF2/library; . /zendframework/zendframework/library)) { /zendframework/zendframework/library;

if (!$zf2Path) { throw new RuntimeException(Unable to load ZF2. Run php composer.phar install or define } if (file_exists($vendorPath . /autoload.php)) { include $vendorPath . /autoload.php; } include $zf2Path . /Zend/Loader/AutoloaderFactory.php; AutoloaderFactory::factory(array( Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader => array( autoregister_zf => true, namespaces => array( __NAMESPACE__ => __DIR__ . / . __NAMESPACE__, ), ), )); } protected static function findParentPath($path) { $dir = __DIR__; $previousDir = .; while (!is_dir($dir . / . $path)) { $dir = dirname($dir); if ($previousDir === $dir) return false; $previousDir = $dir; } return $dir . / . $path; } } Bootstrap::init();

The contents of this bootstrap le can be daunting at rst sight, but all it really does is ensuring that all the necessary les are autoloadable for our tests. The most important lines is line 38 on which we say what modules we want to load for our test. In this case we are only loading the Album module as it has no dependencies against other modules.

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Now, if you navigate to the zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/ directory, and run phpunit, you should get a similar output to this:
PHPUnit 3.7.13 by Sebastian Bergmann. Configuration read from /var/www/zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/phpunit.xml Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 1.75Mb No tests executed!

Even though no tests were executed, we at least know that the autoloader found the ZF2 les, otherwise it would throw a RuntimeException, dened on line 69 of our bootstrap le.

14.3 Your rst controller test


Testing controllers is never an easy task, but Zend Framework 2 comes with the Zend\Test component which should make testing much less cumbersome. First, create IndexControllerTest.php under zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/AlbumTest/Controller with the following contents:
<?php namespace AlbumTest\Controller; use Zend\Test\PHPUnit\Controller\AbstractHttpControllerTestCase; class AlbumControllerTest extends AbstractHttpControllerTestCase { public function setUp() { $this->setApplicationConfig( include /var/www/zf2-tutorial/config/application.config.php ); parent::setUp(); } }

The AbstractHttpControllerTestCase class we extend here helps us setting up the application itself, helps with dispatching and other tasks that happen during a request, as well offers methods for asserting request params, response headers, redirects and more. See Zend\Test documentation for more. One thing that is needed is to set the application cong with the setApplicationConfig method. Now, add the following function to the AlbumControllerTest class:
public function testIndexActionCanBeAccessed() { $this->dispatch(/album); $this->assertResponseStatusCode(200); $this->assertModuleName(Album); $this->assertControllerName(Album\Controller\Album); $this->assertControllerClass(AlbumController); $this->assertMatchedRouteName(album); }

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This test case dispatches the /album URL, asserts that the response code is 200, and that we ended up in the desired module and controller. Note: For asserting the controller name we are using the controller name we dened in our routing conguration for the Album module. In our example this should be dened on line 19 of the module.config.php le in the Album module.

14.4 A failing test case


Finally, cd to zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/ and run phpunit. Uh-oh! The test failed!
PHPUnit 3.7.13 by Sebastian Bergmann. Configuration read from /var/www/zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/phpunit.xml F Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 8.50Mb There was 1 failure: 1) AlbumTest\Controller\AlbumControllerTest::testIndexActionCanBeAccessed Failed asserting response code "200", actual status code is "500"

/var/www/zf2-tutorial/vendor/ZF2/library/Zend/Test/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCase.php: /var/www/zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/AlbumTest/Controller/AlbumControllerTest.php:22 FAILURES! Tests: 1, Assertions: 0, Failures: 1.

The failure message doesnt tell us much, apart from that the expected status code is not 200, but 500. To get a bit more information when something goes wrong in a test case, we set the protected $traceError member to true. Add the following just above the setUp method in our AlbumControllerTest class:
protected $traceError = true;

Running the phpunit command again and we should see some more information about what went wrong in our test. The main error message we are interested in should read something like:
Zend\ServiceManager\Exception\ServiceNotFoundException: Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager::get was unable to fetch or create an instance for Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter

From this error message it is clear that not all our dependencies are available in the service manager. Let us take a look how can we x this.

14.5 Conguring the service manager for the tests


The error says that the service manager can not create an instance of a database adapter for us. The database adapter is indirectly used by our Album\Model\AlbumTable to fetch the list of albums from the database. The rst thought would be to create an instance of an adapter, pass it to the service manager and let the code run from there as is. Problem with this approach is that we would end up with our test cases doing actually queries against the database. To keep our tests fast, and to reduce the number of possible failure points in our tests, this should be avoided.

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The second thought would be then to create a mock of the database adapter, and prevent the actual database calls by mocking them out. This is a much better approach, but creating the adapter mock is tedious (but no doubt we will have to create it at one point). The best thing to do would be to mock out our Album\Model\AlbumTable class which retrieves the list of albums from the database. Remember, we are now testing our controller, so we can mock out the actual call to fetchAll and replace the return values with dummy values. At this point, we are not interested in how does fetchAll retrieve the albums, but only that it gets called and that it returns an array of albums, so that is why we can get away with this mocking. When we will test AlbumTable itself, then we will write the actual tests for the fetchAll method. Here is how we can accomplish this, by modifying the testIndexActionCanBeAccessed test method as follows:
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public function testIndexActionCanBeAccessed() { $albumTableMock = $this->getMockBuilder(Album\Model\AlbumTable) ->disableOriginalConstructor() ->getMock(); $albumTableMock->expects($this->once()) ->method(fetchAll) ->will($this->returnValue(array())); $serviceManager = $this->getApplicationServiceLocator(); $serviceManager->setAllowOverride(true); $serviceManager->setService(Album\Model\AlbumTable, $albumTableMock); $this->dispatch(/album); $this->assertResponseStatusCode(200); $this->assertModuleName(Album); $this->assertControllerName(Album\Controller\Album); $this->assertControllerClass(AlbumController); $this->assertMatchedRouteName(album); }

By default, the Service Manager does not allow us to replace existing services. As the Album\Model\AlbumTable was already set, we are allowing for overrides (line 12), and then replacing the real instance of the AlbumTable with a mock. The mock is created so that it will return just an empty array when the fetchAll method is called. This allows us to test for what we care about in this test, and that is that by dispatching to the /album URL we get to the Album modules AlbumController. Running the phpunit command at this point, we will get the following output as the tests now pass:
PHPUnit 3.7.13 by Sebastian Bergmann. Configuration read from /var/www/zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/phpunit.xml . Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 9.00Mb OK (1 test, 6 assertions)

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14.6 Testing actions with POST


One of the most common actions happening in controllers is submitting a form with some POST data. Testing this is surprisingly easy:
public function testAddActionRedirectsAfterValidPost() { $albumTableMock = $this->getMockBuilder(Album\Model\AlbumTable) ->disableOriginalConstructor() ->getMock(); $albumTableMock->expects($this->once()) ->method(saveAlbum) ->will($this->returnValue(null)); $serviceManager = $this->getApplicationServiceLocator(); $serviceManager->setAllowOverride(true); $serviceManager->setService(Album\Model\AlbumTable, $albumTableMock); $postData = array(title => Led Zeppelin III, artist => Led Zeppelin); $this->dispatch(/album/add, POST, $postData); $this->assertResponseStatusCode(302); $this->assertRedirectTo(/album); }

Here we test that when we make a POST request against the /album/add URL, the Album\Model\AlbumTables saveAlbum will be called and after that we will be redirected back to the /album URL. Running phpunit gives us the following output:
PHPUnit 3.7.13 by Sebastian Bergmann. Configuration read from /home/robert/www/zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/phpunit.xml .. Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 10.75Mb OK (2 tests, 9 assertions)

Testing the editAction and deleteAction methods can be easily done in a manner similar as shown for the addAction.

14.7 Testing model entities


Now that we know how to test our controllers, let us move to an other important part of our application - the model entity. Here we want to test that the initial state of the entity is what we expect it to be, that we can convert the models parameters to and from an array, and that it has all the input lters we need. Create the le AlbumTest.php in module/Album/test/AlbumTest/Model directory with the following contents:

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<?php namespace AlbumTest\Model; use Album\Model\Album; use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase; class AlbumTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase { public function testAlbumInitialState() { $album = new Album(); $this->assertNull($album->artist, "artist" should initially be null); $this->assertNull($album->id, "id" should initially be null); $this->assertNull($album->title, "title" should initially be null); } public function testExchangeArraySetsPropertiesCorrectly() { $album = new Album(); $data = array(artist => some artist, id => 123, title => some title); $album->exchangeArray($data); $this->assertSame($data[artist], $album->artist, "artist" was not set correctly); $this->assertSame($data[id], $album->id, "id" was not set correctly); $this->assertSame($data[title], $album->title, "title" was not set correctly); } public function testExchangeArraySetsPropertiesToNullIfKeysAreNotPresent() { $album = new Album(); $album->exchangeArray(array(artist => some artist, id => 123, title => some title)); $album->exchangeArray(array()); $this->assertNull($album->artist, "artist" should have defaulted to null); $this->assertNull($album->id, "id" should have defaulted to null); $this->assertNull($album->title, "title" should have defaulted to null); } public function testGetArrayCopyReturnsAnArrayWithPropertyValues() { $album = new Album(); $data = array(artist => some artist, id => 123, title => some title); $album->exchangeArray($data); $copyArray = $album->getArrayCopy(); $this->assertSame($data[artist], $copyArray[artist], "artist" was not set correctly); $this->assertSame($data[id], $copyArray[id], "id" was not set correctly); $this->assertSame($data[title], $copyArray[title], "title" was not set correctly);

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} public function testInputFiltersAreSetCorrectly() { $album = new Album(); $inputFilter = $album->getInputFilter(); $this->assertSame(3, $inputFilter->count()); $this->assertTrue($inputFilter->has(artist)); $this->assertTrue($inputFilter->has(id)); $this->assertTrue($inputFilter->has(title)); } }

We are testing for 5 things: 1. Are all of the Albums properties initially set to NULL? 2. Will the Albums properties be set correctly when we call exchangeArray()? 3. Will a default value of NULL be used for properties whose keys are not present in the $data array? 4. Can we get an array copy of our model? 5. Do all elements have input lters present? If we run phpunit again, we will get the following output, conrming that our model is indeed correct:
PHPUnit 3.7.13 by Sebastian Bergmann. Configuration read from /var/www/zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/phpunit.xml ....... Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 11.00Mb OK (7 tests, 25 assertions)

14.8 Testing model tables


The nal step in this unit testing tutorial for Zend Framework 2 applications is writing tests for our model tables. This test assures that we can get a list of albums, or one album by its ID, and that we can save and delete albums from the database. To avoid actual interaction with the database itself, we will replace certain parts with mocks. Create a le AlbumTableTest.php in module/Album/test/AlbumTest/Model with the following contents:
<?php namespace AlbumTest\Model; use use use use Album\Model\AlbumTable; Album\Model\Album; Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet; PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;

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class AlbumTableTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase { public function testFetchAllReturnsAllAlbums() { $resultSet = new ResultSet(); $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock(Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway, array(select), array(), , false); $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once()) ->method(select) ->with() ->will($this->returnValue($resultSet)); $albumTable = new AlbumTable($mockTableGateway); $this->assertSame($resultSet, $albumTable->fetchAll()); } }

Since we are testing the AlbumTable here and not the TableGateway class (which has already been tested in Zend Framework), we just want to make sure that our AlbumTable class is interacting with the TableGateway class the way that we expect it to. Above, were testing to see if the fetchAll() method of AlbumTable will call the select() method of the $tableGateway property with no parameters. If it does, it should return a ResultSet object. Finally, we expect that this same ResultSet object will be returned to the calling method. This test should run ne, so now we can add the rest of the test methods:
public function testCanRetrieveAnAlbumByItsId() { $album = new Album(); $album->exchangeArray(array(id => 123, artist => The Military Wives, title => In My Dreams)); $resultSet = new ResultSet(); $resultSet->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Album()); $resultSet->initialize(array($album));

$mockTableGateway = $this->getMock(Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway, array(select), array(), $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once()) ->method(select) ->with(array(id => 123)) ->will($this->returnValue($resultSet)); $albumTable = new AlbumTable($mockTableGateway); $this->assertSame($album, $albumTable->getAlbum(123)); }

public function testCanDeleteAnAlbumByItsId() { $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock(Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway, array(delete), array(), $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once()) ->method(delete) ->with(array(id => 123)); $albumTable = new AlbumTable($mockTableGateway); $albumTable->deleteAlbum(123); }

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public function testSaveAlbumWillInsertNewAlbumsIfTheyDontAlreadyHaveAnId() { $albumData = array(artist => The Military Wives, title => In My Dreams); $album = new Album(); $album->exchangeArray($albumData);

$mockTableGateway = $this->getMock(Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway, array(insert), array(), $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once()) ->method(insert) ->with($albumData); $albumTable = new AlbumTable($mockTableGateway); $albumTable->saveAlbum($album); } public function testSaveAlbumWillUpdateExistingAlbumsIfTheyAlreadyHaveAnId() { $albumData = array(id => 123, artist => The Military Wives, title => In My Dreams); $album = new Album(); $album->exchangeArray($albumData); $resultSet = new ResultSet(); $resultSet->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Album()); $resultSet->initialize(array($album)); $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock(Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway, array(select, update), array(), , false); $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once()) ->method(select) ->with(array(id => 123)) ->will($this->returnValue($resultSet)); $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once()) ->method(update) ->with(array(artist => The Military Wives, title => In My Dreams), array(id => 123)); $albumTable = new AlbumTable($mockTableGateway); $albumTable->saveAlbum($album); } public function testExceptionIsThrownWhenGettingNonExistentAlbum() { $resultSet = new ResultSet(); $resultSet->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Album()); $resultSet->initialize(array());

$mockTableGateway = $this->getMock(Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway, array(select), array(), $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once()) ->method(select) ->with(array(id => 123)) ->will($this->returnValue($resultSet)); $albumTable = new AlbumTable($mockTableGateway); try { $albumTable->getAlbum(123); } catch (\Exception $e) {

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$this->assertSame(Could not find row 123, $e->getMessage()); return; } $this->fail(Expected exception was not thrown); }

These tests are nothing complicated and they should be self explanatory. In each test we are injecting a mock table gateway into our AlbumTable and set our expectations accordingly. We are testing that: 1. We can retrieve an individual album by its ID. 2. We can delete albums. 3. We can save new album. 4. We can update existing albums. 5. We will encounter an exception if were trying to retrieve an album that doesnt exist. Running phpunit command for one last time, we get the output as follows:
PHPUnit 3.7.13 by Sebastian Bergmann. Configuration read from /var/www/zf2-tutorial/module/Album/test/phpunit.xml ............. Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 11.50Mb OK (13 tests, 34 assertions)

14.9 Conclusion
In this short tutorial we gave a few examples how different parts of a Zend Framework 2 MVC application can be tested. We covered setting up the environment for testing, how to test controllers and actions, how to approach failing test cases, how to congure the service manager, as well as how to test model entities and model tables. This tutorial is by no means a denitive guide to writing unit tests, just a small stepping stone helping you develop applications of higher quality.

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USING THE EVENTMANAGER


This tutorial explores the various features of Zend\EventManager.

15.1 Terminology
An Event is a named action. A Listener is any PHP callback that reacts to an event. An EventManager aggregates listeners for one or more named events, and triggers events. Typically, an event will be modeled as an object, containing metadata surrounding when and how it was triggered, including the event name, what object triggered the event (the target), and what parameters were provided. Events are named, which allows a single listener to branch logic based on the event.

15.2 Getting started


The minimal things necessary to start using events are: An EventManager instance One or more listeners on one or more events A call to trigger() an event The simplest example looks something like this:
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use Zend\EventManager\EventManager; $events = new EventManager(); $events->attach(do, function ($e) { $event = $e->getName(); $params = $e->getParams(); printf( Handled event "%s", with parameters %s, $event, json_encode($params) ); }); $params = array(foo => bar, baz => bat); $events->trigger(do, null, $params);

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The above will result in the following:


Handled event "do", with parameters {"foo":"bar","baz":"bat"}

Note: Throughout this tutorial, we use closures as listeners. However, any valid PHP callback can be attached as a listeners: PHP function names, static class methods, object instance methods, functors, or closures. We use closures within this post simply for illustration and simplicity. If you were paying attention to the example, you will have noted the null argument. Why is it there? Typically, you will compose an EventManager within a class, to allow triggering actions within methods. The middle argument to trigger() is the target, and in the case described, would be the current object instance. This gives event listeners access to the calling object, which can often be useful.
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use Zend\EventManager\EventManager; use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerAwareInterface; use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface; class Example implements EventManagerAwareInterface { protected $events; public function setEventManager(EventManagerInterface $events) { $events->setIdentifiers(array( __CLASS__, get_class($this) )); $this->events = $events; } public function getEventManager() { if (!$this->events) { $this->setEventManager(new EventManager()); } return $this->events; } public function do($foo, $baz) { $params = compact(foo, baz); $this->getEventManager()->trigger(__FUNCTION__, $this, $params); } } $example = new Example(); $example->getEventManager()->attach(do, function($e) { $event = $e->getName(); $target = get_class($e->getTarget()); // "Example" $params = $e->getParams(); printf( Handled event "%s" on target "%s", with parameters %s, $event, $target, json_encode($params)

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); }); $example->do(bar, bat);

The above is basically the same as the rst example. The main difference is that were now using that middle argument in order to pass the target, the instance of Example, on to the listeners. Our listener is now retrieving that ($e->getTarget()), and doing something with it. If youre reading this critically, you should have a new question: What is the call to setIdentifiers() for?

15.3 Shared managers


One aspect that the EventManager implementation SharedEventManagerInterface implementation. provides is an ability to compose a

Zend\EventManager\SharedEventManagerInterface describes an object that aggregates listeners for events attached to objects with specic identiers. It does not trigger events itself. Instead, an EventManager instance that composes a SharedEventManager will query the SharedEventManager for listeners on identiers its interested in, and trigger those listeners as well. How does this work, exactly? Consider the following:
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use Zend\EventManager\SharedEventManager; $sharedEvents = new SharedEventManager(); $sharedEvents->attach(Example, do, function ($e) { $event = $e->getName(); $target = get_class($e->getTarget()); // "Example" $params = $e->getParams(); printf( Handled event "%s" on target "%s", with parameters %s, $event, $target, json_encode($params) ); });

This looks almost identical to the previous example; the key difference is that there is an additional argument at the start of the list, Example. This code is basically saying, Listen to the do event of the Example target, and, when notied, execute this callback. This is where the setIdentifiers() argument of EventManager comes into play. The method allows passing a string, or an array of strings, dening the name or names of the context or targets the given instance will be interested in. If an array is given, then any listener on any of the targets given will be notied. So, getting back to our example, lets assume that the above shared listener is registered, and also that the Example class is dened as above. We can then execute the following:
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and expect the following to be echod:

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Now, lets say we extended Example as follows:


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One interesting aspect of our setEventManager() method is that we dened it to listen both on __CLASS__ and get_class($this). This means that calling do() on our SubExample class would also trigger the shared listener! It also means that, if desired, we could attach to specically SubExample, and listeners attached to only the Example target would not be triggered. Finally, the names used as contexts or targets need not be class names; they can be some name that only has meaning in your application if desired. As an example, you could have a set of classes that respond to log or cache and listeners on these would be notied by any of them. Note: We recommend using class names, interface names, and/or abstract class names for identiers. This makes determining what events are available easier, as well as nding which listeners might be attaching to those events. Interfaces make a particularly good use case, as they allow attaching to a group of related classes a single operation. At any point, if you do not want to notify shared listeners, pass a null value to setSharedManager(): and they will be ignored. If at any point, you want to enable them again, pass the SharedEventManager instance:

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So far, with both a normal EventManager instance and with the SharedEventManager instance, weve seen the usage of singular strings representing the event and target names to which we want to attach. What if you want to attach a listener to multiple events or targets? The answer is to supply an array of events or targets, or a wildcard, *. Consider the following examples:
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// Multiple named events: $events->attach( array(foo, bar, baz), // events $listener ); // All events via wildcard: $events->attach( *, // all events $listener ); // Multiple named targets: $sharedEvents->attach( array(Foo, Bar, Baz), // targets doSomething, // named event $listener ); // All targets via wildcard $sharedEvents->attach( *, // all targets doSomething, // named event $listener ); // Mix and match: multiple named events on multiple named targets: $sharedEvents->attach( array(Foo, Bar, Baz), // targets array(foo, bar, baz), // events $listener ); // Mix and match: all events on multiple named targets: $sharedEvents->attach( array(Foo, Bar, Baz), // targets

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*, // events $listener ); // Mix and match: multiple named events on all targets: $sharedEvents->attach( *, // targets array(foo, bar, baz), // events $listener ); // Mix and match: all events on all targets: $sharedEvents->attach( *, // targets *, // events $listener );

The ability to specify multiple targets and/or events when attaching can slim down your code immensely.

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Another approach to listening to multiple events is via a concept of listener aggregates, represented by Zend\EventManager\ListenerAggregateInterface. Via this approach, a single class can listen to multiple events, attaching one or more instance methods as listeners. This interface denes two methods, attach(EventManagerInterface $events) and detach(EventManagerInterface $events). Basically, you pass an EventManager instance to one and/or the other, and then its up to the implementing class to determine what to do. As an example:
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class LogEvents implements ListenerAggregateInterface { protected $listeners = array(); protected $log; public function __construct(Logger $log) { $this->log = $log; } public function attach(EventManagerInterface $events) { $this->listeners[] = $events->attach(do, array($this, log)); $this->listeners[] = $events->attach(doSomethingElse, array($this, log)); } public function detach(EventCollection $events) { foreach ($this->listeners as $index => $listener) { if ($events->detach($listener)) { unset($this->listeners[$index]; } } } public function log(EventInterface $e) { $event = $e->getName(); $params = $e->getParams();

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$this->log->info(sprintf(%s: %s, $event, json_encode($params))); } }

You can attach this using either attach() or attachAggregate(): Any events the aggregate attaches to will then be notied when triggered. Why bother? For a couple of reasons: Aggregates allow you to have stateful listeners. The above example demonstrates this via the composition of the logger; another example would be tracking conguration options. Aggregates make detaching listeners easier. When you call attach() normally, you receive a Zend\Stdlib\CallbackHandler instance; the only way to detach() a listener is to pass that instance back which means if you want to detach later, you need to keep that instance somewhare. Aggregates typically do this for you as you can see in the example above.

17.1 Introspecting results


Sometimes youll want to know what your listeners returned. One thing to remember is that you may have multiple listeners on the same event; the interface for results must be consistent regardless of the number of listeners. The EventManager implementation by default returns a Zend\EventManager\ResponseCollection instance. This class extends PHPs SplStack, allowing you to loop through responses in reverse order (since the last one executed is likely the one youre most interested in). It also implements the following methods: first() will retrieve the rst result received last() will retrieve the last result received contains($value) allows you to test all values to see if a given one was received, and returns simply a boolean true if found, and false if not. Typically, you should not worry about the return values from events, as the object triggering the event shouldnt really have much insight into what listeners are attached. However, sometimes you may want to short-circuit execution if interesting results are obtained.

17.2 Short-ciruiting listener execution


You may want to short-ciruit execution if a particular result is obtained, or if a listener determines that something is wrong, or that it can return something quicker than the target. As examples, one rationale for adding an EventManager is as a caching mechanism. You can trigger one event early in the method, returning if a cache is found, and trigger another event late in the method, seeding the cache. The EventManager component offers two ways to handle this. The rst is to pass a callback as the last argument to trigger(); if that callback returns a boolean true, execution is halted. Heres an example:
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$params, function ($r) { return ($r instanceof SomeResultClass); } ); if ($results->stopped()) { return $results->last(); } // ... do some work ... }

With this paradigm, we know that the likely reason of execution halting is due to the last result meeting the test callback criteria; as such, we simply return that last result. The other way to halt execution is within a listener, acting on the Event object it receives. In this case, the listener calls stopPropagation(true), and the EventManager will then return without notifying any additional listeners.
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$events->attach(do, function ($e) { $e->stopPropagation(); return new SomeResultClass(); });

This, of course, raises some ambiguity when using the trigger paradigm, as you can no longer be certain that the last result meets the criteria its searching on. As such, we recommend that you standardize on one approach or the other.

17.3 Keeping it in order


On occasion, you may be concerned about the order in which listeners execute. As an example, you may want to do any logging early, to ensure that if short-circuiting occurs, youve logged; or if implementing a cache, you may want to return early if a cache hit is found, and execute late when saving to a cache. Each of EventManager::attach() and SharedEentManager::attach() accept one additional argument, a priority. By default, if this is omitted, listeners get a priority of 1, and are executed in the order in which they are attached. However, if you provide a priority value, you can inuence order of execution. Higher priority values execute earlier. Lower (negative) priority values execute later. To borrow an example from earlier:
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$priority = 100; $events->attach(Example, do, function($e) { $event = $e->getName(); $target = get_class($e->getTarget()); // "Example" $params = $e->getParams(); printf( Handled event "%s" on target "%s", with parameters %s, $event, $target, json_encode($params) ); }, $priority);

This would execute with high priority, meaning it would execute early. If we changed $priority to -100, it would execute with low priority, executing late.

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While you cant necessarily know all the listeners attached, chances are you can make adequate guesses when necessary in order to set appropriate priority values. We advise avoiding setting a priority value unless absolutely necessary.

17.4 Custom event objects


Hopefully some of you have been wondering, where and when is the Event object created? In all of the examples above, its created based on the arguments passed to trigger() the event name, target, and parameters. Sometimes, however, you may want greater control over the object. As an example, one thing that looks like a code smell is when you have code like this:
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$routeMatch = $e->getParam(route-match, false); if (!$routeMatch) { // Oh noes! we cannot do our work! whatever shall we do?!?!?! }

The problems with this are several. First, relying on string keys is going to very quickly run into problems typos when setting or retrieving the argument can lead to hard to debug situations. Second, we now have a documentation issue; how do we document expected arguments? how do we document what were shoving into the event? Third, as a side effect, we cant use IDE or editor hinting support string keys give these tools nothing to work with. Similarly, consider how you might represent a computational result of a method when triggering an event. As an example:
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// in the method: $params[__RESULT] = $computedResult; $events->trigger(__FUNCTION__ . .post, $this, $params); // in the listener: $result = $e->getParam(__RESULT__); if (!$result) { // Oh noes! we cannot do our work! whatever shall we do?!?!?! }

Sure, that key may be unique, but it suffers from a lot of the same issues. So, the solution is to create custom events. As an example, we have a custom MvcEvent in the ZF2 MVC layer. This event composes the application instance, the router, the route match object, request and response objects, the view model, and also a result. We end up with code like this in our listeners:
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$response = $e->getResponse(); $result = $e->getResult(); if (is_string($result)) { $content = $view->render(layout.phtml, array(content => $result)); $response->setContent($content); }

But how do we use this custom event? Simple: trigger() can accept an event object instead of any of the event name, target, or params arguments.
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$event = new CustomEvent(); $event->setSomeKey($value); // Injected with event name and target: $events->trigger(foo, $this, $event); // Injected with event name: $event->setTarget($this);

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$events->trigger(foo, $event); // Fully encapsulates all necessary properties: $event->setName(foo); $event->setTarget($this); $events->trigger($event); // Passing a callback following the event object works for // short-circuiting, too. $results = $events->trigger(foo, $this, $event, $callback);

This is a really powerful technique for domain-specic event systems, and denitely worth experimenting with.

17.5 Putting it together: Implementing a simple caching system


In previous sections, I indicated that short-circuiting is a way to potentially implement a caching solution. Lets create a full example. First, lets dene a method that could use caching. Youll note that in most of the examples, Ive used __FUNCTION__ as the event name; this is a good practice, as it makes it simple to create a macro for triggering events, as well as helps to keep event names unique (as theyre usually within the context of the triggering class). However, in the case of a caching example, this would lead to identical events being triggered. As such, I recommend postxing the event name with semantic names: do.pre, do.post, do.error, etc. Ill use that convention in this example. Additionally, youll notice that the $params I pass to the event is usually the list of parameters passed to the method. This is because those are often not stored in the object, and also to ensure the listeners have the exact same context as the calling method. But it raises an interesting problem in this example: what name do we give the result of the method? One standard that has emerged is the use of __RESULT__, as double-underscored variables are typically reserved for the sytem. Heres what the method will look like:
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public function someExpensiveCall($criteria1, $criteria2) { $params = compact(criteria1, criteria2); $results = $this->getEventManager()->trigger( __FUNCTION__ . .pre, $this, $params, function ($r) { return ($r instanceof SomeResultClass); } ); if ($results->stopped()) { return $results->last(); } // ... do some work ... $params[__RESULT__] = $calculatedResult; $this->events()->trigger(__FUNCTION__ . .post, $this, $params); return $calculatedResult; }

Now, to provide some caching listeners. Well need to attach to each of the someExpensiveCall.pre and someExpensiveCall.post methods. In the former case, if a cache hit is detected, we return it, and move on. In the latter, we store the value in the cache. 17.5. Putting it together: Implementing a simple caching system 77

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Well assume $cache is dened, and follows the paradigms of Zend\Cache. Well want to return early if a hit is detected, and execute late when saving a cache (in case the result is modied by another listener). As such, well set the someExpensiveCall.pre listener to execute with priority 100, and the someExpensiveCall.post listener to execute with priority -100.
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$events->attach(someExpensiveCall.pre, function($e) use ($cache) { $params = $e->getParams(); $key = md5(json_encode($params)); $hit = $cache->load($key); return $hit; }, 100); $events->attach(someExpensiveCall.post, function($e) use ($cache) { $params = $e->getParams(); $result = $params[__RESULT__]; unset($params[__RESULT__]); $key = md5(json_encode($params)); $cache->save($result, $key); }, -100);

Note: The above could have been done within a ListenerAggregate, which would have allowed keeping the $cache instance as a stateful property, instead of importing it into closures. Another approach would be to move the body of the method to a listener as well, which would allow using the priority system in order to implement caching. That would look like this:
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public function setEventManager(EventManagerInterface $events) { $this->events = $events; $events->setIdentifiers(array(__CLASS__, get_class($this))); $events->attach(someExpensiveCall, array($this, doSomeExpensiveCall)); } public function someExpensiveCall($criteria1, $criteria2) { $params = compact(criteria1, criteria2); $results = $this->getEventManager()->trigger( __FUNCTION__, $this, $params, function ($r) { return ($r instanceof SomeResultClass); } ); return $results->last(); } public function doSomeExpensiveCall($e) { // ... do some work ... $e->setParam(__RESULT__, $calculatedResult); return $calculatedResult; }

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attached to multiple events, or to attach multiple listeners to the same events (e.g. an argument validator, a logger and a cache manager). The point is that if you design your object with events in mind, you can easily make it more exible and extensible, without requiring developers to actually extend it they can simply attach listeners.

17.6 Conclusion
The EventManager is a powerful component. It drives the workow of the MVC layer, and is used in countless components to provide hook points for developers to manipulate the workow. It can be put to any number of uses inside your own code, and is an important part of your Zend Framework toolbox.

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ADVANCED CONFIGURATION TRICKS


Conguration of Zend Framework 2 applications happens in several steps: Initial conguration is passed to the Application instance and used to seed the ModuleManager and ServiceManager. In this tutorial, we will call this conguration system conguration. The ModuleManagers ConfigListener aggregates conguration and merges it while modules are being loaded. In this tutorial, we will call this conguration application conguration. Once conguration is aggregated from all modules, the ConfigListener will also merge application conguration globbed in specied directories (typically config/autoload/). In this tutorial, well look at the exact sequence, and how you can tie into it.

18.1 System conguration


To begin module loading, we have to tell the Application instance about the available modules and where they live, optionally provide some information to the default module listeners (e.g., where application conguration lives, and what les to load; whether to cache merged conguration, and where; etc.), and optionally seed the ServiceManager. For purposes of this tutorial we will call this the system conguration. When using the skeleton application, the system conguration config/application.config.php. The defaults look like this:
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// provided by modules themselves. Paths may use GLOB_BRACE notation. config_glob_paths => array( config/autoload/{,*.}{global,local}.php, ), // Whether or not to enable a configuration cache. // If enabled, the merged configuration will be cached and used in // subsequent requests. //config_cache_enabled => $booleanValue, // The key used to create the configuration cache file name. //config_cache_key => $stringKey, // Whether or not to enable a module class map cache. // If enabled, creates a module class map cache which will be used // by in future requests, to reduce the autoloading process. //module_map_cache_enabled => $booleanValue, // The key used to create the class map cache file name. //module_map_cache_key => $stringKey, // The path in which to cache merged configuration. //cache_dir => $stringPath, // // // // ), // Used to create an own service manager. May contain one or more child arrays. //service_listener_options => array( // array( // service_manager => $stringServiceManagerName, // config_key => $stringConfigKey, // interface => $stringOptionalInterface, // method => $stringRequiredMethodName, // ), // ) // Initial configuration with which to seed the ServiceManager. // Should be compatible with Zend\ServiceManager\Config. // service_manager => array(), ); Whether or not to enable modules dependency checking. Enabled by default, prevents usage of modules that depend on other modules that werent loaded. check_dependencies => true,

The system conguration is for the bits and pieces related to the MVC that run before your application is ready. The conguration is usually brief, and quite minimal. Also, system conguration is used immediately, and is not merged with any other conguration which means it cannot be overridden by a module. This leads us to our rst trick: how do you provide environment-specic system conguration?

18.1.1 Environment-specic system conguration


What happens when you want to change the set of modules you use based on the environment? Or if the conguration caching should be enabled based on environment?

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It is for this reason that the default system conguration we provide in the skeleton application is in PHP; providing it in PHP means you can programmatically manipulate it. As an example, lets make the following requirements: We want to use the ZendDeveloperTools module in development only. We want to have conguration caching on in production only. To make this happen, well set an environment variable in our web server conguration, APP_ENV. In Apache, youd put a directive like the following in either your system-wide apache.conf or httpd.conf, or in the denition for your virtual host; alternately, it can be placed in an .htaccess le.
SetEnv "APP_ENV" "development"

For other web servers, consult the web server documentation to determine how to set environment variables. To simplify matters, well assume the environment is production if no environment variable is present. Well modify the config/application.config.php le to read as follows:
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<?php $env = getenv(APP_ENV) ?: production; // Use the $env value to determine which modules to load $modules = array( Application, ); if ($env == development) { $modules[] = ZendDeveloperTools, } return array( modules => $modules, module_listener_options => array( module_paths => array( ./module, ./vendor, ), config_glob_paths => array( config/autoload/{,*.}{global,local}.php, ), // Use the $env value to determine the state of the flag config_cache_enabled => ($env == production), config_cache_key => app_config, // Use the $env value to determine the state of the flag module_map_cache_enabled => ($env == production), module_map_cache_key => module_map, cache_dir => data/config/, // Use the $env value to determine the state of the flag check_dependencies => ($env != production), ), );

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This approach gives you exibility to alter system-level settings. However, how about altering application specic settings (not system conguration) based on the environment?

18.1.2 Environment-specic application conguration


Sometimes you want to change application conguration to load things such as database adapters, log writers, cache adapters, and more based on the environment. These are typically managed in the service manager, and may be dened by modules. You can override them at the application level via Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ConfigListener, by specifying a glob path in the system conguration the module_listener_options.config_glob_paths key from the previous examples. The default value for this is config/autoload/{,*.}{global,local}.php. What this means is that it will look for application conguration les in the config/autoload directory, in the following order: global.php *.global.php local.php *.local.php This allows you to dene application-level defaults in global conguration les, which you would then commit to your version control system, and environment-specic overrides in your local conguration les, which you would omit from version control. This is a great solution for development, as it allows you to specify alternate conguration thats specic to your development environment without worrying about accidently deploying it. However, what if you have more environments such as a testing or staging environment and they each have their own specic overrides? Again, the application environment variable comes to play. We can alter the glob path in the system conguration slightly:
config_glob_paths => array( sprintf(config/autoload/{,*.}{global,%s,local}.php, $env) ),

The above will allow you to dene an additional set of application conguration les per environment; furthermore, these will be loaded only if that environment is detected! As an example, consider the following tree of conguration les:
config/ autoload/ global.php local.php users.development.php users.testing.php users.local.php

If $env evaluates to testing, then the following les will be merged, in the following order:
global.php users.test.php local.php users.local.php

Note that users.development.php is not loaded this is because it will not match the glob pattern!

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Also, because of the order in which they are loaded, you can predict which values will overwrite the others, allowing you to both selectively overwrite as well as debug later. Note: The les under config/autoload/ are merged after your module conguration, detailed in next section. We have detailed it here, however, as setting up the application conguration glob path happens within the system conguration (config/application.config.php).

18.2 Module Conguration


One responsibility of modules is to provide their own conguration to the application. Modules have two general mechanisms for doing this. First, modules that either implement Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConfigProviderInterface and/or a getConfig() method can return their conguration. The default, recommended implementation of the getConfig() method is:
public function getConfig() { return include __DIR__ . /config/module.config.php; }

where module.config.php returns a PHP array. Second, modules can implement a number of interfaces and/or methods related to specic service manager or plugin manager conguration. Examples include: Interface name ControllerPluginProviderInterface ControllerProviderInterface FilterProviderInterface FormElementProviderInterface HydratorProviderInterface InputFilterProviderInterface RouteProviderInterface SerializerProviderInterface ServiceProviderInterface ValidatorProviderInterface ViewHelperProviderInterface Method name getControllerPluginConfig() getControllerConfig() getFilterConfig() getFormElementConfig() getHydratorConfig() getInputFilterConfig() getRouteConfig() getSerializerConfig() getServiceConfig() getValidatorConfig() getViewHelperConfig()

All interfaces listed are in the Zend\ModuleManager\Feature namespace, and each is expected to return an array of conguration for a service manager, as denoted in the section on default service conguration. Considering that you may have service conguration in your module conguration le, what has precedence? The order in which they are merged is: conguration returned by getConfig() conguration returned by the various service conguration methods in a module class In other words, your various service conguration methods win. Additionally, and of particular note: the conguration returned from those methods will not be cached. The reason for this is that it is not uncommon to use closures or factory instances in conguration returned from your Module class which cannot be cached reliably.

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Note: Use the various service conguration methods when you need to dene closures or instance callbacks for factories, abstract factories, and initializers. This prevents caching problems, and also allows you to write your conguration les in other markup formats.

18.3 Conguration merging workow


To cap off the tutorial, lets review how and when conguration is dened and merged. System conguration - Dened in config/application.config.php - No merging occurs - Allows manipulation programmatically, which allows the ability to: Alter ags based on computed values Alter the conguration glob path based on computed values Conguration is passed to the Application instance, and then the ModuleManager in order to initialize the system. Application conguration - The ModuleManager loops through each module class in the order dened in the system conguration - Service conguration dened in Module class methods is aggregated - Conguration returned by Module::getConfig() is aggregated Files detected from the service conguration config_glob_paths setting are merged, based on the order they resolve in the glob path. Merged conguration is nally passed to the ServiceManager

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USING ZEND\NAVIGATION IN YOUR ALBUM MODULE


In this tutorial we will use the ZendNavigation component to add a navigation menu to the black bar at the top of the screen, and add breadcrumbs above the main site content.

19.1 Preparation
In a real world application, the album browser would be only a portion of a working website. Usually the user would land on a homepage rst, and be able to view albums by using a standard navigation menu. So that we have a site that is more realistic than just the albums feature, lets make the standard skeleton welcome page our homepage, with the /album route still showing our album module. In order to make this change, we need to undo some work we did earlier. Currently, navigating to the root of your app (/) routes you to the AlbumControllers default action. Lets undo this route change so we have two discrete entry points to the app, a home page, and an albums area. module/Application/config/module.config.php
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home => array( type => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Literal, options => array( route => /, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Index, // <-- change back here action => index, ), ), ),

This change means that if you go to the home page of your application (http://zf2-tutorial.localhost/), you see the default skeleton application introduction. Your list of albums is still available at the /album route.

19.2 Setting Up Zend\Navigation


Firstly, we need to tell our application which NavigationFactory to use when using the bundled navigation view helpers. Thankfully, ZF2 comes with a default factory that will suit our needs just ne. To tell ZF2 to use this default factory, we simply add a navigation key to the service manager. Its best to do this in the Application module, because, like the translation data, this is specic to the entire application, and not just to our album pages: module/Application/config/module.config.php

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service_manager => array( factories => array( translator => Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorServiceFactory, navigation => Zend\Navigation\Service\DefaultNavigationFactory, // <-- add this ), ),

19.3 Conguring our Site Map


Next up, we need Zend\Navigation to understand the hierarchy of our site. Thankfully, if we add a navigation key to our merged cong, the navigation factory will automagically create the container and pages needed to use the view helpers. Lets do this in the Application module: module/Application/config/module.config.php
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return array( ... navigation => array( default => array( array( label => Home, route => home, ), array( label => Album, route => album, pages => array( array( label => Add, route => album, action => add, ), array( label => Edit, route => album, action => edit, ), array( label => Delete, route => album, action => delete, ), ), ), ), ), ... );

This conguration maps out the pages weve dened in our controller, with labels linking to the given route names. You can dene highly complex hierarchical sites here with pages and sub-pages linking to route names, controller/action pairs or external uris. For more information see the docs here.

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19.4 Adding the Menu View Helper


Now that we have the navigation helper congured by our service manager and merged cong, we can easily add the menu to the title bar to our layout by using the menu view helper: module/Application/view/layout/layout.phtml
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... <a class="brand" href="<?php echo $this->url(home) ?>"><?php echo $this->translate(Skeleton Application) ? <?php // <-- Add this !! echo $this->navigation(navigation)->menu(); ?> ...

The navigation helper is built in to Zend Framework 2, and uses the service manager conguration weve already dened to congure itself automatically. Refreshing your application you will see a working (but ugly) menu, with just a few tweaks however, we can make it look awesome: module/Application/view/layout/layout.phtml
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<a class="brand" href="<?php echo $this->url(home) ?>"><?php echo $this->translate(Skeleton Application) ?></a <?php // <-- Update this !! echo $this->navigation(navigation) ->menu() ->setMinDepth(0) ->setMaxDepth(0) ->setUlClass(nav); ?>

Here we tell the renderer to give the root UL the class of nav so that Twitter Bootstrap styles the menu correctly, and only render the rst level of any given page. If you view your application in your browser, you will now see a nicely styled menu appear in the title bar. The great thing about Zend\Navigation is that it integrates with ZF2s route so can tell which page you are currently viewing. Because of this, it sets the active page to have a class of active in the menu. Twitter Bootstrap uses this to highlight your current page accordingly.

19.5 Adding Breadcrumbs


Adding breadcrumbs is initially just as simple. In our layout.phtml we want to add breadcrumbs above the main content pane, so our foolish user knows exactly where they are in our complex website. Inside the container div, before we output the content from the view, lets add a simple breadcrumb by using the breadcrumbs view helper: module/Application/view/layout/layout.phtml
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... <div class="container"> <?php echo $this->navigation(navigation)->breadcrumbs()->setMinDepth(0); // <-- Add this!! ?> <?php echo $this->content; ?> </div> ...

This adds a simple but functional breadcrumb to every page (we simply tell it to render from a depth of 0 so we see all level of pages) but we can do better than that! Because Bootstrap has a styled breadcrumb as part of its base CSS, so lets add a partial that outputs the UL in bootstrap happy CSS. Well create it in the view directory of the Application module (this partial is application wide, rather than album specic): module/Application/view/partial/breadcrumb.phtml

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<ul class="breadcrumb"> <?php // iterate through the pages foreach ($this->pages as $key => $page): ?> <li> <?php // if this isnt the last page, add a link and the separator if ($key < count($this->pages) - 1): ?> <a href="<?php echo $page->getHref(); ?>"><?php echo $page->getLabel(); ?></a> <span class="divider">/</span> <?php // otherwise, just output the name else: ?> <?php echo $page->getLabel(); ?> <?php endif; ?> </li> <?php endforeach; ?> </ul>

Notice how the partial is passed a Zend\View\Model\ViewModel instance with the pages property set to an array of pages to render. Now all we have to do is tell the breadcrumb helper to use the partial we have just written: module/Application/view/layout/layout.phtml
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... <div class="container"> <?php echo $this->navigation(navigation) // <-- Update this!! ->breadcrumbs() ->setMinDepth(0) ->setPartial(array(partial/breadcrumb.phtml, Album)); ?> <?php echo $this->content; ?> </div> ...

Refreshing the page now gives us a lovely styled set of breadcrumbs on each page.

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In this tutorial we will use the ZendPaginator component to add a handy pagination controller to the bottom of the album list. Currently, we only have a handful of albums to display, so showing everything on one page is not a problem. However, how will the album list look when we have 100 albums or more in our database? The standard solution to this problem is to split the data up into a number of pages, and allow the user to navigate around these pages using a pagination control. Just type Zend Framework into Google, and you can see their pagination control at the bottom of the page:

20.1 Preparation
In order for us to have lots of albums in our database, youll need to run the following SQL insert statement to insert the current 150 top iTunes albums (at the time of writing!):
INSERT INTO album (artist, title) VALUES (David Bowie, The Next Day (Deluxe Version)), (Bastille, Bad Blood), (Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox), (Emeli Sand, Our Version of Events (Special Edition)), (Bon Jovi, What About Now (Deluxe Version)), (Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience (Deluxe Version)), (Bastille, Bad Blood (The Extended Cut)), (P!nk, The Truth About Love), (Sound City - Real to Reel, Sound City - Real to Reel), (Jake Bugg, Jake Bugg), (Various Artists, The Trevor Nelson Collection), (David Bowie, The Next Day), (Mumford & Sons, Babel), (The Lumineers, The Lumineers), (Various Artists, Get Ur Freak On - R&B Anthems), (The 1975, Music For Cars EP), (Various Artists, Saturday Night Club Classics - Ministry of Sound), (Hurts, Exile (Deluxe)), (Various Artists, Mixmag - The Greatest Dance Tracks of All Time), (Ben Howard, Every Kingdom), (Stereophonics, Graffiti On the Train), (The Script, #3),

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(Stornoway, Tales from Terra Firma), (David Bowie, Hunky Dory (Remastered)), (Worship Central, Let It Be Known (Live)), (Ellie Goulding, Halcyon), (Various Artists, Dermot O\Leary Presents the Saturday Sessions 2013), (Stereophonics, Graffiti On the Train (Deluxe Version)), (Dido, Girl Who Got Away (Deluxe)), (Hurts, Exile), (Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans), (Calvin Harris, 18 Months), (Olly Murs, Right Place Right Time), (Alt-J (?), An Awesome Wave), (One Direction, Take Me Home), (Various Artists, Pop Stars), (Various Artists, Now That\s What I Call Music! 83), (John Grant, Pale Green Ghosts), (Paloma Faith, Fall to Grace), (Laura Mvula, Sing To the Moon (Deluxe)), (Duke Dumont, Need U (100%) [feat. A*M*E] - EP), (Watsky, Cardboard Castles), (Blondie, Blondie: Greatest Hits), (Foals, Holy Fire), (Maroon 5, Overexposed), (Bastille, Pompeii (Remixes) - EP), (Imagine Dragons, Hear Me - EP), (Various Artists, 100 Hits: 80s Classics), (Various Artists, Les Misrables (Highlights From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)), (Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More), (Frank Ocean, Channel ORANGE), (Bon Jovi, What About Now), (Various Artists, BRIT Awards 2013), (Taylor Swift, Red), (Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits), (David Guetta, Nothing But the Beat Ultimate), (Various Artists, Clubbers Guide 2013 (Mixed By Danny Howard) - Ministry of Sound), (David Bowie, Best of Bowie), (Laura Mvula, Sing To the Moon), (ADELE, 21), (Of Monsters and Men, My Head Is an Animal), (Rihanna, Unapologetic), (Various Artists, BBC Radio 1\s Live Lounge - 2012), (Avicii & Nicky Romero, I Could Be the One (Avicii vs. Nicky Romero)), (The Streets, A Grand Don\t Come for Free), (Tim McGraw, Two Lanes of Freedom), (Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits), (Various Artists, Now That\s What I Call Running!), (Swedish House Mafia, Until Now), (The xx, Coexist), (Five, Five: Greatest Hits), (Jimi Hendrix, People, Hell & Angels), (Biffy Clyro, Opposites (Deluxe)), (The Smiths, The Sound of the Smiths), (The Saturdays, What About Us - EP), (Fleetwood Mac, Rumours), (Various Artists, The Big Reunion), (Various Artists, Anthems 90s - Ministry of Sound), (The Vaccines, Come of Age), (Nicole Scherzinger, Boomerang (Remixes) - EP),

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(Bob Marley, Legend (Bonus Track Version)), (Josh Groban, All That Echoes), (Blue, Best of Blue), (Ed Sheeran, +), (Olly Murs, In Case You Didn\t Know (Deluxe Edition)), (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist (Deluxe Edition)), (Various Artists, Defected Presents Most Rated Miami 2013), (Gorgon City, Real EP), (Mumford & Sons, Babel (Deluxe Version)), (Various Artists, The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack)), (Various Artists, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Pt. 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Various Artists, Mum - The Ultimate Mothers Day Collection), (One Direction, Up All Night), (Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi Greatest Hits), (Agnetha Fltskog, A), (Fun., Some Nights), (Justin Bieber, Believe Acoustic), (Atoms for Peace, Amok), (Justin Timberlake, Justified), (Passenger, All the Little Lights), (Kodaline, The High Hopes EP), (Lana Del Rey, Born to Die), (JAY Z & Kanye West, Watch the Throne (Deluxe Version)), (Biffy Clyro, Opposites), (Various Artists, Return of the 90s), (Gabrielle Aplin, Please Don\t Say You Love Me - EP), (Various Artists, 100 Hits - Driving Rock), (Jimi Hendrix, Experience Hendrix - The Best of Jimi Hendrix), (Various Artists, The Workout Mix 2013), (The 1975, Sex), (Chase & Status, No More Idols), (Rihanna, Unapologetic (Deluxe Version)), (The Killers, Battle Born), (Olly Murs, Right Place Right Time (Deluxe Edition)), (A$AP Rocky, LONG.LIVE.A$AP (Deluxe Version)), (Various Artists, Cooking Songs), (Haim, Forever - EP), (Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough?), (Michael Bubl, To Be Loved), (Daughter, If You Leave), (The xx, xx), (Eminem, Curtain Call), (Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe)), (Disclosure, The Face - EP), (Palma Violets, 180), (Cody Simpson, Paradise), (Ed Sheeran, + (Deluxe Version)), (Michael Bubl, Crazy Love (Hollywood Edition)), (Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection), (Rita Ora, Ora), (g33k, Spabby), (Various Artists, Annie Mac Presents 2012), (David Bowie, The Platinum Collection), (Bridgit Mendler, Ready or Not (Remixes) - EP), (Dido, Girl Who Got Away), (Various Artists, Now That\s What I Call Disney), (The 1975, Facedown - EP), (Kodaline, The Kodaline - EP),

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(Various Artists, 100 Hits: Super 70s), (Fred V & Grafix, Goggles - EP), (Biffy Clyro, Only Revolutions (Deluxe Version)), (Train, California 37), (Ben Howard, Every Kingdom (Deluxe Edition)), (Various Artists, Motown Anthems), (Courteeners, ANNA), (Johnny Marr, The Messenger), (Rodriguez, Searching for Sugar Man), (Jessie Ware, Devotion), (Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox), (Various Artists, Call the Midwife (Music From the TV Series) );

This gives us a handy extra 150 rows to play with. If you now visit your album list at /album, youll see a huge long list of 150+ albums, its ugly.

20.2 Modifying the AlbumTable


In order to let ZF2 handle our database queries automatically for us, we will be using the ZendPaginatorAdapterDbSelect paginator adapter. This will automatically manipulate and run a Zend\Db\Sql\Select object to include the correct LIMIT and WHERE clauses, so that it returns only the right amount of data needed to display the given page. Lets modify the fetchAll method of the AlbumTable model, so that it can optionally return a paginator object: module/Album/src/Album/Model/AlbumTable.php
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<?php namespace Album\Model; use use use use use Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet; Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway; Zend\Db\Sql\Select; Zend\Paginator\Adapter\DbSelect; Zend\Paginator\Paginator;

class AlbumTable { ... public function fetchAll($paginated=false) { if($paginated) { // create a new Select object for the table album $select = new Select(album); // create a new result set based on the Album entity $resultSetPrototype = new ResultSet(); $resultSetPrototype->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Album()); // create a new pagination adapter object $paginatorAdapter = new DbSelect( // our configured select object $select, // the adapter to run it against $this->tableGateway->getAdapter(), // the result set to hydrate $resultSetPrototype ); $paginator = new Paginator($paginatorAdapter);

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return $paginator; } $resultSet = $this->tableGateway->select(); return $resultSet; } ...

This will return a fully congured Paginator object. Weve already told the DbSelect adapter to use our created Select object, to use the adapter that the TableGateway object uses, and also how to hydrate the result into a Album entity in the same fashion as the TableGateway does. This means that our executed and returned paginator results will return Album objects in exactly the same fashion as the non-paginated results.

20.3 Modifying the AlbumController


Next, we need to tell the album controller to return a Pagination object instead of a ResultSet. Both these objects can by iterated over to return hydrated Album objects, so we wont need to make many changes to the view script: module/Album/src/Album/Controller/AlbumController.php
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... public function indexAction() { // grab the paginator from the AlbumTable $paginator = $this->getAlbumTable()->fetchAll(true); // set the current page to what has been passed in query string, or to 1 if none set $paginator->setCurrentPageNumber((int)$this->params()->fromQuery(page, 1)); // set the number of items per page to 10 $paginator->setItemCountPerPage(10); return new ViewModel(array( paginator => $paginator )); } ...

Here we are getting the congured Paginator object from the AlbumTable, and then telling it to use the page that is optionally passed in the querystring page parameter. We are also telling the paginator we want to display 10 objects per page.

20.4 Updating the View Script


Now, lets just tell the view script to iterate over the pagination view variable, rather than the albums variable: module/Album/view/album/album/index.phtml
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<table class="table"> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Artist</th> <th>&nbsp;</th> </tr> <?php foreach ($this->paginator as $album) : // <-- change here! ?> <tr> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($album->title);?></td>

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<td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($album->artist);?></td> <td> <a href="<?php echo $this->url(album, array(action => edit, id => $album->id));?>">Edit</a> <a href="<?php echo $this->url(album, array(action => delete, id => $album->id));?>">Delete</a> </td> </tr> <?php endforeach; ?> </table>

Checking the /album route on your website should now give you a list of just 10 albums, but with no method to navigate through the pages. Lets correct that now...

20.5 Creating the Pagination Control Partial


Much like we created a custom breadcrumbs partial to render our breadcrumb in the last tutorial, we need to create a custom pagination control partial to render our pagination control just the way we want it. Again, because we are using Twitter Bootstrap, this should be as simple as outputting correctly formatted html to get a pretty control. Lets create the partail in the module/Application/view/partial/ folder, so that we can use the control in all our modules: module/Application/view/partial/paginator.phtml
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<?php if ($this->pageCount): ?> <div class="pagination pagination-centered"> <ul> <!-- Previous page link --> <?php if (isset($this->previous)): ?> <li> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route); ?>?page=<?php echo $this->previous << </a> </li> <?php else: ?> <li class="disabled"> <a href="#"> << </a> </li> <?php endif; ?> <!-- Numbered page links --> <?php foreach ($this->pagesInRange as $page): ?> <?php if ($page != $this->current): ?> <li> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route);?>?page=<?php echo $page; ?>"> <?php echo $page; ?> </a> </li> <?php else: ?> <li class="active"> <a href="#"><?php echo $page; ?></a> </li> <?php endif; ?> <?php endforeach; ?>

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<!-- Next page link --> <?php if (isset($this->next)): ?> <li> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route); ?>?page=<?php echo $this->next; ?> >> </a> </li> <?php else: ?> <li class="disabled"> <a href="#"> >> </a> </li> <?php endif; ?> </ul> </div> <?php endif; ?>

All this partial does is to create a pagination control with links to the correct pages (if there is more than one page in the pagination object). It will render a previous page link (and mark it disabled if you are at the rst page), then render a list of intermediate pages (that are passed to the partial based on the rendering style well set in the view helper in the next step). Finally, it will create a next page link (and disable it if youre at the end). Notice how we pass the page number via the page querystring parameter which we have already told our controller to use to display the current page.

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USING THE PAGINATIONCONTROL VIEW HELPER


The only thing left for us to do so that we can page through the albums is to use the paginationControl view helper to display our pagination control. This is nicely straightforward as we have already done all the ground work needed to display the control: module/Album/view/album/album/index.phtml
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... <?php // add at the end of the file after the table echo $this->paginationControl( // the paginator object $this->paginator, // the scrolling style sliding, // the partial to use to render the control array(partial/paginator.phtml, Album), // the route to link to when a user clicks a control link array( route => album ) ); ?>

All we need to do here is to echo the paginationControl helper, and tell it to use our paginator object, sliding scrolling style, our paginator partial, and which route to use for clicks. Refreshing your application should give you a lovely bootstrap styled pagination control!

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SETTING UP A DATABASE ADAPTER


22.1 Introduction
In most cases, e.g. in your controllers, your database adapter can be fetched directly from the service manager. Some classes however, like Zend\Validator\DbRecordExists isnt aware of the service manager, but still needs an adapter to function. There are many different ways to provide this functionality to your application. Below are a few examples.

22.2 Basic setup


Normally you will setup your database adapter using a factory in the service manager in your conguration. It might look something like this:
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// config/autoload/database.local.php return array( db => array( driver => Pdo, dsn => mysql:dbname=zf2tutorial;host=localhost, ), service_manager => array( factories => array( Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter => Zend\Db\Adapter\AdapterServiceFactory, ), ), );

The adapter can then be accessed in any ServiceLocatorAware classes.


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public function getAdapter() { if (!$this->adapter) { $sm = $this->getServiceLocator(); $this->adapter = $sm->get(Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter); } return $this->adapter; }

More information on adapter options can be found in the docs for Zend\Db\Adapter.

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In order to utilize this adapter in non-ServiceLocatorAware classes, you Zend\Db\TableGateway\Feature\GlobalAdapterFeature::setStaticAdapter() static adapter:
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can use to set a

// config/autoload/database.local.php return array( db => array( driver => Pdo, dsn => mysql:dbname=zf2tutorial;host=localhost, ), service_manager => array( factories => array( Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter => function ($serviceManager) { $adapterFactory = new Zend\Db\Adapter\AdapterServiceFactory(); $adapter = $adapterFactory->createService($serviceManager); \Zend\Db\TableGateway\Feature\GlobalAdapterFeature::setStaticAdapter($adapter); return $adapter; } ), ), );

The adapter can then later be fetched using Zend\Db\TableGateway\Feature\GlobalAdapterFeature::getStaticAda for use in e.g. Zend\Validator\DbRecordExists:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists( array( table => users, field => emailaddress, adapter => \Zend\Db\TableGateway\Feature\GlobalAdapterFeature::getStaticAdapter(); ) );

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MIGRATION FROM ZEND FRAMEWORK 1


This guide is intended to provide tools and strategies for migrating from Zend Framework 1 to Zend Framework 2. There is no single solution that will work for every project, nor any tools to automate the process. In this guide, we will cover the following: Tools for namespacing your code. Tools for consuming Zend Framework 2 within your Zend Framework 1 application. Strategies for running Zend Framework 2 and Zend Framework 1 in parallel. Strategies for making your code easier to migrate, focussing primarily on clean separation of your domain logic and the MVC layer. Strategies for migrating the MVC layer. Strategies for migrating your domain layer.

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NAMESPACING OLD CLASSES


ZF2s minimal version is PHP 5.3. The most notable feature of PHP 5.3 is the addition of namespaces, which ZF2 fully embraces. Moreover, new projects built on ZF2 also fully embrace PHP namespaces. The addition of namespaces to PHP has greatly improved the readability of long class names and has helped better organize code into modules and components. This transition has also given birth to some naming best practices that help developers organize their code bases consisting of classes, components, and modules in a consistent and clean fashion. Converting an older code base that follows the original PEAR/ZF underscore separated class naming convention into a properly namespaced codebase is one of the easier strategies to employ in both modernizing your code base as well as getting ready to ZF2-ify your ZF1 application. Weve created a tool to help in this endeavor, it is located here: https://github.com/zendframework/Namespacer This tool will take a wholesale approach to converting older code like the following:
class My_Long_NestedComponent_ClassName { // methods that use other classes }

into:
namespace My\Long\NestedComponent; use Other\Classes; use Something\ElseConsumed; class ClassName { // methods with classes converted to short name from use statement. }

Some IDEs have this capability to some degree. That said, a good approach might be to use the command line Namespacer to do a full sweep of your codebase, then use the IDE to make more specic naming changes that might makes more sense to your application.

24.1 Namespacing a ZF1 Application


The above Namespacer is a generalized tool. It does not understand the structure and naming conventions of a ZF1 application. As such, youll need to address the problem of converting your classes according to their role, and which classes you nd you can convert without affecting the way the framework interoperates with your code.

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For example, in ZF1, the naming convention of application and module layer classes does not directly match up with same well-dened library class/le conventions of the PEAR/ZF namings. For a standard ZF1 application, in the application/ directory, controller classes are not prexed, yet model and form classes are prexed with Application_. Moreover, they exist inside of lowercased directories, such as models or forms, and their le to class name segment matching picks up only after the rst segment. As an example, you might have this directory structure with the class names on the right:
application/ -- Bootstrap.php -- configs | -- application.ini | -- application.ini.dist -- controllers | -- IndexController.php | -- PurchaseOrderController.php -- forms | -- PurchaseOrder | -- Payment.php -- layouts | -- scripts | -- main.phtml | -- subpage.phtml -- models | -- DbTable | | -- Invoice.php | -- Invoice.php | -- InvoiceRepository.php | -- Payment | | -- Paypal | | -- DirectPayment.php | -- PurchaseOrder.php -- views -- scripts -- error | -- error.phtml -- index | -- index.phtml -- purchase-order -- index.phtml -- purchaser.phtml

[class IndexController] [class PurchaseOrderController]

[class Application_Form_PurchaseOrder_Payment]

[Application_Model_DbTable_Invoice] [Application_Model_Invoice] [Application_Model_InvoiceRepository]

[Application_Model_Payment_Paypal_DirectPayment] [Application_Model_PurchaseOrder]

It would not be a good strategy to attempt to do a wholesale namespacing of this kind of project for a number of reasons: 1. ZF1 has special, context-aware autoloaders that will assist loading a class of a particular context from a special location on disk. For example, ZF1 understands controllers will be located in the controllers directory and will not be prexed unless they are inside of a named modules controllers directory. 2. Attempting to apply namespacing to controller classes would generally render a ZF1 application useless. ZF1, beyond loading les from disk, assumes controllers will have a very specic naming convention so that they can be invoked by the framework upon routing and dispatching. 3. Beyond dispatching, ZF1 uses the class name to identify and map the proper view script to automatically execute. By naming the controller something non-standard, views will no longer this this 1:1 mapping of controllers by name to controller action named view scripts. A better solution would be to start by namespacing the parts of your ZF1 application that have fewer tie-ins with the ZF1 architecture. The place to start with this is models and forms. Since models and forms do not touch controller and view classes (which make heavy use of ZF1 classes by way of 106 Chapter 24. Namespacing Old Classes

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24.2 HOWTO Namespace Your Models


First, ensure your classes are under version control. The namespacer tool will make modication to classes in place. You can then use your version control system as a difng utility afterwards . To run the tool, download the phar. Optionally you can place the namespacer.phar into a directory in your PATH. Namespacing is a 2 part process: 1. Create a map of all the old les, new les, old classes and new classes. 2. Make the transformations according to the map le. Change into your models/ directory and execute the map function:
namespacer.phar map --mapfile model-map.php --source models/

This will produce a le called model-map.php with entries like this:


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<?php return array ( array ( root_directory => /realpath/to/project/application/models, original_class => Application_Model_Invoice, original_file => /realpath/to/project/application/models/Invoice.php, new_namespace => Application\\Model, new_class => Invoice, new_file => /realpath/to/project/application/models/Application/Model/Invoice.php, ), ... );

This gives you an opportunity to manually edit the transformations if you so desire. While you can modify this le, you also might nd it to be easier to go with the default transformations, and do the remaining changes with your IDEs refactoring utility. Once you are happy with the map le, run the transformations:
namespacer.phar transform --mapfile model-map.php

At this point, you can use your version control systems status command to see how the directory has transformed. As an example, in a sample project of mine, git reports the following:
renamed: new file: renamed: renamed: renamed: renamed: new file: renamed: renamed: renamed: renamed: deleted: deleted:

models/DbTable/Invoice.php -> models/Application/Model/DbTable/Invoice.php models/Application/Model/DbTable/Transaction.php models/Invoice.php -> models/Application/Model/Invoice.php models/Payment/Paypal/DirectPayment.php -> models/Application/Model/Payment/Paypal/DirectPa models/PurchaseOrder.php -> models/Application/Model/PurchaseOrder.php models/PurchaseOrderRepository.php -> models/Application/Model/PurchaseOrderRepository.php models/Application/Model/PurchaseOrderService.php models/Purchaser.php -> models/Application/Model/Purchaser.php models/Ticket.php -> models/Application/Model/Ticket.php models/Transaction.php -> models/Application/Model/Transaction.php models/TransactionRepository.php -> models/Application/Model/TransactionRepository.php models/DbTable/Transaction.php models/PurchaseOrderService.php

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Youll notice that the resulting les have treated the models/ directory as the autoloader root directory. That means that from this root, class les follow the strict PEAR/ZF2 classle naming convention. The contents of one of the les will look like this:
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namespace Application\Model; use Application\Model\PurchaseOrder; use Application\Model\Transaction; use Zend_Filter_Alnum; class Invoice { protected $tickets; protected $transaction; ... }

Things to notice here: A namespace has been created for this class. The namespacer has created PHP use statements for classes known in the map le. Unknown classes are also included (for example, Zend classes) in use statements. By keeping the old ZF1 classes, your models should continue to work if they consume ZF1 classes. This will allow you to, at your own pace, transition your codebase to ZF2. This same procedure can largely be adapted to forms and independent library code as well.

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RUNNING ZEND FRAMEWORK 2 AND ZEND FRAMEWORK 1 IN PARALLEL


From a technical point of view it is absolutely possible to run ZF2 in parallel with ZF1 because there is no conict between the classnames due to the fact that ZF2 uses namespaces and ZF1 does not. Running ZF1 and ZF2 in parallel can be used as a migration strategy in projects where it is not possible, or not convenient, to migrate an entire application from ZF1 to ZF2. For instance, you could implement any new features of the application using ZF2, while maintaining original ZF1 features. Lets examine some scenarios on how to execute ZF1 and ZF2 together.

25.1 Use ZF2 in a ZF1 project


Suppose we have an existing ZF1 application and we want to start using ZF2; how could we do that? Because ZF2 uses namespaced classes, you can run it in parallel with ZF1 without naming conicts. In order to do this, you will need to add some code to autoload ZF2 from within your ZF1 project. Add these lines of code in your public/index.php, before the instantiation of $application:
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We used the StandardAutoloader class from ZF2. Using this autoloader, classes with the initial namespace Zend will be loaded using the ZF2_PATH, and any ZF1 classes will continue to be loaded via the mechanisms present in ZF1. Of course, this is not a real integration of ZF2 inside ZF1; it only provides the ability to consume ZF2 classes within your ZF1 application. For instance, you cannot use the MVC architecture of ZF2 because you are using the MVC of ZF1. Evan Coury, a member of the ZF community review team, has produced a nice module for ZF1 (zf-2-for-1) that allows you to use ZF2 features inside an existing ZF1 application. This module offers some basic integrations like the usage of ZF2 view helpers in the ZF1 view layer (i.e. $this->zf2->get(formRow)).

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25.2 Use ZF1 in a ZF2 project


You can add ZF1 to your ZF2 application via Composer by adding the zendframework/zendframework1 package as a requirement. For instance, if you have a ZF2 application and you want to install ZF 1.12, you need to add the following line in the require section of your composer.json le:
"require": { "php": ">=5.3.3", "zendframework/zendframework1": "1.12", ... }

After executing composer.phar update, you can start to use ZF1 classes in your ZF2 project. Since all ZF1 classes exist in the global namespace, you will need to refer to them by their full name; as examples, Zend_Date, Zend_Feed_Reader, etc. For other strategies on how to use ZF1 in a ZF2 project, you can check out this blog post by Abdul Malik Ikhsan, Zend Framework 2 : Using Zend Framework 1 libraries.

25.3 Run ZF1 and ZF2 together


As we mentioned early, one way to migrate a ZF1 application to ZF2 can be to execute in parallel the different versions of the framework, using ZF2 for the new features, and migrating the ZF1 code step by step. In order to execute in parallel, we need to map different URLs to the different front controllers for ZF1 and ZF2. This goal can be accomplished using the rewriting rules of your web server. From a performance point of view, this is the best solution because it does not involve pre-processing overhead. For each URL we can dene a different version of the framework to be used. For instance, imagine we have a ZF1 application and we want to use ZF2 only for URLs starting with /album. We can use the following .htaccess le (this information is related to apache; if you are using another web server, read the instructions in the note below):
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SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L] RewriteRule ^album(/.*)?$ index_zf2.php [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

index_zf2.php is a PHP script that includes as the typical public/index.php le of ZF2. Here is the source code for index_zf2.php:
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We suggest putting the ZF2 application in a separate folder under the same root directory of the ZF1 application. In this way you can continue to maintain the existing ZF1 code and use ZF2 only for the new features. Moreover, if you want to migrate the old code you can do that by URL and switch to the new ZF2 code only when you are ready. This approach can be useful to provide migration guideline without losing development time in a full stack migration. Note: All web servers support a rewriting mechanism. For instance, if you are using Microsoft IIS 7_, you can check how to congure the rewriting rules from Rob Allens post Zend Framework URL Rewriting in IIS7; if you are using nginx, you can check out this StackOverow question: Zend Framework on nginx. 110 Chapter 25. Running Zend Framework 2 and Zend Framework 1 in parallel

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The Zend\Authentication component provides an API for authentication and includes concrete authentication adapters for common use case scenarios. Zend\Authentication is concerned only with authentication and not with authorization. Authentication is loosely dened as determining whether an entity actually is what it purports to be (i.e., identication), based on some set of credentials. Authorization, the process of deciding whether to allow an entity access to, or to perform operations upon, other entities is outside the scope of Zend\Authentication. For more information about authorization and access control with Zend Framework, please see the Zend\Permissions\Acl or Zend\Permissions\Rbac component. Note: There is no Zend\Authentication\Authentication class, instead the class Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService is provided. This class uses underlying authentication adapters and persistent storage backends.

26.1 Adapters
Zend\Authentication adapters are used to authenticate against a particular type of authentication service, such as LDAP, RDBMS, or le-based storage. Different adapters are likely to have vastly different options and behaviors, but some basic things are common among authentication adapters. For example, accepting authentication credentials (including a purported identity), performing queries against the authentication service, and returning results are common to Zend\Authentication adapters. Each Zend\Authentication adapter class implements Zend\Authentication\Adapter\AdapterInterface. This interface denes one method, authenticate(), that an adapter class must implement for performing an authentication query. Each adapter class must be prepared prior to calling authenticate(). Such adapter preparation includes setting up credentials (e.g., username and password) and dening values for adapter-specic conguration options, such as database connection settings for a database table adapter. The following is an example authentication adapter that requires a username and password to be set for authentication. Other details, such as how the authentication service is queried, have been omitted for brevity:
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* @return void */ public function __construct($username, $password) { // ... } /** * Performs an authentication attempt * * @return \Zend\Authentication\Result * @throws \Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Exception\ExceptionInterface If authentication cannot be performed * */ public function authenticate() { // ... } }

As indicated in its docblock, authenticate() must return an instance of Zend\Authentication\Result (or of a class derived from Zend\Authentication\Result). If for some reason performing an authentication query is impossible, authenticate() should throw an exception that derives from Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Exception\ExceptionInterface.

26.2 Results
Zend\Authentication adapters return an instance of Zend\Authentication\Result with authenticate() in order to represent the results of an authentication attempt. Adapters populate the Zend\Authentication\Result object upon construction, so that the following four methods provide a basic set of user-facing operations that are common to the results of Zend\Authentication adapters: isValid()- returns TRUE if and only if the result represents a successful authentication attempt getCode()- returns a Zend\Authentication\Result constant identier for determining the type of authentication failure or whether success has occurred. This may be used in situations where the developer wishes to distinguish among several authentication result types. This allows developers to maintain detailed authentication result statistics, for example. Another use of this feature is to provide specic, customized messages to users for usability reasons, though developers are encouraged to consider the risks of providing such detailed reasons to users, instead of a general authentication failure message. For more information, see the notes below. getIdentity()- returns the identity of the authentication attempt getMessages()- returns an array of messages regarding a failed authentication attempt A developer may wish to branch based on the type of authentication result in order to perform more specic operations. Some operations developers might nd useful are locking accounts after too many unsuccessful password attempts, agging an IP address after too many nonexistent identities are attempted, and providing specic, customized authentication result messages to the user. The following result codes are available:
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Result::FAILURE_CREDENTIAL_INVALID Result::FAILURE_UNCATEGORIZED

The following example illustrates how a developer may branch on the result code:
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// inside of AuthController / loginAction $result = $this->auth->authenticate($adapter); switch ($result->getCode()) { case Result::FAILURE_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND: /** do stuff for nonexistent identity **/ break; case Result::FAILURE_CREDENTIAL_INVALID: /** do stuff for invalid credential **/ break; case Result::SUCCESS: /** do stuff for successful authentication **/ break; default: /** do stuff for other failure **/ break; }

26.3 Identity Persistence


Authenticating a request that includes authentication credentials is useful per se, but it is also important to support maintaining the authenticated identity without having to present the authentication credentials with each request. HTTP is a stateless protocol, however, and techniques such as cookies and sessions have been developed in order to facilitate maintaining state across multiple requests in server-side web applications.

26.3.1 Default Persistence in the PHP Session


By default, Zend\Authentication provides persistent storage of the identity from a successful authentication attempt using the PHP session. Upon a successful authentication attempt, Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService::authenticate() stores the identity from the authentication result into persistent storage. Unless specied otherwise, Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService uses a storage class named Zend\Authentication\Storage\Session, which, in turn, uses Zend\Session. A custom class may instead be used by providing an object that implements Zend\Authentication\Storage\StorageInterface to Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService::setStorage(). Note: If automatic persistent storage of the identity is not appropriate for a particular use case, then developers may forget using the Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService class altogether, instead using an adapter class directly.

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Modifying the Session Namespace

Zend\Authentication\Storage\Session uses a session namespace of Zend_Auth. This namespace may be overridden by passing a different value to the constructor of Zend\Authentication\Storage\Session, and this value is internally passed along to the constructor of Zend\Session\Container. This should occur before authentication is attempted, since Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService::authenticate() performs the automatic storage of the identity.
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use Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService; use Zend\Authentication\Storage\Session as SessionStorage; $auth = new AuthenticationService(); // Use someNamespace instead of Zend_Auth $auth->setStorage(new SessionStorage(someNamespace)); /** * @todo Set up the auth adapter, $authAdapter */ // Authenticate, saving the result, and persisting the identity on // success $result = $auth->authenticate($authAdapter);

26.3.2 Chain Storage


A website may have multiple storage in place. The Chain Storage can be used to glue these together. The Chain can for example be congured to rst use a Session Storage and then use a OAuth as a secondary Storage. One could congure this in the following way:
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$storage = new Chain; $storage->add(new Session); $storage->add(new OAuth); // Note: imaginary storage, not part of ZF2

Now if the Chain Storage is accessed its underlying Storage will get accessed in the order in which they were added to the chain. Thus rst the Session Storage is used. Now either: The Session Storage is non-empty and the Chain will use its contents. The Sesssion Storage is empty. Next the OAuth Storage is accessed. If this one is also empty the Chain will act as empty. If this one is non-empty the Chain will use its contents. However it will also populate all Storage with higher priority. Thus the Session Storage will be populated with the contents of the Oauth Storage. The priority of Storage in the Chain can be made explicit via the Chain::add method.
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26.3.3 Implementing Customized Storage


Sometimes developers may need to use a different identity storage mechanism than that provided by Zend\Authentication\Storage\Session. For such cases developers may simply imple-

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ment Zend\Authentication\Storage\StorageInterface and supply an instance of the class to Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService::setStorage().


Using a Custom Storage Class

In order to use an identity persistence storage class other than Zend\Authentication\Storage\Session, a developer implements Zend\Authentication\Storage\StorageInterface:
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use Zend\Authentication\Storage\StorageInterface; class My\Storage implements StorageInterface { /** * Returns true if and only if storage is empty * * @throws \Zend\Authentication\Exception\ExceptionInterface If it is impossible to * determine whether storage is empty * * @return boolean */ public function isEmpty() { /** * @todo implementation */ } /** * Returns the contents of storage * * Behavior is undefined when storage is empty. * * @throws \Zend\Authentication\Exception\ExceptionInterface If reading contents from storage is impossible * * @return mixed */ public function read() { /** * @todo implementation */ } /** * Writes $contents to storage * * @param mixed $contents * @throws \Zend\Authentication\Exception\ExceptionInterface If writing $contents to storage is impossible * * @return void */ public function write($contents) { /** * @todo implementation

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*/ } /** * Clears contents from storage * * @throws \Zend\Authentication\Exception\ExceptionInterface If clearing contents from storage is impossible * * @return void */ public function clear() { /** * @todo implementation */ } }

In order to use this custom storage class, Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService::setStorage() is invoked before an authentication query is attempted:
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use Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService; // Instruct AuthenticationService to use the custom storage class $auth = new AuthenticationService(); $auth->setStorage(new My\Storage()); /** * @todo Set up the auth adapter, $authAdapter */ // Authenticate, saving the result, and persisting the identity on // success $result = $auth->authenticate($authAdapter);

26.4 Usage
There are two provided ways to use Zend\Authentication adapters: indirectly, through Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService::authenticate() directly, through the adapters authenticate() method The following example illustrates how to use a Zend\Authentication adapter indirectly, through the use of the Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService class:
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use Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService; // instantiate the authentication service $auth = new AuthenticationService(); // Set up the authentication adapter $authAdapter = new My\Auth\Adapter($username, $password); // Attempt authentication, saving the result

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$result = $auth->authenticate($authAdapter); if (!$result->isValid()) { // Authentication failed; print the reasons why foreach ($result->getMessages() as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } } else { // Authentication succeeded; the identity ($username) is stored // in the session // $result->getIdentity() === $auth->getIdentity() // $result->getIdentity() === $username }

Once authentication has been attempted in a request, as in the above example, it is a simple matter to check whether a successfully authenticated identity exists:
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use Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService; $auth = new AuthenticationService(); /** * @todo Set up the auth adapter, $authAdapter */ if ($auth->hasIdentity()) { // Identity exists; get it $identity = $auth->getIdentity(); }

To remove an identity from persistent storage, simply use the clearIdentity() method. This typically would be used for implementing an application logout operation:
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When the automatic use of persistent storage is inappropriate for a particular use case, a developer may simply bypass the use of the Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService class, using an adapter class directly. Direct use of an adapter class involves conguring and preparing an adapter object and then calling its authenticate() method. Adapter-specic details are discussed in the documentation for each adapter. The following example directly utilizes My\Auth\Adapter:
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// Set up the authentication adapter $authAdapter = new My\Auth\Adapter($username, $password); // Attempt authentication, saving the result $result = $authAdapter->authenticate(); if (!$result->isValid()) { // Authentication failed; print the reasons why foreach ($result->getMessages() as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } } else { // Authentication succeeded // $result->getIdentity() === $username }

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27.1 Introduction
Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable provides the ability to authenticate against credentials stored in a database table. Because Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable requires an instance of Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter to be passed to its constructor, each instance is bound to a particular database connection. Other conguration options may be set through the constructor and through instance methods, one for each option. The available conguration options include: tableName: This is the name of the database table that contains the authentication credentials, and against which the database authentication query is performed. identityColumn: This is the name of the database table column used to represent the identity. The identity column must contain unique values, such as a username or e-mail address. credentialColumn: This is the name of the database table column used to represent the credential. Under a simple identity and password authentication scheme, the credential value corresponds to the password. See also the credentialTreatment option. credentialTreatment: In many cases, passwords and other sensitive data are encrypted, hashed, encoded, obscured, salted or otherwise treated through some function or algorithm. By specifying a parameterized treatment string with this method, such as MD5(?) or PASSWORD(?), a developer may apply such arbitrary SQL upon input credential data. Since these functions are specic to the underlying RDBMS, check the database manual for the availability of such functions for your database system.

27.2 Basic Usage


As explained in the introduction, the Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable constructor requires an instance of Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter that serves as the database connection to which the authentication adapter instance is bound. First, the database connection should be created. The following code creates an adapter for an in-memory database, creates a simple table schema, and inserts a row against which we can perform an authentication query later. This example requires the PDO SQLite extension to be available:
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use Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter as DbAdapter; // Create a SQLite database connection $dbAdapter = new DbAdapter(array( driver => Pdo_Sqlite,

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database => path/to/sqlite.db )); // Build a simple table creation query $sqlCreate = CREATE TABLE [users] ( . [id] INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, . [username] VARCHAR(50) UNIQUE NOT NULL, . [password] VARCHAR(32) NULL, . [real_name] VARCHAR(150) NULL); // Create the authentication credentials table $dbAdapter->query($sqlCreate); // Build a query to insert a row for which authentication may succeed $sqlInsert = "INSERT INTO users (username, password, real_name) " . "VALUES (my_username, my_password, My Real Name)"; // Insert the data $dbAdapter->query($sqlInsert);

With the database connection and table data available, an instance of Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable may be created. Conguration option values may be passed to the constructor or deferred as parameters to setter methods after instantiation:
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use Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable as AuthAdapter; // Configure the instance with constructor parameters... $authAdapter = new AuthAdapter($dbAdapter, users, username, password ); // ...or configure the instance with setter methods $authAdapter = new AuthAdapter($dbAdapter); $authAdapter ->setTableName(users) ->setIdentityColumn(username) ->setCredentialColumn(password) ;

At this point, the authentication adapter instance is ready to accept authentication queries. In order to formulate an authentication query, the input credential values are passed to the adapter prior to calling the authenticate() method:
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// Set the input credential values (e.g., from a login form) $authAdapter ->setIdentity(my_username) ->setCredential(my_password) ; // Perform the authentication query, saving the result

In addition to the availability of the getIdentity() method upon the authentication result object, Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable also supports retrieving the table row upon authentication success:

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// Print the identity echo $result->getIdentity() . "\n\n"; // Print the result row print_r($authAdapter->getResultRowObject()); /* Output: my_username Array ( [id] => 1 [username] => my_username [password] => my_password [real_name] => My Real Name ) */

Since the table row contains the credential value, it is important to secure the values against unintended access. When retrieving the result object, we can either specify what columns to return, or what columns to omit:
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$columnsToReturn = array( id, username, real_name ); print_r($authAdapter->getResultRowObject($columnsToReturn)); /* Output: Array ( [id] => 1 [username] => my_username [real_name] => My Real Name ) */ $columnsToOmit = array(password); print_r($authAdapter->getResultRowObject(null, $columnsToOmit); /* Output: Array ( [id] => 1 [username] => my_username [real_name] => My Real Name ) */

27.3 Advanced Usage: Persisting a DbTable Result Object


By default, Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable returns the identity supplied back to the auth object upon successful authentication. Another use case scenario, where developers want to store to the persistent storage mechanism of Zend\Authentication an identity object containing other useful information, is solved by using the getResultRowObject() method to return a stdClass object. The following code snippet illustrates its use:

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// authenticate with Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable $result = $this->_auth->authenticate($adapter); if ($result->isValid()) { // store the identity as an object where only the username and // real_name have been returned $storage = $this->_auth->getStorage(); $storage->write($adapter->getResultRowObject(array( username, real_name, ))); // store the identity as an object where the password column has // been omitted $storage->write($adapter->getResultRowObject( null, password )); /* ... */ } else { /* ... */ }

27.3.1 Advanced Usage By Example


While the primary purpose of the Zend\Authentication component (and consequently Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable) is primarily authentication and not authorization, there are a few instances and problems that toe the line between which domain they t within. Depending on how youve decided to explain your problem, it sometimes makes sense to solve what could look like an authorization problem within the authentication adapter. With that disclaimer out of the way, Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable has some built in mechanisms that can be leveraged for additional checks at authentication time to solve some common user problems.
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use Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable as AuthAdapter; // The status field value of an account is not equal to "compromised" $adapter = new AuthAdapter($db, users, username, password, MD5(?) AND status != "compromised" ); // The active field value of an account is equal to "TRUE" $adapter = new AuthAdapter($db, users, username, password, MD5(?) AND active = "TRUE" );

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can highly improve your applications security. Its based on the idea that concatenating a random string to every password makes it impossible to accomplish a successful brute force attack on the database using pre-computed hash values from a dictionary. Therefore, we need to modify our table to store our salt string:
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Heres a simple way to generate a salt string for every user at registration:
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And now lets build the adapter:


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$adapter = new AuthAdapter($db, users, username, password, "MD5(CONCAT(staticSalt, ?, password_salt))" );

Note: You can improve security even more by using a static salt value hard coded into your application. In the case that your database is compromised (e. g. by an SQL injection attack) but your web server is intact your data is still unusable for the attacker. Another alternative is to use the getDbSelect() method of the Zend\Authentication\Adapter\DbTable after the adapter has been constructed. This method will return the Zend\Db\Sql\Select object instance it will use to complete the authenticate() routine. It is important to note that this method will always return the same object regardless if authenticate() has been called or not. This object will not have any of the identity or credential information in it as those values are placed into the select object at authenticate() time. An example of a situation where one might want to use the getDbSelect() method would check the status of a user, in other words to see if that users account is enabled.
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// Continuing with the example from above $adapter = new AuthAdapter($db, users, username, password, MD5(?) ); // get select object (by reference) $select = $adapter->getDbSelect(); $select->where(active = "TRUE"); // authenticate, this ensures that users.active = TRUE $adapter->authenticate();

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28.1 Introduction
Digest authentication is a method of HTTP authentication that improves upon Basic authentication by providing a way to authenticate without having to transmit the password in clear text across the network. This adapter allows authentication against text les containing lines having the basic elements of Digest authentication: username, such as joe.user realm, such as Administrative Area MD5 hash of the username, realm, and password, separated by colons The above elements are separated by colons, as in the following example (in which the password is somePassword):
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28.2 Specics
The digest authentication adapter, Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Digest, requires several input parameters: lename - Filename against which authentication queries are performed realm - Digest authentication realm username - Digest authentication user password - Password for the user of the realm These parameters must be set prior to calling authenticate().

28.3 Identity
The digest authentication adapter returns a Zend\Authentication\Result object, which has been populated with the identity as an array having keys of realm and username. The respective array values associated with these keys correspond to the values set before authenticate() is called.
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$realm, $username, $password); $result = $adapter->authenticate(); $identity = $result->getIdentity(); print_r($identity); /* Array ( [realm] => Some Realm [username] => someUser ) */

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29.1 Introduction
Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Http provides a mostly-compliant implementation of RFC-2617, Basic and Digest HTTP Authentication. Digest authentication is a method of HTTP authentication that improves upon Basic authentication by providing a way to authenticate without having to transmit the password in clear text across the network. Major Features: Supports both Basic and Digest authentication. Issues challenges in all supported schemes, so client can respond with any scheme it supports. Supports proxy authentication. Includes support for authenticating against text les and provides an interface for authenticating against other sources, such as databases. There are a few notable features of RFC-2617 that are not implemented yet: Nonce tracking, which would allow for stale support, and increased replay attack protection. Authentication with integrity checking, or auth-int. Authentication-Info HTTP header.

29.2 Design Overview


This adapter consists of two sub-components, the HTTP authentication class itself, and the so-called Resolvers. The HTTP authentication class encapsulates the logic for carrying out both Basic and Digest authentication. It uses a Resolver to look up a clients identity in some data store (text le by default), and retrieve the credentials from the data store. The resolved credentials are then compared to the values submitted by the client to determine whether authentication is successful.

29.3 Conguration Options


The Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Http class requires a conguration array passed to its constructor. There are several conguration options available, and some are required:

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Table 29.1: Conguration Options Option Required Name acYes cept_schemes realm Yes diYes, when gest_domains accept_schemes contains digest nonce_timeout Yes, when accept_schemes contains digest use_opaqueNo algoNo rithm proxy_authNo Description Determines which authentication schemes the adapter will accept from the client. Must be a space-separated list containing basic and/or digest. Sets the authentication realm; usernames should be unique within a given realm. Space-separated list of URIs for which the same authentication information is valid. The URIs need not all point to the same server. Sets the number of seconds for which the nonce is valid. See notes below.

Species whether to send the opaque value in the header. True by default. Specied the algorithm. Defaults to MD5, the only supported option (for now). Disabled by default. Enable to perform Proxy authentication, instead of normal origin server authentication.

Note: The current implementation of the nonce_timeout has some interesting side effects. This setting is supposed to determine the valid lifetime of a given nonce, or effectively how long a clients authentication information is accepted. Currently, if its set to 3600 (for example), it will cause the adapter to prompt the client for new credentials every hour, on the hour. This will be resolved in a future release, once nonce tracking and stale support are implemented.

29.4 Resolvers
The resolvers job is to take a username and realm, and return some kind of credential value. Basic authentication expects to receive the Base64 encoded version of the users password. Digest authentication expects to receive a hash of the users username, the realm, and their password (each separated by colons). Currently, the only supported hash algorithm is MD5. Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Http relies on objects implementing Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Http\ResolverInterface. A text le resolver class is included with this adapter, but any other kind of resolver can be created simply by implementing the resolver interface.

29.4.1 File Resolver


The le resolver is a very simple class. It has a single property specifying a lename, which can also be passed to the constructor. Its resolve() method walks through the text le, searching for a line with a matching username and realm. The text le format similar to Apache htpasswd les:
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Each line consists of three elds - username, realm, and credentials - each separated by a colon. The credentials eld is opaque to the le resolver; it simply returns that value as-is to the caller. Therefore, this same le format serves both Basic and Digest authentication. In Basic authentication, the credentials eld should be written in clear text. In Digest authentication, it should be the MD5 hash described above. There are two equally easy ways to create a File resolver:

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use Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Http\FileResolver; $path = files/passwd.txt; $resolver = new FileResolver($path);

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If the given path is empty or not readable, an exception is thrown.

29.5 Basic Usage


First, set up an array with the required conguration values:
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basic digest, My Web Site, /members_only /my_account, 3600,

This array will cause the adapter to accept either Basic or Digest authentication, and will require authenticated access to all the areas of the site under /members_only and /my_account. The realm value is usually displayed by the browser in the password dialog box. The nonce_timeout, of course, behaves as described above. Next, create the Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Http object:
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Since were supporting both Basic and Digest authentication, we need two different resolver objects. Note that this could just as easily be two different classes:
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use Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Http\FileResolver; $basicResolver = new FileResolver(); $basicResolver->setFile(files/basicPasswd.txt); $digestResolver = new FileResolver(); $digestResolver->setFile(files/digestPasswd.txt); $adapter->setBasicResolver($basicResolver); $adapter->setDigestResolver($digestResolver);

Finally, we perform the authentication. The adapter needs a reference to both the Request and Response objects in order to do its job:
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30.1 Introduction
Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap supports web application authentication with LDAP services. Its features include username and domain name canonicalization, multi-domain authentication, and failover capabilities. It has been tested to work with Microsoft Active Directory and OpenLDAP, but it should also work with other LDAP service providers. This documentation includes a guide on using Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap, an exploration of its API, an outline of the various available options, diagnostic information for troubleshooting authentication problems, and example options for both Active Directory and OpenLDAP servers.

30.2 Usage
To incorporate Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap authentication into your application quickly, even if youre not using Zend\Mvc, the meat of your code should look something like the following:
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use use use use use use use

Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService; Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap as AuthAdapter; Zend\Config\Reader\Ini as ConfigReader; Zend\Config\Config; Zend\Log\Logger; Zend\Log\Writer\Stream as LogWriter; Zend\Log\Filter\Priority as LogFilter;

$username = $this->getRequest()->getPost(username); $password = $this->getRequest()->getPost(password);

$auth = new AuthenticationService(); $configReader = new ConfigReader(); $configData = $configReader->fromFile(./ldap-config.ini); $config = new Config($configData, true); $log_path = $config->production->ldap->log_path; $options = $config->production->ldap->toArray(); unset($options[log_path]); $adapter = new AuthAdapter($options, $username,

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$password); $result = $auth->authenticate($adapter); if ($log_path) { $messages = $result->getMessages(); $logger = new Logger; $writer = new LogWriter($log_path); $logger->addWriter($writer); $filter = new LogFilter(Logger::DEBUG); $writer->addFilter($filter); foreach ($messages as $i => $message) { if ($i-- > 1) { // $messages[2] and up are log messages $message = str_replace("\n", "\n ", $message); $logger->debug("Ldap: $i: $message"); } } }

Of course, the logging code is optional, but it is highly recommended that you use a logger. Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap will record just about every bit of information anyone could want in $messages (more below), which is a nice feature in itself for something that has a history of being notoriously difcult to debug. The Zend\Config\Reader\Ini code is used above to load the adapter options. It is also optional. A regular array would work equally well. The following is an example ldap-config.ini le that has options for two separate servers. With multiple sets of server options the adapter will try each, in order, until the credentials are successfully authenticated. The names of the servers (e.g., server1 and server2) are largely arbitrary. For details regarding the options array, see the Server Options section below. Note that Zend\Config\Reader\Ini requires that any values with equals characters (=) will need to be quoted (like the DNs shown below).
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[production] ldap.log_path = /tmp/ldap.log ; Typical options for OpenLDAP ldap.server1.host = s0.foo.net ldap.server1.accountDomainName = foo.net ldap.server1.accountDomainNameShort = FOO ldap.server1.accountCanonicalForm = 3 ldap.server1.username = "CN=user1,DC=foo,DC=net" ldap.server1.password = pass1 ldap.server1.baseDn = "OU=Sales,DC=foo,DC=net" ldap.server1.bindRequiresDn = true ; Typical options for Active Directory ldap.server2.host = dc1.w.net ldap.server2.useStartTls = true ldap.server2.accountDomainName = w.net ldap.server2.accountDomainNameShort = W ldap.server2.accountCanonicalForm = 3 ldap.server2.baseDn = "CN=Users,DC=w,DC=net"

The above conguration will instruct Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap to attempt to authenticate users

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with the OpenLDAP server s0.foo.net rst. If the authentication fails for any reason, the AD server dc1.w.net will be tried. With servers in different domains, this conguration illustrates multi-domain authentication. You can also have multiple servers in the same domain to provide redundancy. Note that in this case, even though OpenLDAP has no need for the short NetBIOS style domain name used by Windows, we provide it here for name canonicalization purposes (described in the Username Canonicalization section below).

30.3 The API


The Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap constructor accepts three parameters. The $options parameter is required and must be an array containing one or more sets of options. Note that it is an array of arrays of Zend\Ldap\Ldap options. Even if you will be using only one LDAP server, the options must still be within another array. Below is print_r() output of an example options parameter containing two sets of server options for LDAP servers s0.foo.net and dc1.w.net (the same options as the above INI representation):
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Array ( [server2] => Array ( [host] => dc1.w.net [useStartTls] => 1 [accountDomainName] => w.net [accountDomainNameShort] => W [accountCanonicalForm] => 3 [baseDn] => CN=Users,DC=w,DC=net ) [server1] => Array ( [host] => s0.foo.net [accountDomainName] => foo.net [accountDomainNameShort] => FOO [accountCanonicalForm] => 3 [username] => CN=user1,DC=foo,DC=net [password] => pass1 [baseDn] => OU=Sales,DC=foo,DC=net [bindRequiresDn] => 1 ) )

The information provided in each set of options above is different mainly because AD does not require a username be in DN form when binding (see the bindRequiresDn option in the Server Options section below), which means we can omit a number of options associated with retrieving the DN for a username being authenticated. Note: What is a Distinguished Name? A DN or distinguished name is a string that represents the path to an object within the LDAP directory. Each comma-separated component is an attribute and value representing a node. The components are evaluated in reverse. For example, the user account CN=Bob Carter,CN=Users,DC=w,DC=net is located directly within the

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CN=Users,DC=w,DC=net container. This structure is best explored with an LDAP browser like the ADSI Edit MMC snap-in for Active Directory or phpLDAPadmin. The names of servers (e.g. server1 and server2 shown above) are largely arbitrary, but for the sake of using Zend\Config\Reader\Ini, the identiers should be present (as opposed to being numeric indexes) and should not contain any special characters used by the associated le formats (e.g. the .INI property separator, & for XML entity references, etc). With multiple sets of server options, the adapter can authenticate users in multiple domains and provide failover so that if one server is not available, another will be queried. Note: The Gory Details: What Happens in the Authenticate Method? When the authenticate() method is called, the adapter iterates over each set of server options, sets them on the internal Zend\Ldap\Ldap instance, and calls the Zend\Ldap\Ldap::bind() method with the username and password being authenticated. The Zend\Ldap\Ldap class checks to see if the username is qualied with a domain (e.g., has a domain component like alice@foo.net or FOO\alice). If a domain is present, but does not match either of the servers domain names (foo.net or FOO), a special exception is thrown and caught by Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap that causes that server to be ignored and the next set of server options is selected. If a domain does match, or if the user did not supply a qualied username, Zend\Ldap\Ldap proceeds to try to bind with the supplied credentials. if the bind is not successful, Zend\Ldap\Ldap throws a Zend\Ldap\Exception\LdapException which is caught by Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap and the next set of server options is tried. If the bind is successful, the iteration stops, and the adapters authenticate() method returns a successful result. If all server options have been tried without success, the authentication fails, and authenticate() returns a failure result with error messages from the last iteration. The username and password parameters of the Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap constructor represent the credentials being authenticated (i.e., the credentials supplied by the user through your HTML login form). Alternatively, they may also be set with the setUsername() and setPassword() methods.

30.4 Server Options


Each set of server options in the context of Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap consists of the following options, which are passed, largely unmodied, to Zend\Ldap\Ldap::setOptions():

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Table 30.1: Server Options Description The hostname of LDAP server that these options represent. This option is required. The port on which the LDAP server is listening. If useSsl is TRUE, the default port value is 636. If useSsl is FALSE, the default port value is 389. useStartTls Whether or not the LDAP client should use TLS (aka SSLv2) encrypted transport. A value of TRUE is strongly favored in production environments to prevent passwords from be transmitted in clear text. The default value is FALSE, as servers frequently require that a certicate be installed separately after installation. The useSsl and useStartTls options are mutually exclusive. The useStartTls option should be favored over useSsl but not all servers support this newer mechanism. useSsl Whether or not the LDAP client should use SSL encrypted transport. The useSsl and useStartTls options are mutually exclusive, but useStartTls should be favored if the server and LDAP client library support it. This value also changes the default port value (see port description above). username The DN of the account used to perform account DN lookups. LDAP servers that require the username to be in DN form when performing the bind require this option. Meaning, if bindRequiresDn is TRUE, this option is required. This account does not need to be a privileged account; an account with read-only access to objects under the baseDn is all that is necessary (and preferred based on the Principle of Least Privilege). password The password of the account used to perform account DN lookups. If this option is not supplied, the LDAP client will attempt an anonymous bind when performing account DN lookups. bindRequiresDn Some LDAP servers require that the username used to bind be in DN form like CN=Alice Baker,OU=Sales,DC=foo,DC=net (basically all servers except AD). If this option is TRUE, this instructs Zend\Ldap\Ldap to automatically retrieve the DN corresponding to the username being authenticated, if it is not already in DN form, and then re-bind with the proper DN. The default value is FALSE. Currently only Microsoft Active Directory Server (ADS) is known not to require usernames to be in DN form when binding, and therefore this option may be FALSE with AD (and it should be, as retrieving the DN requires an extra round trip to the server). Otherwise, this option must be set to TRUE (e.g. for OpenLDAP). This option also controls the default accountFilterFormat used when searching for accounts. See the accountFilterFormat option. baseDn The DN under which all accounts being authenticated are located. This option is required. if you are uncertain about the correct baseDn value, it should be sufcient to derive it from the users DNS domain using DC= components. For example, if the users principal name is alice@foo.net, a baseDn of DC=foo,DC=net should work. A more precise location (e.g., OU=Sales,DC=foo,DC=net) will be more efcient, however. accountCanon- A value of 2, 3 or 4 indicating the form to which account names should be canonicalized after icalForm successful authentication. Values are as follows: 2 for traditional username style names (e.g., alice), 3 for backslash-style names (e.g., FOO\alice) or 4 for principal style usernames (e.g., alice@foo.net). The default value is 4 (e.g., alice@foo.net). For example, with a value of 3, the identity returned by Zend\Authentication\Result::getIdentity() (and Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService::getIdentity(), if Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService was used) will always be FOO\alice, regardless of what form Alice supplied, whether it be alice, alice@foo.net, FOO\alice, FoO\aLicE, foo.net\alice, etc. See the Account Name Canonicalization section in the Zend\Ldap\Ldap documentation for details. Note that when using multiple sets of server options it is recommended, but not required, that the same accountCanonicalForm be used with all server options so that the resulting usernames are always canonicalized to the same form (e.g., if you canonicalize to EXAMPLE\username with an AD server but to username@example.com with an OpenLDAP server, that may be awkward for the applications high-level logic). accountDoThe FQDN domain name for which the target LDAP server is an authority (e.g., example.com). mainName This option is used to canonicalize names so that the username supplied by the user can be converted as necessary for binding. It is also used to determine if the server is an authority for the supplied username (e.g., if accountDomainName is foo.net and the user supplies 30.4. Server Options 137 bob@bar.net, the server will not be queried, and a failure will result). This option is not required, but if it is not supplied, usernames in principal name form (e.g., alice@foo.net) are not supported. It is strongly recommended that you supply this option, as there are many use-cases that require generating the principal name form. Name host port

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Note: If you enable useStartTls = TRUE or useSsl = TRUE you may nd that the LDAP client generates an error claiming that it cannot validate the servers certicate. Assuming the PHP LDAP extension is ultimately linked to the OpenLDAP client libraries, to resolve this issue you can set TLS_REQCERT never in the OpenLDAP client ldap.conf (and restart the web server) to indicate to the OpenLDAP client library that you trust the server. Alternatively, if you are concerned that the server could be spoofed, you can export the LDAP servers root certicate and put it on the web server so that the OpenLDAP client can validate the servers identity.

30.5 Collecting Debugging Messages


Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap collects debugging information within its authenticate() method. This information is stored in the Zend\Authentication\Result object as messages. The array returned by Zend\Authentication\Result::getMessages() is described as follows Table 30.2: Debugging Messages Messages Array Index Index 0 Index 1 Indexes 2 and higher Description A generic, user-friendly message that is suitable for displaying to users (e.g., Invalid credentials). If the authentication is successful, this string is empty. A more detailed error message that is not suitable to be displayed to users but should be logged for the benet of server operators. If the authentication is successful, this string is empty. All log messages in order starting at index 2.

In practice, index 0 should be displayed to the user (e.g., using the FlashMessenger helper), index 1 should be logged and, if debugging information is being collected, indexes 2 and higher could be logged as well (although the nal message always includes the string from index 1).

30.6 Common Options for Specic Servers


30.6.1 Options for Active Directory
For ADS, the following options are noteworthy:

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Table 30.3: Options for Active Directory Name host useStartTls useSsl baseDn Additional Notes As with all servers, this option is required. For the sake of security, this should be TRUE if the server has the necessary certicate installed. Possibly used as an alternative to useStartTls (see above). As with all servers, this option is required. By default AD places all user accounts under the Users container (e.g., CN=Users,DC=foo,DC=net), but the default is not common in larger organizations. Ask your AD administrator what the best DN for accounts for your application would be. You almost certainly want this to be 3 for backslash style names (e.g., FOO\alice), which are most familiar to Windows users. You should not use the unqualied form 2 (e.g., alice), as this may grant access to your application to users with the same username in other trusted domains (e.g., BAR\alice and FOO\alice will be treated as the same user). (See also note below.) This is required with AD unless accountCanonicalForm 2 is used, which, again, is discouraged. The NetBIOS name of the domain that users are in and for which the AD server is an authority. This is required if the backslash style accountCanonicalForm is used.

accountCanonicalForm

accountDomainName accountDomainNameShort

Note: Technically there should be no danger of accidental cross-domain authentication with the current Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap implementation, since server domains are explicitly checked, but this may not be true of a future implementation that discovers the domain at runtime, or if an alternative adapter is used (e.g., Kerberos). In general, account name ambiguity is known to be the source of security issues, so always try to use qualied account names.

30.6.2 Options for OpenLDAP


For OpenLDAP or a generic LDAP server using a typical posixAccount style schema, the following options are noteworthy:

30.6. Common Options for Specic Servers

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Table 30.4: Options for OpenLDAP Name host useStartTls useSsl username Additional Notes As with all servers, this option is required. For the sake of security, this should be TRUE if the server has the necessary certicate installed. Possibly used as an alternative to useStartTls (see above). Required and must be a DN, as OpenLDAP requires that usernames be in DN form when performing a bind. Try to use an unprivileged account. password The password corresponding to the username above, but this may be omitted if the LDAP server permits an anonymous binding to query user accounts. bindRequiresDn Required and must be TRUE, as OpenLDAP requires that usernames be in DN form when performing a bind. baseDn As with all servers, this option is required and indicates the DN under which all accounts being authenticated are located. accountCanon- Optional, but the default value is 4 (principal style names like alice@foo.net), which may not icalForm be ideal if your users are used to backslash style names (e.g., FOO\alice). For backslash style names use value 3. accountDoRequired unless youre using accountCanonicalForm 2, which is not recommended. mainName accountDoIf AD is not also being used, this value is not required. Otherwise, if accountCanonicalForm 3 mainis used, this option is required and should be a short name that corresponds adequately to the NameShort accountDomainName (e.g., if your accountDomainName is foo.net, a good accountDomainNameShort value might be FOO).

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31.1 Introduction
Zend\Authentication\Validator\Authentication provides the ability to utilize a validator for an InputFilter in the instance of a Form or for single use where you simply want a true/false value and being able to introspect the error. The available conguration options include: adapter: This is an instance of Zend\Authentication\Adapter. identity: This is the identity or name of the identity in the passed in context. credential: This is the credential or the name of the credential in the passed in context. service: This is an instance of Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService

31.2 Basic Usage


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use Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService; use Zend\Authentication\Validator\Authentication as AuthenticationValidator; $service = new AuthenticationService(); $adapter = new My\Authentication\Adapter(); $validator = new AuthenticationValidator( service => $service, adapter => $adapter, ); $validator->setCredential(myCredentialContext); $validator->isValid(myIdentity, array( myCredentialContext => myCredential, ));

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\BARCODE
Zend\Barcode\Barcode provides a generic way to generate barcodes. The Zend\Barcode component is divided into two subcomponents: barcode objects and renderers. Objects allow you to create barcodes independently of the renderer. Renderer allow you to draw barcodes based on the support required.

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33.1 Using Zend\Barcode\Barcode::factory
Zend\Barcode\Barcode uses a factory method to create an instance of a renderer that extends Zend\Barcode\Renderer\AbstractRenderer. The factory method accepts ve arguments. The name of the barcode format (e.g., code39) or a Traversable object (required) The name of the renderer (e.g., image) (required) Options to pass to the barcode object (an array or a Traversable object) (optional) Options to pass to the renderer object (an array or a Traversable object) (optional) Boolean to indicate whether or not to automatically render errors. If an exception occurs, the provided barcode object will be replaced with an Error representation (optional default TRUE)
Getting a Renderer with Zend\Barcode\Barcode::factory()

Zend\Barcode\Barcode::factory() instantiates barcode classes and renderers and ties them together. In this rst example, we will use the Code39 barcode type together with the Image renderer.
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use Zend\Barcode\Barcode; // Only the text to draw is required $barcodeOptions = array(text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK); // No required options $rendererOptions = array(); $renderer = Barcode::factory( code39, image, $barcodeOptions, $rendererOptions );

Using Zend\Barcode\Barcode::factory() with Zend\Cong\Cong objects

You may pass a Zend\Config\Config object to the factory in order to create the necessary objects. The following example is functionally equivalent to the previous.

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use Zend\Config\Config; use Zend\Barcode\Barcode; // Using only one Zend\Config\Config object $config = new Config(array( barcode => code39, barcodeParams => array(text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK), renderer => image, rendererParams => array(imageType => gif), )); $renderer = Barcode::factory($config);

33.2 Drawing a barcode


When you draw the barcode, you retrieve the resource in which the barcode is drawn. To draw a barcode, you can call the draw() of the renderer, or simply use the proxy method provided by Zend\Barcode\Barcode.
Drawing a barcode with the renderer object use Zend\Barcode\Barcode; // Only the text to draw is required $barcodeOptions = array(text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK); // No required options $rendererOptions = array(); // Draw the barcode in a new image, $imageResource = Barcode::factory( code39, image, $barcodeOptions, $rendererOptions )->draw();

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Drawing a barcode with Zend\Barcode\Barcode::draw() use Zend\Barcode\Barcode; // Only the text to draw is required $barcodeOptions = array(text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK); // No required options $rendererOptions = array(); // Draw the barcode in a new image, $imageResource = Barcode::draw( code39, image, $barcodeOptions, $rendererOptions );

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33.3 Rendering a barcode


When you render a barcode, you draw the barcode, you send the headers and you send the resource (e.g. to a browser). To render a barcode, you can call the render() method of the renderer or simply use the proxy method provided by Zend\Barcode\Barcode.
Rendering a barcode with the renderer object use Zend\Barcode\Barcode; // Only the text to draw is required $barcodeOptions = array(text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK); // No required options $rendererOptions = array(); // Draw the barcode in a new image, // send the headers and the image Barcode::factory( code39, image, $barcodeOptions, $rendererOptions )->render();

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This will generate this barcode:

Rendering a barcode with Zend\Barcode\Barcode::render() use Zend\Barcode\Barcode; // Only the text to draw is required $barcodeOptions = array(text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK); // No required options $rendererOptions = array(); // Draw the barcode in a new image, // send the headers and the image Barcode::render( code39, image, $barcodeOptions, $rendererOptions );

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This will generate the same barcode as the previous example.

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Barcode objects allow you to generate barcodes independently of the rendering support. After generation, you can retrieve the barcode as an array of drawing instructions that you can provide to a renderer. Objects have a large number of options. Most of them are common to all objects. These options can be set in three ways: As an array or a Traversable object passed to the constructor. As an array passed to the setOptions() method. Via individual setters for each conguration type.
Different ways to parameterize a barcode object use Zend\Barcode\Object; $options = array(text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK, barHeight => 40); // Case 1: constructor $barcode = new Object\Code39($options); // Case 2: setOptions() $barcode = new Object\Code39(); $barcode->setOptions($options); // Case 3: individual setters $barcode = new Object\Code39(); $barcode->setText(ZEND-FRAMEWORK) ->setBarHeight(40);

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34.1 Common Options


In the following list, the values have no units; we will use the term unit. For example, the default value of the thin bar is 1 unit. The real units depend on the rendering support (see the renderers documentation for more information). Setters are each named by uppercasing the initial letter of the option and prexing the name with set (e.g. barHeight becomes setBarHeight). All options have a corresponding getter prexed with get (e.g. getBarHeight). Available options are:

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Table 34.1: Common Options Option barcodeNamespace barHeight barThickWidth barThinWidth factor foreColor backgroundColor orientation font fontSize withBorder withQuietZones drawText stretchText withChecksum withChecksumInText text Data Type String Integer Integer Integer Integer Integer Integer or String Float String or Integer Float Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean String Default Description Value Zend\Barcode\Object Namespace of the barcode; for example, if you need to extend the embedding objects 50 Height of the bars 3 Width of the thick bar 1 1 0x000000 (black) 0xFFFFFF (white) 0 NULL 10 FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE NULL Width of the thin bar Factor by which to multiply bar widths and font sizes (barHeight, barThinWidth, barThickWidth and fontSize) Color of the bar and the text. Could be provided as an integer or as a HTML value (e.g. #333333) Color of the background. Could be provided as an integer or as a HTML value (e.g. #333333) Orientation of the barcode Font path to a TTF font or a number between 1 and 5 if using image generation with GD (internal fonts) Size of the font (not applicable with numeric fonts) Draw a border around the barcode and the quiet zones Leave a quiet zone before and after the barcode Set if the text is displayed below the barcode Specify if the text is stretched all along the barcode Indicate whether or not the checksum is automatically added to the barcode Indicate whether or not the checksum is displayed in the textual representation The text to represent as a barcode

34.1.1 Particular case of static setBarcodeFont()


You can set a common font for all your objects by using the static method Zend\Barcode\Barcode::setBarcodeFont(). This value can be always be overridden for individual objects by using the setFont() method.
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use Zend\Barcode\Barcode; // In your bootstrap: Barcode::setBarcodeFont(my_font.ttf); // Later in your code: Barcode::render( code39, pdf, array(text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK) ); // will use my_font.ttf // or: Barcode::render( code39, image,

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array( text => ZEND-FRAMEWORK, font => 3 ) ); // will use the 3rd GD internal font

34.2 Common Additional Getters


Table 34.2: Common Getters Getter getType() getRawText() getTextToDisplay() getQuietZone() getInstructions() getHeight($recalculate = false) getWidth($recalculate = false) getOffsetTop($recalculate = false) getOffsetLeft($recalculate = false) Data Type String String String Integer Array Integer Description Return the name of the barcode class without the namespace (e.g. Zend\Barcode\Object\Code39 returns simply code39) Return the original text provided to the object Return the text to display, including, if activated, the checksum value Return the size of the space needed before and after the barcode without any drawing Return drawing instructions as an array. Return the height of the barcode calculated after possible rotation

Integer Integer

Return the width of the barcode calculated after possible rotation Return the position of the top of the barcode calculated after possible rotation

Integer

Return the position of the left of the barcode calculated after possible rotation

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You will nd below detailed information about all barcode types shipped by default with Zend Framework.

35.1 Zend\Barcode\Object\Error
This barcode is a special case. It is internally used to automatically render an exception caught by the Zend\Barcode component.

35.2 Zend\Barcode\Object\Code128
Name: Code 128 Allowed characters: the complete ASCII-character set Checksum: optional (modulo 103) Length: variable There are no particular options for this barcode.

35.3 Zend\Barcode\Object\Codabar
Name: Codabar (or Code 2 of 7) Allowed characters:0123456789-$:/.+ with ABCD as start and stop characters Checksum: none Length: variable There are no particular options for this barcode.

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35.4 Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25
Name: Code 25 (or Code 2 of 5 or Code 25 Industrial) Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: optional (modulo 10) Length: variable There are no particular options for this barcode.

35.5 Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25interleaved
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25 (Code 2 of 5), and has the same particulars and options, and adds the following: Name: Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: optional (modulo 10) Length: variable (always even number of characters) Available options include: Table 35.1: Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25interleaved Options Option withBearerBars Data Type Boolean Default Value FALSE Description Draw a thick bar at the top and the bottom of the barcode.

Note: If the number of characters is not even, Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25interleaved will automatically prepend the missing zero to the barcode text.

35.6 Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean2
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean5 (EAN 5), and has the same particulars and options, and adds the following: Name: EAN -2 Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: only use internally but not displayed Length: 2 characters There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 2, Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean2 will automatically prepend the missing zero to the barcode text.

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35.7 Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean5
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean13 (EAN 13), and has the same particulars and options, and adds the following: Name: EAN -5 Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: only use internally but not displayed Length: 5 characters There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 5, Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean5 will automatically prepend the missing zero to the barcode text.

35.8 Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean8
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean13 (EAN 13), and has the same particulars and options, and adds the following: Name: EAN -8 Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10) Length: 8 characters (including checksum) There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 8, Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean8 will automatically prepend the missing zero to the barcode text.

35.9 Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean13
Name: EAN -13 Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10) Length: 13 characters (including checksum)

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There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 13, Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean13 will automatically prepend the missing zero to the barcode text. The option withQuietZones has no effect with this barcode.

35.10 Zend\Barcode\Object\Code39
Name: Code 39 Allowed characters:0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ -.$/+% Checksum: optional (modulo 43) Length: variable Note: Zend\Barcode\Object\Code39 will automatically add the start and stop characters (*) for you. There are no particular options for this barcode.

35.11 Zend\Barcode\Object\Identcode
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25interleaved (Code 2 of 5 Interleaved), and inherits some of its capabilities; it also has a few particulars of its own. Name: Identcode (Deutsche Post Identcode) Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10 different from Code25) Length: 12 characters (including checksum) There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 12, Zend\Barcode\Object\Identcode will automatically prepend missing zeros to the barcode text.

35.12 Zend\Barcode\Object\Itf14
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Code25interleaved (Code 2 of 5 Interleaved), and inherits some of its capabilities; it also has a few particulars of its own. Name: ITF -14 Allowed characters:0123456789

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Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10) Length: 14 characters (including checksum) There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 14, Zend\Barcode\Object\Itf14 will automatically prepend missing zeros to the barcode text.

35.13 Zend\Barcode\Object\Leitcode
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Identcode (Deutsche Post Identcode), and inherits some of its capabilities; it also has a few particulars of its own. Name: Leitcode (Deutsche Post Leitcode) Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10 different from Code25) Length: 14 characters (including checksum) There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 14, Zend\Barcode\Object\Leitcode will automatically prepend missing zeros to the barcode text.

35.14 Zend\Barcode\Object\Planet
Name: Planet (PostaL Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique) Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10) Length: 12 or 14 characters (including checksum) There are no particular options for this barcode.

35.15 Zend\Barcode\Object\Postnet
Name: Postnet (POSTal Numeric Encoding Technique) Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10) Length: 6, 7, 10 or 12 characters (including checksum) There are no particular options for this barcode.

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35.16 Zend\Barcode\Object\Royalmail
Name: Royal Mail or RM4SCC (Royal Mail 4-State Customer Code) Allowed characters:0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Checksum: mandatory Length: variable There are no particular options for this barcode.

35.17 Zend\Barcode\Object\Upca
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Ean13 (EAN -13), and inherits some of its capabilities; it also has a few particulars of its own. Name: UPC-A (Universal Product Code) Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10) Length: 12 characters (including checksum) There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 12, Zend\Barcode\Object\Upca will automatically prepend missing zeros to the barcode text. The option withQuietZones has no effect with this barcode.

35.18 Zend\Barcode\Object\Upce
This barcode extends Zend\Barcode\Object\Upca (UPC-A), and inherits some of its capabilities; it also has a few particulars of its own. The rst character of the text to encode is the system (0 or 1). Name: UPC-E (Universal Product Code) Allowed characters:0123456789 Checksum: mandatory (modulo 10) Length: 8 characters (including checksum) There are no particular options for this barcode. Note: If the number of characters is lower than 8, Zend\Barcode\Object\Upce will automatically prepend missing zeros to the barcode text.

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Note: If the rst character of the text to encode is not 0 or 1, Zend\Barcode\Object\Upce will automatically replace it by 0. The option withQuietZones has no effect with this barcode.

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Renderers have some common options. These options can be set in three ways: As an array or a Traversable object passed to the constructor. As an array passed to the setOptions() method. As discrete values passed to individual setters.
Different ways to parameterize a renderer object use Zend\Barcode\Renderer; $options = array(topOffset => 10); // Case 1 $renderer = new Renderer\Pdf($options); // Case 2 $renderer = new Renderer\Pdf(); $renderer->setOptions($options); // Case 3 $renderer = new Renderer\Pdf(); $renderer->setTopOffset(10);

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In the following list, the values have no unit; we will use the term unit. For example, the default value of the thin bar is 1 unit. The real units depend on the rendering support. The individual setters are obtained by uppercasing the initial letter of the option and prexing the name with set (e.g. barHeight => setBarHeight). All options have a correspondent getter prexed with get (e.g. getBarHeight). Available options are:

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Table 36.1: Common Options Option rendererNamespace horizontalPosition verticalPosition leftOffset topOffset automaticRenderError moduleSize barcode Data Type String Default Description Value Zend\Barcode\Renderer Namespace of the renderer; for example, if you need to extend the renderers left Can be left, center or right. Can be useful with PDF or if the setWidth() method is used with an image renderer. Can be top, middle or bottom. Can be useful with PDF or if the setHeight() method is used with an image renderer. Top position of the barcode inside the renderer. If used, this value will override the horizontalPosition option. Top position of the barcode inside the renderer. If used, this value will override the verticalPosition option. Whether or not to automatically render errors. If an exception occurs, the provided barcode object will be replaced with an Error representation. Note that some errors (or exceptions) can not be rendered. Size of a rendering module in the support. The barcode object to render.

String

String Integer Integer Boolean

top 0 0 FALSE

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Zend\Barcode\Object NULL

An additional getter exists: getType(). It returns the name of the renderer class without the namespace (e.g. Zend\Barcode\Renderer\Image returns image).

36.2 Zend\Barcode\Renderer\Image
The Image renderer will draw the instruction list of the barcode object in an image resource. The component requires the GD extension. The default width of a module is 1 pixel. Available options are: Table 36.2: Zend\Barcode\Renderer\Image Options Option height width imageType Data Type Integer Integer String Default Value 0 0 png Description Allow you to specify the height of the result image. If 0, the height will be calculated by the barcode object. Allow you to specify the width of the result image. If 0, the width will be calculated by the barcode object. Specify the image format. Can be png, jpeg, jpg or gif.

36.3 Zend\Barcode\Renderer\Pdf
The PDF renderer will draw the instruction list of the barcode object in a PDF document. The default width of a module is 0.5 point. There are no particular options for this renderer.

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37.1 Overview
Storage adapters are wrappers for real storage resources such as memory and the lesystem, using the well known adapter pattern. They come with tons of methods to read, write and modify stored items and to get information about stored items and the storage. All adapters implement the interface Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface and most extend Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\AbstractAdapter, which comes with basic logic. Conguration is handled by either Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\AdapterOptions, or an adapter-specic options class if it exists. You may pass the options instance to the class at instantiation or via the setOptions() method, or alternately pass an associative array of options in either place (internally, these are then passed to an options class instance). Alternately, you can pass either the options instance or associative array to the Zend\Cache\StorageFactory::factory method. Note: Many methods throw exceptions Because many caching operations throw an exception on error, you need to catch them manually or you can use the plug-in Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\ExceptionHandler with throw_exceptions set to false to automatically catch them. You can also dene an exception_callback to log exceptions.

37.2 Quick Start


Caching adapters can either be created from the provided Zend\Cache\StorageFactory factory, or by simply instantiating one of the Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\* classes. To make life easier, the Zend\Cache\StorageFactory comes with a factory method to create an adapter and create/add all requested plugins at once.
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// Alternately: $cache = StorageFactory::adapterFactory(apc); $plugin = StorageFactory::pluginFactory(exception_handler, array( throw_exceptions => false, )); $cache->addPlugin($plugin); // Or manually: $cache = new Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Apc(); $plugin = new Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\ExceptionHandler(array( throw_exceptions => false, )); $cache->addPlugin($plugin);

37.3 Basic Conguration Options


Basic conguration is handled by either Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\AdapterOptions, or an adapter-specic options class if it exists. You may pass the options instance to the class at instantiation or via the setOptions() method, or alternately pass an associative array of options in either place (internally, these are then passed to an options class instance). Alternately, you can pass either the options instance or associative array to the Zend\Cache\StorageFactory::factory method. The following conguration options are dened by Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\AdapterOptions and are available for every supported adapter. Adapter-specic conguration options are described on adapter level below. Option ttl namespace key_pattern readable writable Data Type integer string null|string boolean boolean Default Value 0 zfcache null true true Description Time to live The namespace in which cache items will live Pattern against which to validate cache keys Enable/Disable reading data from cache Enable/Disable writing data to cache

37.4 The StorageInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface is the basic interface implemented by all storage adapters. getItem(string $key, boolean & $success = null, mixed & $casToken = null) Load an item with the given $key. If item exists set parameter $success to true, set parameter $casToken and returns mixed value of item. If item cant load set parameter $success to false and returns null. Return type mixed getItems(array $keys) Load all items given by $keys returning key-value pairs. Return type array hasItem(string $key) Test if an item exists. Return type boolean

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hasItems(array $keys) Test multiple items. Return type string[] getMetadata(string $key) Get metadata of an item. Return type array|boolean getMetadatas(array $keys) Get multiple metadata. Return type array setItem(string $key, mixed $value) Store an item. Return type boolean setItems(array $keyValuePairs) Store multiple items. Return type boolean addItem(string $key, mixed $value) Add an item. Return type boolean addItems(array $keyValuePairs) Add multiple items. Return type boolean replaceItem(string $key, mixed $value) Replace an item. Return type boolean replaceItems(array $keyValuePairs) Replace multiple items. Return type boolean checkAndSetItem(mixed $token, string $key, mixed $value) Set item only if token matches. It uses the token received from getItem() to check if the item has changed before overwriting it. Return type boolean touchItem(string $key) Reset lifetime of an item. Return type boolean touchItems(array $keys) Reset lifetime of multiple items. Return type boolean removeItem(string $key) Remove an item. Return type boolean

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removeItems(array $keys) Remove multiple items. Return type boolean incrementItem(string $key, int $value) Increment an item. Return type integer|boolean incrementItems(array $keyValuePairs) Increment multiple items. Return type boolean decrementItem(string $key, int $value) Decrement an item. Return type integer|boolean decrementItems(array $keyValuePairs) Decrement multiple items. Return type boolean getCapabilities() Capabilities of this storage. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities

37.5 The AvailableSpaceCapableInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface implements a method to make it possible getting the current available space of the storage. getAvailableSpace() Get available space in bytes. Return type integer|oat

37.6 The TotalSpaceCapableInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface implements a method to make it possible getting the total space of the storage. getTotalSpace() Get total space in bytes. Return type integer|oat

37.7 The ClearByNamespaceInterface


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Return type boolean

37.8 The ClearByPrexInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByPrefixInterface implements a method to clear all items of a given prex (within the current congured namespace). clearByPrefix(string $prex) Remove items matching given prex. Return type boolean

37.9 The ClearExpiredInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearExpiredInterface implements a method to clear all expired items (within the current congured namespace). clearExpired() Remove expired items. Return type boolean

37.10 The FlushableInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface implements a method to ush the complete storage. flush() Flush the whole storage. Return type boolean

37.11 The IterableInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\IterableInterface implements a method to get an iterator to iterate over items of the storage. It extends IteratorAggregate so its possible to directly iterate over the storage using foreach. getIterator() Get an Iterator. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\IteratorInterface

37.12 The OptimizableInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\OptimizableInterface implements a method to run optimization processes on the storage. optimize() Optimize the storage. Return type boolean

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37.13 The TaggableInterface


The Zend\Cache\Storage\TaggableInterface implements methods to mark items with one or more tags and to clean items matching tags. setTags(string $key, string[] $tags) Set tags to an item by given key. (An empty array will remove all tags) Return type boolean getTags(string $key) Get tags of an item by given key. Return type string[]|false clearByTags(string[] $tags, boolean $disjunction = false) Remove items matching given tags. If $disjunction is true only one of the given tags must match else all given tags must match. Return type boolean

37.14 The Apc Adapter


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Apc adapter stores cache items in shared memory through the required PHP extension APC (Alternative PHP Cache). This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByNamespaceInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByPrefixInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\IterableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.1: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxTtl staticTtl ttlPrecision useRequestTime expiredRead maxKeyLength namespaceIsPrex namespaceSeparator Value null, boolean, integer, double, string, array (serialized), object (serialized) internal_key, atime, ctime, mtime, rtime, size, hits, ttl 1 0 true 1 <ini value of apc.use_request_time> false 5182 true <Option value of namespace_separator>

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Table 37.2: Adapter specic options Name namespace_separator Data Type string Default Value : Description A separator for the namespace and prex

37.15 The Dba Adapter


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Dba adapter stores cache items into dbm like databases using the required PHP extension dba. This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByNamespaceInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByPrefixInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\IterableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\OptimizableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.3: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxKeyLength namespaceIsPrex namespaceSeparator Value string, null => string, boolean => string, integer => string, double => string <none> 0 0 true <Option value of namespace_separator>

Table 37.4: Adapter specic options Name namespace_separator pathname mode handler Data Type string string string string Default Value : c atle Description A separator for the namespace and prex Pathname to the database le The mode to open the database Please read dba_open for more information The name of the handler which shall be used for accessing the database.

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37.16 The Filesystem Adapter


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Filesystem adapter stores cache items into the lesystem. This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByNamespaceInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByPrefixInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearExpiredInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\IterableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\OptimizableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TaggableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.5: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxTtl staticTtl ttlPrecision useRequestTime expiredRead maxKeyLength namespaceIsPrex namespaceSeparator Value string, null => string, boolean => string, integer => string, double => string mtime, lespec, atime, ctime 1 0 false 1 false true 251 true <Option value of namespace_separator>

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Table 37.6: Adapter specic options Name namespace_separator cache_dir clear_stat_cache dir_level dir_permission le_locking le_permission key_pattern no_atime no_ctime umask Data Type string string boolean integer integer false boolean integer false string boolean boolean integer false Default Value : true 1 0700 true 0600 Description A separator for the namespace and prex Directory to store cache les Call clearstatcache() enabled? Denes how much sub-directories should be created Set explicit permission on creating new directories Lock les on writing Set explicit permission on creating new les

/^[a-z0-9_\+\-]*$/Di Validate key against pattern true Dont get leatime as atime on metadata true Dont get lectime as ctime on metadata false Use umask to set le and directory permissions

37.17 The Memcached Adapter


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Memcached adapter stores cache items over the memcached protocol. Its using the required PHP extension memcached which is based on Libmemcached. This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.7: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxTtl staticTtl ttlPrecision useRequestTime expiredRead maxKeyLength namespaceIsPrex namespaceSeparator Value null, boolean, integer, double, string, array (serialized), object (serialized) <none> 1 0 true 1 false false 255 true <none>

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Table 37.8: Adapter specic options Default Value servers array [] lib_options array [] Name Data Type Description

List of servers in [] = array(string host, integer port) Associative array of Libmemcached options were the array key is the option name (without the prex OPT_) or the constant value. The array value is the option value Please read this<http://php.net/manual/memcached.setoption.php> for more information

37.18 The Memory Adapter


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Memory adapter stores cache items into the PHP process using an array. This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByPrefixInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearExpiredInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\IterableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TaggableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.9: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxTtl staticTtl ttlPrecision useRequestTime expiredRead maxKeyLength namespaceIsPrex Value string, null, boolean, integer, double, array, object, resource mtime 1 <Value of PHP_INT_MAX> false 0.05 false true 0 false

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Table 37.10: Adapter specic options Name memory_limit Data Type string integer Default Value <50% of ini memory_limit> value Description Limit of how much memory can PHP allocate to allow store items into this adapter If the used memory of PHP exceeds this limit an OutOfSpaceException will be thrown. A number less or equal 0 will disable the memory limit When a number is used, the value is measured in bytes (Shorthand notation may also be used)

Note: All stored items will be lost after terminating the script.

37.19 The WinCache Adapter


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\WinCache adapter stores cache items into shared memory through the required PHP extension WinCache. This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.11: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxTtl staticTtl ttlPrecision useRequestTime expiredRead namespaceIsPrex namespaceSeparator Value null, boolean, integer, double, string, array (serialized), object (serialized) internal_key, ttl, hits, size 1 0 true 1 <ini value of apc.use_request_time> false true <Option value of namespace_separator>

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Table 37.12: Adapter specic options Name namespace_separator Data Type string Default Value : Description A separator for the namespace and prex

37.20 The XCache Adapter


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\XCache adapter stores cache items into shared memory through the required PHP extension XCache. This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByNamespaceInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByPrefixInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\IterableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.13: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxTtl staticTtl ttlPrecision useRequestTime expiredRead maxKeyLength namespaceIsPrex namespaceSeparator Value boolean, integer, double, string, array (serialized), object (serialized) internal_key, size, refcount, hits, ctime, atime, hvalue 1 <ini value of xcache.var_maxttl> true 1 true false 5182 true <Option value of namespace_separator>

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Table 37.14: Adapter specic options Default Value namesstring: pace_separator adboolean false min_auth Name Data Type Description

A separator for the namespace and prex Enable admin authentication by conguration options admin_user and admin_pass This makes XCache administration functions accessible if xcache.admin.enable_auth is enabled without the need of HTTP-Authentication. The username of xcache.admin.user The password of xcache.admin.pass in plain text

admin_user admin_pass

string string

37.21 The ZendServerDisk Adapter


This Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\ZendServerDisk adapter stores cache items on lesystem through the Zend Server Data Caching API. This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\AvailableSpaceCapableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByNamespaceInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.15: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxTtl maxKeyLength staticTtl ttlPrecision useRequestTime expiredRead namespaceIsPrex namespaceSeparator Value null, boolean, integer, double, string, array (serialized), object (serialized) <none> 1 0 0 true 1 false false true ::

37.22 The ZendServerShm Adapter


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\ZendServerShm adapter stores cache items in shared memory through the Zend Server Data Caching API.

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This adapter implements the following interfaces: Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearByNamespaceInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\FlushableInterface Zend\Cache\Storage\TotalSpaceCapableInterface Table 37.16: Capabilities Capability supportedDatatypes supportedMetadata minTtl maxTtl maxKeyLength staticTtl ttlPrecision useRequestTime expiredRead namespaceIsPrex namespaceSeparator Value null, boolean, integer, double, string, array (serialized), object (serialized) <none> 1 0 0 true 1 false false true ::

37.23 Examples
Basic usage $cache = \Zend\Cache\StorageFactory::factory(array( adapter => array( name => filesystem ), plugins => array( // Dont throw exceptions on cache errors exception_handler => array( throw_exceptions => false ), ) )); $key = unique-cache-key; $result = $cache->getItem($key, $success); if (!$success) { $result = doExpensiveStuff(); $cache->setItem($key, $result); }

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Get multiple rows from db // Instantiate the cache instance using a namespace for the same type of items $cache = \Zend\Cache\StorageFactory::factory(array( adapter => array( name => filesystem // With a namespace we can indicate the same type of items

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// -> So we can simple use the db id as cache key options => array( namespace => dbtable ), ), plugins => array( // Dont throw exceptions on cache errors exception_handler => array( throw_exceptions => false ), // We store database rows on filesystem so we need to serialize them Serializer ) )); // Load two rows from cache if possible $ids = array(1, 2); $results = $cache->getItems($ids); if (count($results) < count($ids)) { // Load rows from db if loading from cache failed $missingIds = array_diff($ids, array_keys($results)); $missingResults = array(); $query = SELECT * FROM dbtable WHERE id IN ( . implode(,, $missingIds) . ); foreach ($pdo->query($query, PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) as $row) { $missingResults[ $row[id] ] = $row; } // Update cache items of the loaded rows from db $cache->setItems($missingResults); // merge results from cache and db $results = array_merge($results, $missingResults); }

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38.1 Overview
Storage capabilities describes how a storage adapter works and which features it supports. To get capabilities of a storage adapter, you can use the method getCapabilities() of the storage adapter but only the storage adapter and its plugins have permissions to change them. Because capabilities are mutable, for example, by changing some options, you can subscribe to the change event to get notications; see the examples for details. If you are writing your own plugin or adapter, you can also change capabilities because you have access to the marker object and can create your own marker to instantiate a new object of Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities.

38.2 Available Methods


__construct(Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface $storage, stdClass $marker, array $capabilities = array(), Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities|null $baseCapabilities = null) Constructor getSupportedDatatypes() Get supported datatypes. Return type array setSupportedDatatypes(stdClass $marker, array $datatypes) Set supported datatypes. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getSupportedMetadata() Get supported metadata. Return type array setSupportedMetadata(stdClass $marker, string $metadata) Set supported metadata. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getMinTtl() Get minimum supported time-to-live. (Returning 0 means items never expire) Return type integer 179

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setMinTtl(stdClass $marker, int $minTtl) Set minimum supported time-to-live. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getMaxTtl() Get maximum supported time-to-live. Return type integer setMaxTtl(stdClass $marker, int $maxTtl) Set maximum supported time-to-live. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getStaticTtl() Is the time-to-live handled static (on write), or dynamic (on read). Return type boolean setStaticTtl(stdClass $marker, boolean $ag) Set if the time-to-live is handled statically (on write) or dynamically (on read). Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getTtlPrecision() Get time-to-live precision. Return type oat setTtlPrecision(stdClass $marker, oat $ttlPrecision) Set time-to-live precision. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getUseRequestTime() Get the use request time ag status. Return type boolean setUseRequestTime(stdClass $marker, boolean $ag) Set the use request time ag. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getExpiredRead() Get ag indicating if expired items are readable. Return type boolean setExpiredRead(stdClass $marker, boolean $ag) Set if expired items are readable. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getMaxKeyLength() Get maximum key length. Return type integer setMaxKeyLength(stdClass $marker, int $maxKeyLength) Set maximum key length. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getNamespaceIsPrefix() Get if namespace support is implemented as a key prex.

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Return type boolean setNamespaceIsPrefix(stdClass $marker, boolean $ag) Set if namespace support is implemented as a key prex. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities getNamespaceSeparator() Get namespace separator if namespace is implemented as a key prex. Return type string setNamespaceSeparator(stdClass $marker, string $separator) Set the namespace separator if namespace is implemented as a key prex. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities

38.3 Examples
Get storage capabilities and do specic stuff in base of it use Zend\Cache\StorageFactory; $cache = StorageFactory::adapterFactory(filesystem); $supportedDatatypes = $cache->getCapabilities()->getSupportedDatatypes(); // now you can run specific stuff in base of supported feature if ($supportedDatatypes[object]) { $cache->set($key, $object); } else { $cache->set($key, serialize($object)); }

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Listen to change event use Zend\Cache\StorageFactory; $cache = StorageFactory::adapterFactory(filesystem, array( no_atime => false, )); // Catching capability changes $cache->getEventManager()->attach(capability, function($event) { echo count($event->getParams()) . capabilities changed; }); // change option which changes capabilities $cache->getOptions()->setNoATime(true);

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39.1 Overview
Cache storage plugins are objects to add missing functionality or to inuence behavior of a storage adapter. The plugins listen to events the adapter triggers and can change called method arguments (*.post - events), skipping and directly return a result (using stopPropagation), changing the result (with setResult of Zend\Cache\Storage\PostEvent) and catching exceptions (with Zend\Cache\Storage\ExceptionEvent).

39.2 Quick Start


Storage plugins can either be created from Zend\Cache\StorageFactory with the pluginFactory, or by simply instantiating one of the Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\*classes. To make life easier, the Zend\Cache\StorageFactory comes with the method factory to create an adapter and all given plugins at once.
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use Zend\Cache\StorageFactory; // Via factory: $cache = StorageFactory::factory(array( adapter => filesystem, plugins => array(serializer), )); // Alternately: $cache = StorageFactory::adapterFactory(filesystem); $plugin = StorageFactory::pluginFactory(serializer); $cache->addPlugin($plugin); // Or manually: $cache = new Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Filesystem(); $plugin = new Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\Serializer(); $cache->addPlugin($plugin);

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39.3 The ClearExpiredByFactor Plugin


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\ClearExpiredByFactor plugin calls the storage method clearExpired() randomly (by factor) after every call of setItem(), setItems(), addItem() and addItems(). Table 39.1: Plugin specic options Name clearing_factor Data Type integer Default Value 0 Description The automatic clearing factor

Note: ** The ClearExpiredInterface is required ** The storage have to implement the Zend\Cache\Storage\ClearExpiredInterface to work with this plugin.

39.4 The ExceptionHandler Plugin


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\ExceptionHandler plugin catches all exceptions thrown on reading or writing to cache and sends the exception to a dened callback function. Its congurable if the plugin should re-throw the catched exception. Table 39.2: Plugin specic options Name Data Type Default Value null true Description Callback will be called on an exception and get the exception as argument Re-throw catched exceptions

excepcallable tion_callback null throw_exceptions boolean

39.5 The IgnoreUserAbort Plugin


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\IgnoreUserAbort plugin ignores script terminations by users until write operations to cache nished. Table 39.3: Plugin specic options Name exit_on_abort Data Type boolean Default Value true Description Terminate script execution if user abort the script

39.6 The OptimizeByFactor Plugin


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\OptimizeByFactor plugin calls the storage method optimize() randomly (by factor) after removing items from cache. Table 39.4: Plugin specic options Name optimizing_factor Data Type integer Default Value 0 Description The automatic optimization factor

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Note: ** The OptimizableInterface is required ** The storage have to implement the Zend\Cache\Storage\OptimizableInterface to work with this plugin.

39.7 The Serializer Plugin


The Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Serializer plugin will serialize data on writing to cache and unserialize on reading. So its possible to store different datatypes into cache storages only support strings. Table 39.5: Plugin specic options Name serializer Data Type Default Value Description null string null The serializer to use Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface If null use the default serializer If string instantiate the serializer with serializer_options array [] Array of serializer options used to instantiate the serializer

serializer_options

39.8 Available Methods


setOptions(Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\PluginOptions $options) Set options. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\PluginInterface getOptions() Get options. Return type Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\PluginOptions attach(Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface $events) Dened by Zend\EventManager\ListenerAggregateInterface, attach one or more listeners. Return type void detach(Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface $events) Dened by Zend\EventManager\ListenerAggregateInterface, detach all previously attached listeners. Return type void

39.7. The Serializer Plugin

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39.9 Examples
Basics of writing an own storage plugin use Zend\Cache\Storage\Event; use Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\AbstractPlugin; use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface; class MyPlugin extends AbstractPlugin { protected $handles = array(); // This method have to attach all events required by this plugin public function attach(EventManagerInterface $events) { $this->handles[] = $events->attach(getItem.pre, array($this, onGetItemPre)); $this->handles[] = $events->attach(getItem.post, array($this, onGetItemPost)); return $this; } // This method have to attach all events required by this plugin public function detach(EventManagerInterface $events) { foreach ($this->handles as $handle) { $events->detach($handle); } $this->handles = array(); return $this; } public function onGetItemPre(Event $event) { $params = $event->getParams(); echo sprintf("Method getItem with key %s started\n", params[key]); } public function onGetItemPost(Event $event) { $params = $event->getParams(); echo sprintf("Method getItem with key %s finished\n", params[key]); } } // After defining this basic plugin we can instantiate and add it to an adapter instance $plugin = new MyPlugin(); $cache->addPlugin($plugin); // Now on calling getItem our basic plugin should print the expected output $cache->getItem(cache-key); // Method getItem with key cache-key started // Method getItem with key cache-key finished

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40.1 Overview
Cache patterns are congurable objects to solve known performance bottlenecks. Each should be used only in the specic situations they are designed to address. For example you can use one of the CallbackCache, ObjectCache or ClassCache patterns to cache method and function calls; to cache output generation, the OutputCache pattern could assist. All cache patterns implement the same interface, Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternInterface, and most extend the abstract class Zend\Cache\Pattern\AbstractPattern to implement basic logic. Conguration is provided via the Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions class, which can simply be instantiated with an associative array of options passed to the constructor. To congure a pattern object, you can set an instance of Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions with setOptions, or provide your options (either as an associative array or PatternOptions instance) as the second argument to the factory. Its also possible to use a single instance of Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions and pass it to multiple pattern objects.

40.2 Quick Start


Pattern objects can either be created from the provided Zend\Cache\PatternFactory factory, or, by simply instantiating one of the Zend\Cache\Pattern\*Cache classes.
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The following methods are implemented by Zend\Cache\Pattern\AbstractPattern. Please read documentation of specic patterns to get more information.

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setOptions(Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions $options) Set pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternInterface getOptions() Get all pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions

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41.1 Overview
The callback cache pattern caches calls of non specic functions and methods given as a callback.

41.2 Quick Start


For instantiation you can use the PatternFactory or do it manual:
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use Zend\Cache\PatternFactory; use Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions; // Via the factory: $callbackCache = PatternFactory::factory(callback, array( storage => apc, cache_output => true, )); // OR, the equivalent manual instantiation: $callbackCache = new \Zend\Cache\Pattern\CallbackCache(); $callbackCache->setOptions(new PatternOptions(array( storage => apc, cache_output => true, )));

41.3 Conguration Options


Option storage Data Type Default Value <none> true Description The storage to write/read cached data Cache output of callback

string array Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface cache_outputboolean

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41.4 Available Methods


call(callable $callback, array $args = array()) Call the specied callback or get the result from cache. Return type mixed __call(string $function, array $args) Function call handler. Return type mixed generateKey(callable $callback, array $args = array()) Generate a unique key in base of a key representing the callback part and a key representing the arguments part. Return type string setOptions(Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions $options) Set pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\CallbackCache getOptions() Get all pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions

41.5 Examples
Instantiating the callback cache pattern use Zend\Cache\PatternFactory; $callbackCache = PatternFactory::factory(callback, array( storage => apc ));

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42.1 Overview
The ClassCache pattern is an extension to the CallbackCache pattern. It has the same methods but instead it generates the internally used callback in base of the congured class name and the given method name.

42.2 Quick Start


Instantiating the class cache pattern
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use Zend\Cache\PatternFactory; $classCache = PatternFactory::factory(class, array( class => MyClass, storage => apc ));

42.3 Conguration Options


Default Value storage string array <none> Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface class string <none> cache_output boolean true cache_by_default boolean true class_cache_methods array [] class_non_cache_methods array [] Option Data Type Description The storage to write/read cached data The class name Cache output of callback Cache method calls by default List of methods to cache (If cache_by_default is disabled) List of methods to no-cache (If cache_by_default is enabled)

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Return type mixed __call(string $method, array $args) Call the specied method of the congured class. Return type mixed __set(string $name, mixed $value) Set a static property of the congured class. Return type void __get(string $name) Get a static property of the congured class. Return type mixed __isset(string $name) Checks if a static property of the congured class exists. Return type boolean __unset(string $name) Unset a static property of the congured class. Return type void generateKey(string $method, array $args = array()) Generate a unique key in base of a key representing the callback part and a key representing the arguments part. Return type string setOptions(Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions $options) Set pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\ClassCache getOptions() Get all pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions

42.5 Examples
Caching of import feeds $cachedFeedReader = Zend\Cache\PatternFactory::factory(class, array( class => Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader, storage => apc, // The feed reader doesnt output anything // so the output dont need to be caught and cached cache_output => false, ));

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$feed = $cachedFeedReader->call("import", array(http://www.planet-php.net/rdf/)); // OR $feed = $cachedFeedReader->import(http://www.planet-php.net/rdf/);

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43.1 Overview
The ObjectCache pattern is an extension to the CallbackCache pattern. It has the same methods but instead it generates the internally used callback in base of the congured object and the given method name.

43.2 Quick Start


Instantiating the object cache pattern
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use Zend\Cache\PatternFactory; $object = new stdClass(); $objectCache = PatternFactory::factory(object, array( object => $object, storage => apc ));

43.3 Conguration Options


Option storage object object_key Default Value string array <none> Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface object <none> null string <Class name of object> boolean true boolean true array [] [] false Data Type Description The storage to write/read cached data The object to cache methods calls of A hopefully unique key of the object Cache output of callback Cache method calls by default List of methods to cache (If cache_by_default is disabled) List of methods to no-cache (If cache_by_default is enabled) Cache calls of magic object properties

cache_output cache_by_default object_cache_methods obarray ject_non_cache_methods obboolean ject_cache_magic_properties

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43.4 Available Methods


call(string $method, array $args = array()) Call the specied method of the congured object. Return type mixed __call(string $method, array $args) Call the specied method of the congured object. Return type mixed __set(string $name, mixed $value) Set a property of the congured object. Return type void __get(string $name) Get a property of the congured object. Return type mixed __isset(string $name) Checks if static property of the congured object exists. Return type boolean __unset(string $name) Unset a property of the congured object. Return type void generateKey(string $method, array $args = array()) Generate a unique key in base of a key representing the callback part and a key representing the arguments part. Return type string setOptions(Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions $options) Set pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\ObjectCache getOptions() Get all pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions

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$filter = new Zend\Filter\RealPath(); $cachedFilter = Zend\Cache\PatternFactory::factory(object, array( object => $filter, object_key => RealpathFilter, storage => apc, // The realpath filter doesnt output anything // so the output dont need to be caught and cached cache_output => false, )); $path = $cachedFilter->call("filter", array(/www/var/path/../../mypath)); // OR $path = $cachedFilter->filter(/www/var/path/../../mypath);

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44.1 Overview
The OutputCache pattern caches output between calls to start() and end().

44.2 Quick Start


Instantiating the output cache pattern
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44.3 Conguration Options


Option storage Data Type string array Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface Default Value <none> Description The storage to write/read cached data

44.4 Available Methods


start(string $key) If there is a cached item with the given key display its data and return true else start buffering output until end() is called or the script ends and return false. Return type boolean end() Stops buffering output, write buffered data to cache using the given key on start() and displays the buffer. Return type boolean setOptions(Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions $options) Set pattern options.

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Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\OutputCache getOptions() Get all pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions

44.5 Examples
Caching simple view scripts $outputCache = Zend\Cache\PatternFactory::factory(output, array( storage => apc, )); $outputCache->start(mySimpleViewScript); include /path/to/view/script.phtml; $outputCache->end();

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45.1 Overview
The CaptureCache pattern is useful to auto-generate static resources in base of a HTTP request. The Webserver needs to be congured to run a PHP script generating the requested resource so further requests for the same resource can be shipped without calling PHP again. It comes with basic logic to manage generated resources.

45.2 Quick Start


Simplest usage as Apache-404 handler
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45.3 Conguration Options


Option public_dir index_lename le_locking le_permission dir_permission umask Data Type string string boolean integer boolean integer boolean integer boolean Default Value <none> index.html true 0600 (false on win) 0700 (false on win) false Description Location of public directory to write output to The name of the rst le if only a directory was requested Locking output les on writing Set permissions of generated output les Set permissions of generated output directories Using umask on generating output les / directories

45.4 Available Methods


start(string|null $pageId = null) Start capturing output. Return type void set(string $content, string|null $pageId = null) Write content to page identity. Return type void get(string|null $pageId = null) Get content of an already cached page. Return type string|false has(string|null $pageId = null) Check if a page has been created. Return type boolean remove(string|null $pageId = null) Remove a page. Return type boolean clearByGlob(string $pattern = **) Clear pages matching glob pattern. Return type void setOptions(Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions $options) Set pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\CaptureCache getOptions() Get all pattern options. Return type Zend\Cache\Pattern\PatternOptions

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45.5 Examples
Scaling images in base of request # .htdocs ErrorDocument 404 /index.php // index.php $captureCache = Zend\Cache\PatternFactory::factory(capture, array( public_dir => __DIR__, )); // TODO

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart; it is used as a challenge-response to ensure that the individual submitting information is a human and not an automated process. Typically, a captcha is used with form submissions where authenticated users are not necessary, but you want to prevent spam submissions. Captchas can take a variety of forms, including asking logic questions, presenting skewed fonts, and presenting multiple images and asking how they relate. The Zend\Captcha component aims to provide a variety of back ends that may be utilized either standalone or in conjunction with the Zend\Form component.

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CAPTCHA OPERATION
All CAPTCHA adapters implement Zend\Captcha\AdapterInterface, which looks like the following:
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namespace Zend\Captcha; use Zend\Validator\ValidatorInterface; interface AdapterInterface extends ValidatorInterface { public function generate(); public function setName($name); public function getName(); // Get helper name used for rendering this captcha type public function getHelperName(); }

The name setter and getter are used to specify and retrieve the CAPTCHA identier. The most interesting methods are generate() and render(). generate() is used to create the CAPTCHA token. This process typically will store the token in the session so that you may compare against it in subsequent requests. render() is used to render the information that represents the CAPTCHA, be it an image, a glet, a logic problem, or some other CAPTCHA. A simple use case might look like the following:
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// Originating request: $captcha = new Zend\Captcha\Figlet(array( name => foo, wordLen => 6, timeout => 300, )); $id = $captcha->generate(); //this will output a Figlet string echo $captcha->getFiglet()->render($captcha->getWord());

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On a subsequent request: Assume a captcha setup as before, with corresponding form fields, the value of $_POST[foo] would be key/value array: id => captcha ID, input => captcha value ($captcha->isValid($_POST[foo], $_POST)) { // Validated!

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Note: Under most circumstances, you probably prefer the use of Zend\Captcha functionality combined with the power of the Zend\Form component. For an example on how to use Zend\Form\Element\Captcha, have a look at the Zend\Form Quick Start.

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CAPTCHA ADAPTERS
The following adapters are shipped with Zend Framework by default.

48.1 Zend\Captcha\AbstractWord
Zend\Captcha\AbstractWord is an abstract adapter that serves as the base class for most other CAPTCHA adapters. It provides mutators for specifying word length, session TTL and the session container object to use. Zend\Captcha\AbstractWord also encapsulates validation logic. By default, the word length is 8 characters, the session timeout is 5 minutes, and Zend\Session\Container is used for persistence (using the namespace Zend\Form\Captcha\<captcha ID>). In addition to the methods required by the Zend\Captcha\AdapterInterface Zend\Captcha\AbstractWord exposes the following methods: interface,

setWordLen($length) and getWordLen() allow you to specify the length of the generated word in characters, and to retrieve the current value. setTimeout($ttl) and getTimeout() allow you to specify the time-to-live of the session token, and to retrieve the current value. $ttl should be specied in seconds. setUseNumbers($numbers) and getUseNumbers() allow you to specify if numbers will be considered as possible characters for the random work or only letters would be used. setSessionClass($class) and getSessionClass() allow you to specify an alternate Zend\Session\Container implementation to use to persist the CAPTCHA token and to retrieve the current value. getId() allows you to retrieve the current token identier. getWord() allows you to retrieve the generated word to use with the CAPTCHA. It will generate the word for you if none has been generated yet. setSession(Zend\Session\Container $session) allows you to specify a session object to use for persisting the CAPTCHA token. getSession() allows you to retrieve the current session object. All word CAPTCHAs allow you to pass an array of options or Traversable object to the constructor, or, alternately, pass them to setOptions(). By default, the wordLen, timeout, and sessionClass keys may all be used. Each concrete implementation may dene additional keys or utilize the options in other ways. Note: Zend\Captcha\AbstractWord is an abstract class and may not be instantiated directly.

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48.2 Zend\Captcha\Dumb
The Zend\Captcha\Dumb adapter is mostly self-descriptive. It provides a random string that must be typed in reverse to validate. As such, its not a good CAPTCHA solution and should only be used for testing. It extends Zend\Captcha\AbstractWord.

48.3 Zend\Captcha\Figlet
The Zend\Captcha\Figlet adapter utilizes Zend\Text\Figlet to present a glet to the user. Options passed to the constructor will also be passed to the Zend\Text\Figlet object. See the Zend\Text\Figlet documentation for details on what conguration options are available.

48.4 Zend\Captcha\Image
The Zend\Captcha\Image adapter takes the generated word and renders it as an image, performing various skewing permutations to make it difcult to automatically decipher. It requires the GD extension compiled with TrueType or Freetype support. Currently, the Zend\Captcha\Image adapter can only generate PNG images. Zend\Captcha\Image extends Zend\Captcha\AbstractWord, and additionally exposes the following methods: setExpiration($expiration) and getExpiration() allow you to specify a maximum lifetime the CAPTCHA image may reside on the lesystem. This is typically a longer than the session lifetime. Garbage collection is run periodically each time the CAPTCHA object is invoked, deleting all images that have expired. Expiration values should be specied in seconds. setGcFreq($gcFreq) and getGcFreg() allow you to specify how frequently garbage collection should run. Garbage collection will run every 1/$gcFreq calls. The default is 100. setFont($font) and getFont() allow you to specify the font you will use. $font should be a fully qualied path to the font le. This value is required; the CAPTCHA will throw an exception during generation if the font le has not been specied. setFontSize($fsize) and getFontSize() allow you to specify the font size in pixels for generating the CAPTCHA. The default is 24px. setHeight($height) and getHeight() allow you to specify the height in pixels of the generated CAPTCHA image. The default is 50px. setWidth($width) and getWidth() allow you to specify the width in pixels of the generated CAPTCHA image. The default is 200px. setImgDir($imgDir) and getImgDir() allow you to specify the directory for storing CAPTCHA images. The default is ./images/captcha/, relative to the bootstrap script. setImgUrl($imgUrl) and getImgUrl() allow you to specify the relative path to a CAPTCHA image to use for HTML markup. The default is /images/captcha/. setSuffix($suffix) and getSuffix() allow you to specify the lename sufx for the CAPTCHA image. The default is .png. Note: changing this value will not change the type of the generated image. setDotNoiseLevel($level) and getDotNoiseLevel(), along with setLineNoiseLevel($level) and getLineNoiseLevel(), allow you to control how much noise in the form of random dots and lines the image would contain. Each unit of $level produces one

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random dot or line. The default is 100 dots and 5 lines. The noise is added twice - before and after the image distortion transformation. All of the above options may be passed to the constructor by simply removing the set method prex and casting the initial letter to lowercase: sufx, height, imgUrl, etc.

48.5 Zend\Captcha\ReCaptcha
The Zend\Captcha\ReCaptcha adapter uses Zend\Service\ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha to generate and validate CAPTCHAs. It exposes the following methods: setPrivKey($key) and getPrivKey() allow you to specify the private key to use for the ReCaptcha service. This must be specied during construction, although it may be overridden at any point. setPubKey($key) and getPubKey() allow you to specify the public key to use with the ReCaptcha service. This must be specied during construction, although it may be overridden at any point. setService(ZendService\ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha $service) and getService() allow you to set and get the ReCaptcha service object.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\CONFIG
Zend\Config is designed to simplify access to conguration data within applications. It provides a nested object property-based user interface for accessing this conguration data within application code. The conguration data may come from a variety of media supporting hierarchical data storage. Currently, Zend\Config provides adapters that read and write conguration data stored in .ini, JSON, YAML and XML les.

49.1 Using Zend\Cong\Cong with a Reader Class


Normally, it is expected that users would use one of the reader classes to read a conguration le, but if conguration data are available in a PHP array, one may simply pass the data to Zend\Config\Configs constructor in order to utilize a simple object-oriented interface:
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// An array of configuration data is given $configArray = array( webhost => www.example.com, database => array( adapter => pdo_mysql, params => array( host => db.example.com, username => dbuser, password => secret, dbname => mydatabase ) ) ); // Create the object-oriented wrapper using the configuration data $config = new Zend\Config\Config($configArray); // Print a configuration datum (results in www.example.com) echo $config->webhost;

As illustrated in the example above, Zend\Config\Config provides nested object property syntax to access conguration data passed to its constructor. Along with the object-oriented access to the data values, Zend\Config\Config also has get() method that returns the supplied value if the data element doesnt exist in the conguration array. For example:
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It is often desirable to use a purely PHP-based conguration le. The following code illustrates how easily this can be accomplished:
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// config.php return array( webhost => www.example.com, database => array( adapter => pdo_mysql, params => array( host => db.example.com, username => dbuser, password => secret, dbname => mydatabase ) ) ); // Consumes the configuration array $config = new Zend\Config\Config(include config.php); // Print a configuration datum (results in www.example.com) echo $config->webhost;

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THEORY OF OPERATION
Conguration data are made accessible to Zend\Config\Configs constructor with an associative array, which may be multi-dimensional, so data can be organized from general to specic. Concrete adapter classes adapt conguration data from storage to produce the associative array for Zend\Config\Configs constructor. If needed, user scripts may provide such arrays directly to Zend\Config\Configs constructor, without using a reader class. Each value in the conguration data array becomes a property of the Zend\Config\Config object. The key is used as the property name. If a value is itself an array, then the resulting object property is created as a new Zend\Config\Config object, loaded with the array data. This occurs recursively, such that a hierarchy of conguration data may be created with any number of levels. Zend\Config\Config implements the Countable and Iterator interfaces in order to facilitate simple access to conguration data. Thus, Zend\Config\Config objects support the count() function and PHP constructs such as foreach. By default, conguration data made available through Zend\Config\Config are read-only, and an assignment (e.g. $config->database->host = example.com;) results in a thrown exception. This default behavior may be overridden through the constructor, allowing modication of data values. Also, when modications are allowed, Zend\Config\Config supports unsetting of values (i.e. unset($config->database->host)). The isReadOnly() method can be used to determine if modications to a given Zend\Config\Config object are allowed and the setReadOnly() method can be used to stop any further modications to a Zend\Config\Config object that was created allowing modications. Note: Modifying Cong does not save changes It is important not to confuse such in-memory modications with saving conguration data out to specic storage media. Tools for creating and modifying conguration data for various storage media are out of scope with respect to Zend\Config\Config. Third-party open source solutions are readily available for the purpose of creating and modifying conguration data for various storage media. If you have two Zend\Config\Config objects, you can merge them into a single object using the merge() function. For example, given $config and $localConfig, you can merge data from $localConfig to $config using $config->merge($localConfig);. The items in $localConfig will override any items with the same name in $config. Note: The Zend\Config\Config object that is performing the merge must have been constructed to allow modications, by passing TRUE as the second parameter of the constructor. The setReadOnly() method can then be used to prevent any further modications after the merge is complete.

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Zend\Config\Reader gives you the ability to read a cong le. It works with concrete implementations for different le format. The Zend\Config\Reader is only an interface, that dene the two methods fromFile() and fromString(). The concrete implementations of this interface are: Zend\Config\Reader\Ini Zend\Config\Reader\Xml Zend\Config\Reader\Json Zend\Config\Reader\Yaml The fromFile() and fromString() return a PHP array contains the data of the conguration le. Note: Differences from ZF1 The Zend\Config\Reader component no longer supports the following features: Inheritance of sections. Reading of specic sections.

51.1 Zend\Cong\Reader\Ini
Zend\Config\Reader\Ini enables developers to store conguration data in a familiar INI format and read them in the application by using an array syntax. Zend\Config\Reader\Ini utilizes the parse_ini_le() PHP function. Please review this documentation to be aware of its specic behaviors, which propagate to Zend\Config\Reader\Ini, such as how the special values of TRUE, FALSE, yes, no, and NULL are handled. Note: Key Separator By default, the key separator character is the period character (.). This can be changed, however, using the setNestSeparator() method. For example:
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The following example illustrates a basic use of Zend\Config\Reader\Ini for loading conguration data from an INI le. In this example there are conguration data for both a production system and for a staging system. Suppose we have the following INI conguration le: 217

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www.example.com pdo_mysql db.example.com dbuser secret dbproduction

We can use the Zend\Config\Reader\Ini to read this INI le:


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$reader = new Zend\Config\Reader\Ini(); $data = $reader->fromFile(/path/to/config.ini); echo $data[webhost] // prints "www.example.com" echo $data[database][params][dbname]; // prints "dbproduction"

The Zend\Config\Reader\Ini supports a feature to include the content of a INI le in a specic section of another INI le. For instance, suppose we have an INI le with the database conguration:
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database.adapter database.params.host database.params.username database.params.password database.params.dbname

= = = = =

pdo_mysql db.example.com dbuser secret dbproduction

We can include this conguration in another INI le, for instance:


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If we read this le using the component Zend\Config\Reader\Ini we will obtain the same conguration data structure of the previous example. The @include = file-to-include.ini can be used also in a subelement of a value. For instance we can have an INI le like that:
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adapter params.host params.username params.password params.dbname

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pdo_mysql db.example.com dbuser secret dbproduction

And assign the @include as subelement of the database value:


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51.2 Zend\Cong\Reader\Xml
Zend\Config\Reader\Xml enables developers to read conguration data in a familiar XML format and read them in the application by using an array syntax. The root element of the XML le or string is irrelevant and may be named arbitrarily. The following example illustrates a basic use of Zend\Config\Reader\Xml for loading conguration data from an XML le. Suppose we have the following XML conguration le:
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<database> <adapter value="pdo_mysql"/> <params> <host value="db.example.com"/> <username value="dbuser"/> <password value="secret"/> <dbname value="dbproduction"/> </params> </database> </config>

We can use the Zend\Config\Reader\Xml to read this XML le:


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$reader = new Zend\Config\Reader\Xml(); $data = $reader->fromFile(/path/to/config.xml); echo $data[webhost] // prints "www.example.com" echo $data[database][params][dbname]; // prints "dbproduction"

Zend\Config\Reader\Xml utilizes the XMLReader PHP class. Please review this documentation to be aware of its specic behaviors, which propagate to Zend\Config\Reader\Xml. Using Zend\Config\Reader\Xml we can include the content of XML les in a specic XML element. This is provided using the standard function XInclude of XML. To use this function you have to add the namespace xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" to the XML le. Suppose we have an XML les that contains only the database conguration:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <config> <database> <adapter>pdo_mysql</adapter> <params> <host>db.example.com</host> <username>dbuser</username> <password>secret</password> <dbname>dbproduction</dbname> </params> </database> </config>

We can include this conguration in another XML le, for instance:


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <config xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <webhost>www.example.com</webhost> <xi:include href="database.xml"/> </config>

The syntax to include an XML le in a specic element is <xi:include href="file-to-include.xml"/>

51.3 Zend\Cong\Reader\Json
Zend\Config\Reader\Json enables developers to read conguration data in a JSON format and read them in the application by using an array syntax. The following example illustrates a basic use of Zend\Config\Reader\Json for loading conguration data from a JSON le. Suppose we have the following JSON conguration le:

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{ "webhost" : "www.example.com", "database" : { "adapter" : "pdo_mysql", "params" : { "host" : "db.example.com", "username" : "dbuser", "password" : "secret", "dbname" : "dbproduction" } } }

We can use the Zend\Config\Reader\Json to read this JSON le:


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$reader = new Zend\Config\Reader\Json(); $data = $reader->fromFile(/path/to/config.json); echo $data[webhost] // prints "www.example.com" echo $data[database][params][dbname]; // prints "dbproduction"

Zend\Config\Reader\Json utilizes the Zend\Json\Json class. Using Zend\Config\Reader\Json we can include the content of a JSON le in a specic JSON section or element. This is provided using the special syntax @include. Suppose we have a JSON le that contains only the database conguration:
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{ "database" : { "adapter" : "pdo_mysql", "params" : { "host" : "db.example.com", "username" : "dbuser", "password" : "secret", "dbname" : "dbproduction" } } }

We can include this conguration in another JSON le, for instance:


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{ "webhost" : "www.example.com", "@include" : "database.json" }

51.4 Zend\Cong\Reader\Yaml
Zend\Config\Reader\Yaml enables developers to read conguration data in a YAML format and read them in the application by using an array syntax. In order to use the YAML reader we need to pass a callback to an external PHP library or use the Yaml PECL extension. The following example illustrates a basic use of Zend\Config\Reader\Yaml that use the Yaml PECL extension. Suppose we have the following YAML conguration le:
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adapter: pdo_mysql params: host: db.example.com username: dbuser password: secret dbname: dbproduction

We can use the Zend\Config\Reader\Yaml to read this YAML le:


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$reader = new Zend\Config\Reader\Yaml(); $data = $reader->fromFile(/path/to/config.yaml); echo $data[webhost] // prints "www.example.com" echo $data[database][params][dbname]; // prints "dbproduction"

If you want to use an external YAML reader you have to pass the callback function in the constructor of the class. For instance, if you want to use the Spyc library:
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// include the Spyc library require_once (path/to/spyc.php); $reader = new Zend\Config\Reader\Yaml(array(Spyc,YAMLLoadString)); $data = $reader->fromFile(/path/to/config.yaml); echo $data[webhost] // prints "www.example.com" echo $data[database][params][dbname]; // prints "dbproduction"

You can also instantiate the Zend\Config\Reader\Yaml without any parameter and specify the YAML reader in a second moment using the setYamlDecoder() method. Using Zend\Config\ReaderYaml we can include the content of a YAML le in a specic YAML section or element. This is provided using the special syntax @include. Suppose we have a YAML le that contains only the database conguration:
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database: adapter: pdo_mysql params: host: db.example.com username: dbuser password: secret dbname: dbproduction

We can include this conguration in another YAML le, for instance:


webhost: www.example.com @include: database.yaml

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ZEND\CONFIG\WRITER
Zend\Config\Writer gives you the ability to write cong les out of array, Zend\Config\Config and any Traversable object. The Zend\Config\Writer is an interface that denes two methods: toFile() and toString(). We have ve specic writers that implement this interface: Zend\Config\Writer\Ini Zend\Config\Writer\Xml Zend\Config\Writer\PhpArray Zend\Config\Writer\Json Zend\Config\Writer\Yaml

52.1 Zend\Cong\Writer\Ini
The INI writer has two modes for rendering with regard to sections. By default the top-level conguration is always written into section names. By calling $writer->setRenderWithoutSectionsFlags(true); all options are written into the global namespace of the INI le and no sections are applied. As an addition Zend\Config\Writer\Ini has an additional option parameter nestSeparator, which denes with which character the single nodes are separated. The default is a single dot, like it is accepted by Zend\Config\Reader\Ini by default. When modifying or creating a Zend\Config\Config object, there are some things to know. To create or modify a value, you simply say set the parameter of the Config object via the parameter accessor (->). To create a section in the root or to create a branch, you just create a new array ($config->branch = array();).
Using Zend\Cong\Writer\Ini

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Writer\Ini to create a new cong le:
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// Create the config object $config = new Zend\Config\Config(array(), true); $config->production = array(); $config->production->webhost = www.example.com; $config->production->database = array(); $config->production->database->params = array(); $config->production->database->params->host = localhost; $config->production->database->params->username = production; $config->production->database->params->password = secret;

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$config->production->database->params->dbname = dbproduction; $writer = new Zend\Config\Writer\Ini(); echo $writer->toString($config);

The result of this code is an INI string contains the following values:
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[production] webhost = "www.example.com" database.params.host = "localhost" database.params.username = "production" database.params.password = "secret" database.params.dbname = "dbproduction"

You can use the method toFile() to store the INI data in a le.

52.2 Zend\Cong\Writer\Xml
The Zend\Config\Writer\Xml can be used to generate an XML string or le starting from a Zend\Config\Config object.
Using Zend\Cong\Writer\Ini

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Writer\Xml to create a new cong le:
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// Create the config object $config = new Zend\Config\Config(array(), true); $config->production = array(); $config->production->webhost = www.example.com; $config->production->database = array(); $config->production->database->params = array(); $config->production->database->params->host = localhost; $config->production->database->params->username = production; $config->production->database->params->password = secret; $config->production->database->params->dbname = dbproduction; $writer = new Zend\Config\Writer\Xml(); echo $writer->toString($config);

The result of this code is an XML string contains the following data:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <zend-config> <production> <webhost>www.example.com</webhost> <database> <params> <host>localhost</host> <username>production</username> <password>secret</password> <dbname>dbproduction</dbname> </params> </database> </production> </zend-config>

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You can use the method toFile() to store the XML data in a le.

52.3 Zend\Cong\Writer\PhpArray
The Zend\Config\Writer\PhpArray can be used to generate a PHP code that returns an array representation of an Zend\Config\Config object.
Using Zend\Cong\Writer\PhpArray

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Writer\PhpArray to create a new cong le:
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// Create the config object $config = new Zend\Config\Config(array(), true); $config->production = array(); $config->production->webhost = www.example.com; $config->production->database = array(); $config->production->database->params = array(); $config->production->database->params->host = localhost; $config->production->database->params->username = production; $config->production->database->params->password = secret; $config->production->database->params->dbname = dbproduction; $writer = new Zend\Config\Writer\PhpArray(); echo $writer->toString($config);

The result of this code is a PHP script that returns an array as follow:
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<?php return array ( production => array ( webhost => www.example.com, database => array ( params => array ( host => localhost, username => production, password => secret, dbname => dbproduction, ), ), ), );

You can use the method toFile() to store the PHP script in a le.

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This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Writer\Json to create a new cong le:
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// Create the config object $config = new Zend\Config\Config(array(), true); $config->production = array(); $config->production->webhost = www.example.com; $config->production->database = array(); $config->production->database->params = array(); $config->production->database->params->host = localhost; $config->production->database->params->username = production; $config->production->database->params->password = secret; $config->production->database->params->dbname = dbproduction; $writer = new Zend\Config\Writer\Json(); echo $writer->toString($config);

The result of this code is a JSON string contains the following values:
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{ "webhost" : "www.example.com", "database" : { "params" : { "host" : "localhost", "username" : "production", "password" : "secret", "dbname" : "dbproduction" } } }

You can use the method toFile() to store the JSON data in a le. The Zend\Config\Writer\Json class uses the Zend\Json\Json component to convert the data in a JSON format.

52.5 Zend\Cong\Writer\Yaml
The Zend\Config\Writer\Yaml can be used to generate a PHP code that returns the YAML representation of a Zend\Config\Config object. In order to use the YAML writer we need to pass a callback to an external PHP library or use the Yaml PECL extension.
Using Zend\Cong\Writer\Yaml

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Writer\Yaml to create a new cong le using the Yaml PECL extension:
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// Create the config object $config = new Zend\Config\Config(array(), true); $config->production = array(); $config->production->webhost = www.example.com; $config->production->database = array(); $config->production->database->params = array();

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$config->production->database->params->host = localhost; $config->production->database->params->username = production; $config->production->database->params->password = secret; $config->production->database->params->dbname = dbproduction; $writer = new Zend\Config\Writer\Yaml(); echo $writer->toString($config);

The result of this code is a YAML string contains the following values:
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webhost: www.example.com database: params: host: localhost username: production password: secret dbname: dbproduction

You can use the method toFile() to store the YAML data in a le. If you want to use an external YAML writer library you have to pass the callback function in the constructor of the class. For instance, if you want to use the Spyc library:
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// include the Spyc library require_once (path/to/spyc.php); $writer = new Zend\Config\Writer\Yaml(array(Spyc,YAMLDump)); echo $writer->toString($config);

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ZEND\CONFIG\PROCESSOR
Zend\Config\Processor gives you the ability to perform some operations on a Zend\Config\Config object. The Zend\Config\Processor is an interface that denes two methods: process() and processValue(). These operations are provided by the following concrete implementations: Zend\Config\Processor\Constant: manage PHP constant values; Zend\Config\Processor\Filter: lter the conguration data using Zend\Filter; Zend\Config\Processor\Queue: manage a queue of operations to apply to conguration data; Zend\Config\Processor\Token: nd and replace specic tokens; Zend\Config\Processor\Translator: Zend\I18n\Translator; translate conguration values in other languages using

Below we reported some examples for each type of processor.

53.1 Zend\Cong\Processor\Constant
Using Zend\Cong\Processor\Constant

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Processor\Constant:


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define (TEST_CONST, bar); // set true to Zend\Config\Config to allow modifications $config = new Zend\Config\Config(array(foo => TEST_CONST), true); $processor = new Zend\Config\Processor\Constant(); echo $config->foo . ,; $processor->process($config); echo $config->foo;

This example returns the output: TEST_CONST, bar..

53.2 Zend\Cong\Processor\Filter
Using Zend\Cong\Processor\Filter

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Processor\Filter:

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use Zend\Filter\StringToUpper; use Zend\Config\Processor\Filter as FilterProcessor; use Zend\Config\Config; $config = new Config(array (foo => bar), true); $upper = new StringToUpper(); $upperProcessor = new FilterProcessor($upper); echo $config->foo . ,; $upperProcessor->process($config); echo $config->foo;

This example returns the output: bar,BAR.

53.3 Zend\Cong\Processor\Queue
Using Zend\Cong\Processor\Queue

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Processor\Queue:


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use use use use use

Zend\Filter\StringToLower; Zend\Filter\StringToUpper; Zend\Config\Processor\Filter as FilterProcessor; Zend\Config\Processor\Queue; Zend\Config\Config;

$config = new Config(array (foo => bar), true); $upper = new StringToUpper(); $lower = new StringToLower(); $lowerProcessor = new FilterProcessor($lower); $upperProcessor = new FilterProcessor($upper); $queue = new Queue(); $queue->insert($upperProcessor); $queue->insert($lowerProcessor); $queue->process($config); echo $config->foo;

This example returns the output: bar. The lters in the queue are applied with a FIFO logic (First In, First Out).

53.4 Zend\Cong\Processor\Token
Using Zend\Cong\Processor\Token

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Processor\Token:


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$processor->addToken(TOKEN, bar); echo $config->foo . ,; $processor->process($config); echo $config->foo;

This example returns the output: Value is TOKEN,Value is bar.

53.5 Zend\Cong\Processor\Translator
Using Zend\Cong\Processor\Translator

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Config\Processor\Translator:


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use Zend\Config\Config; use Zend\Config\Processor\Translator as TranslatorProcessor; use Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator; $config = new Config(array(animal => dog), true); /* * The following mapping would exist for the translation * loader you provide to the translator instance * $italian = array( dog => cane * * ); */ $translator = new Translator(); // ... configure the translator ... $processor = new TranslatorProcessor($translator); echo "English: {$config->animal}, "; $processor->process($config); echo "Italian: {$config->animal}";

This example returns the output: English:

dog, Italian:

cane.

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THE FACTORY
The factory gives you the ability to load a conguration le to an array or to Zend\Config\Config object. The factory has two purposes Loading conguration le(s) Storing a conguration le Note: Storing the conguration will be done to one le. The factory is not aware of merging two or more congurations and will not store it into multiple les. If you want to store particular conguration sections to a different le you should separate it manually.

54.1 Loading conguration le


The next example illustrates how to load a single conguration le
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//Load a php file as array $config = Zend\Config\Factory::fromFile(__DIR__./config/my.config.php); //Load a xml file as Config object $config = Zend\Config\Factory::fromFile(__DIR__./config/my.config.xml, true);

For merging multiple conguration les

54.2 Storing conguration le


Sometimes you want to store the conguration to a le. Also this is really easy to do

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\CONSOLE
Zend Framework 2 features built-in console support. When a Zend\Application is run from a console window (a shell window or Windows command prompt), it will recognize this fact and prepare Zend\Mvc components to handle the request. Console support is enabled by default, but to function properly it requires at least one console route and one action controller to handle the request. Console routing allows you to invoke controllers and action depending on command line parameters provided by the user. Module Manager integration allows ZF2 applications and modules to display help and usage information, in case the command line has not been understood (no route matched). Console-aware action controllers will receive a console request containing all named parameters and ags. They are able to send output back to the console window. Console adapters provide a level of abstraction for interacting with console on different operating systems. Console prompts can be used to interact with the user by asking him questions and retrieving input.

55.1 Writing console routes


A console route denes required and optional command line parameters. When a route matches, it behaves analogical to a standard, http route and can point to a MVC controller and an action. Lets assume that wed like our application to handle the following command line:
> zf user resetpassword user@mail.com

When a user runs our application (zf) with these parameters, wed like to call action resetpassword of Application\Controller\IndexController. Note: We will use zf to depict the entry point for your application, it can be shell script in application bin folder or simply an alias for php public/index.php First we need to create a route denition:
user resetpassword <userEmail>

This simple route denition expects exactly 3 arguments: a literal user, literal resetpassword followed by a parameter were calling userEmail. Lets assume we also accept one optional parameter, that will turn on verbose operation:

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user resetpassword [--verbose|-v] <userEmail>

Now our console route expects the same 3 parameters but will also recognise an optional --verbose ag, or its shorthand version: -v. Note: The order of ags is ignored by Zend\Console. Flags can appear before positional parameters, after them or anywhere in between. The order of multiple ags is also irrelevant. This applies both to route denitions and the order that ags are used on the command line. Lets use the denition above and congure our console route. Console routes are automatically loaded from the following location inside cong le:
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array( router => array( routes => array( // HTTP routes are defined here ) ), console => array( router => array( routes => array( // Console routes go here ) ) ), )

Lets create our console route and point it to Application\Controller\IndexController::resetpasswordAction()


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// we could define routes for Application\Controller\IndexController in Application module config fil // which is usually located at modules/application/config/module.config.php array( console => array( router => array( routes => array( user-reset-password => array( options => array( route => user resetpassword [--verbose|-v] <userEmail>, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Index, action => password ) ) ) ) ) ) )

See Also: To learn more about console routes and how to use them, please read this chapter: Console routes and routing

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55.2 Handling console requests


When a user runs our application from command line and arguments match our console route, a controller class will be instantiated and an action method will be called, just like it is with http requests. We will now add resetpassword action to Application\Controller\IndexController:
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<?php namespace Application\Controller; use use use use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; Zend\Console\Request as ConsoleRequest; Zend\Math\Rand;

class IndexController extends AbstractActionController { public function indexAction() { return new ViewModel(); // display standard index page } public function resetpasswordAction(){ $request = $this->getRequest(); // Make sure that we are running in a console and the user has not tricked our // application into running this action from a public web server. if (!$request instanceof ConsoleRequest){ throw new \RuntimeException(You can only use this action from a console!); } // Get user email from console and check if the user used --verbose or -v flag $userEmail = $request->getParam(userEmail); $verbose = $request->getParam(verbose); // reset new password $newPassword = Rand::getString(16); // Fetch the user and change his password, then email him ... // [...]

if (!$verbose){ return "Done! $userEmail has received an email with his new password.\n"; }else{ return "Done! New password for user $userEmail is $newPassword . It has also been emaile } } }

We have created resetpasswordAction() than retrieves current request and checks if its really coming from the console (as a precaution). In this example we do not want our action to be invocable from a web page. Because we have not dened any http route pointing to it, it should never be possible. However in the future, we might dene a wildcard route or a 3rd party module might erroneously route some requests to our action - that is why we want to make sure that the request is always coming from a Console environment. All console arguments supplied by the user are accessible via $request->getParam() method. Flags will be represented by a booleans, where true means a ag has been used and false otherwise. When our action has nished working it returns a simple string that will be shown to the user in console window. 55.2. Handling console requests 237

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See Also: There are different ways you can interact with console from a controller. It has been covered in more detail in the following chapter: Console-aware action controllers

55.3 Adding console usage info


It is a common practice for console application to display usage information when run for the rst time (without any arguments). This is also handled by Zend\Console together with MVC. Usage info in ZF2 console applications is provided by loaded modules. In case no console route matches console arguments, Zend\Console will query all loaded modules and ask for their console usage info. Lets modify our Application\Module to provide usage info:
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<?php namespace Application; use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConfigProviderInterface; use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConsoleUsageProviderInterface; use Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface as Console; class Module implements AutoloaderProviderInterface, ConfigProviderInterface, ConsoleUsageProviderInterface { public function getConfig() { // [...] }

// <- our module implement this feature and provides console usag

public function getAutoloaderConfig() { // [...] } public function getConsoleUsage(Console $console){ return array( // Describe available commands user resetpassword [--verbose|-v] EMAIL

=> Reset password for a user,

// Describe expected parameters array( EMAIL, Email of the user for a password reset ), array( --verbose|-v, (optional) turn on verbose mode ), ); } }

Each module that implements ConsoleUsageProviderInterface will be queried for console usage info. On route mismatch, all info from all modules will be concatenated, formatted to console width and shown to the user. Note: The order of usage info displayed in the console is the order modules load. If you want your application to display important usage info rst, change the order your modules are loaded. See Also: 238 Chapter 55. Introduction to Zend\Console

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Zend Framework 2 has native MVC integration with console, which means that command line arguments are read and used to determine the appropriate action controller and action method that will handle the request. Actions can perform any number of task prior to returning a result, that will be displayed to the user in his console window. There are several routes you can use with Console. All of them are dened in Zend\Mvc\Router\Console\* classes. See Also: Routes are used to handle real commands, but they are not used to create help messages (usage information). When a zf2 application is run in console for the rst time (without arguments) it can display usage information that is provided by modules. To learn more about providing usage information, please read this chapter: Console-aware modules.

56.1 Router conguration


All Console Routes are automatically read from the following conguration location:
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// This can sit inside of modules/Application/config/module.config.php or any other modules config. array( router => array( routes => array( // HTTP routes are here ) ), console => array( router => array( routes => array( // Console routes go here ) ) ), )

Console Routes will only be processed when the application is run inside console (terminal) window. They have no effect in web (http) request and will be ignored. It is possible to dene only HTTP routes (only web application) or only Console routes (which means we want a console-only application which will refuse to run in a browser). A single route can be described with the following array:
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type => simple // <- simple route is created by default, we can skip that options => array( route => foo bar, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Index, action => password ) ) )

We have created a simple console route with a name my-first-route. It expects two parameters: foo and bar. If user puts these in a console, Application\Controller\IndexController::passwordAction() action will be invoked. See Also: You can read more about how ZF2 routing works in this chapter.

56.2 Basic route


This is the default route type for console. It recognizes the following types of parameters: Literal parameters (i.e. create object (external|internal)) Literal ags (i.e. --verbose --direct [-d] [-a]) Positional value parameters (i.e. create <modelName> [<destination>]) Value ags (i.e. --name=NAME [--method=METHOD])

56.2.1 Literal parameters


These parameters are expected to appear on the command line exactly the way they are spelled in the route. For example:
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show-users => array( options => array( route => show users, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => show ) ) )

This route will only match for the following command line
> zf show users

It expects mandatory literal parameters show users. It will not match if there are any more params, or if one of the words is missing. The order of words is also enforced. We can also provide optional literal parameters, for example:
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controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => show ) ) )

Now this route will match for both of these commands:


> zf show users > zf show all users

We can also provide parameter alternative:


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show-users => array( options => array( route => show [all|deleted|locked|admin] users, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => show ) ) )

This route will match both without and with second parameter being one of the words, which enables us to capture commands such:
> zf show users > zf show locked users > zf show admin users etc.

Note: Whitespaces in route denition are ignored. If you separate your parameters with more spaces, or separate alternatives and pipe characters with spaces, it wont matter for the parser. The above route denition is equivalent to: show [ all | deleted | locked | admin ] users

56.2.2 Literal ags


Flags are a common concept for console tools. You can dene any number of optional and mandatory ags. The order of ags is ignored. The can be dened in any order and the user can provide them in any other order. Lets create a route with optional long ags
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check-users => array( options => array( route => check users [--verbose] [--fast] [--thorough], defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => check ) ) )

This route will match for commands like:


> zf check users > zf check users --fast

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> zf check users --verbose --thorough > zf check users --thorough --fast

We can also dene one or more mandatory long ags and group them as an alternative:
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check-users => array( options => array( route => check users (--suspicious|--expired) [--verbose] [--fast] [--thorough], defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => check ) ) )

This route will only match if we provide either --suspicious or --expired ag, i.e.:
> zf check users --expired > zf check users --expired --fast > zf check users --verbose --thorough --suspicious

We can also use short ags in our routes and group them with long ags for convenience, for example:
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check-users => array( options => array( route => check users [--verbose|-v] [--fast|-f] [--thorough|-t], defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => check ) ) )

Now we can use short versions of our ags:


> zf check users -f > zf check users -v --thorough > zf check users -t -f -v

56.2.3 Positional value parameters


Value parameters capture any text-based input and come in two forms - positional and ags. Positional value parameters are expected to appear in an exact position on the command line. Lets take a look at the following route denition:
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delete-user => array( options => array( route => delete user <userEmail>, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => delete ) ) )

This route will match for commands like:

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> zf delete user john@acme.org > zf delete user betty@acme.org

We can access the email value by calling $this->getRequest()->getParam(userEmail) inside of our controller action (you can read more about accessing values here) We can also dene optional positional value parameters by adding square brackets:
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delete-user => array( options => array( route => delete user [<userEmail>], defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => delete ) ) )

In this case, userEmail parameter will not be required for the route to match. If it is not provided, userEmail parameter will not be set. We can dene any number of positional value parameters, for example:
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create-user => array( options => array( route => create user <firstName> <lastName> <email> <position>, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => create ) ) )

This allows us to capture commands such as:


> zf create user Johnny Bravo john@acme.org Entertainer

Note: Command line arguments on all systems must be properly escaped, otherwise they will not be passed to our application correctly. For example, to create a user with two names and a complex position description, we could write something like this:
> zf create user "Johnan Tom" Bravo john@acme.org "Head of the Entertainment Department"

56.2.4 Value ag parameters


Positional value parameters are only matched if they appear in the exact order as described in the route. If we do not want to enforce the order of parameters, we can dene value ags. Value ags can be dened and matched in any order. They can digest text-based values, for example:
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find-user => array( options => array( route => find user [--id=] [--firstName=] [--lastName=] [--email=] [--position=] , defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => find )

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) )

This route will match for any of the following routes:


> > > > > > > zf zf zf zf zf zf zf find find find find find find find user user user user user user user --id 29110 --id=29110 --firstName=Johny --lastName=Bravo --lastName Bravo --firstName Johny --position=Executive --firstName=Bob --position "Head of the Entertainment Department"

Note: The order of ags is irrelevant for the parser.

Note: The parser understands values that are provided after equal symbol (=) and separated by a space. Values without whitespaces can be provided after = symbol or after a space. Values with one more whitespaces however, must be properly quoted and written after a space. In previous example, all value ags are optional. It is also possible to dene mandatory value ags:
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rename-user => array( options => array( route => rename user --id= [--firstName=] [--lastName=], defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => rename ) ) )

The --id parameter is required for this route to match. The following commands will work with this route:
> zf rename user --id 123 > zf rename user --id 123 --firstName Jonathan > zf rename user --id=123 --lastName=Bravo

56.3 Catchall route


This special route will catch all console requests, regardless of the parameters provided.
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default-route => array( options => array( type => catchall, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Index, action => consoledefault ) ) )

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56.4 Console routes cheat-sheet


Param type Literal params Literal Literal alternative Literal, optional Literal, optional alternative Flags Flag long Flag long, optional Flag long, optional, alternative Flag short Flag short, optional Flag short, optional, alternative Flag long/short alternative Value parameters Value positional param Value positional param, optional Value Flag Value Flag, optional Parameter groups Literal params group Literal optional params group Long ags group Long optional ags group Short ags group Short optional ags group Example route denition foo foo foo foo bar (bar|baz) [bar] [bar|baz] Explanation foo followed by bar foo followed by bar or baz foo, optional bar foo, optional bar or baz

foo --bar foo [--bar] foo [--bar|--baz] foo -b foo [-b] foo [-b|-z] foo [--bar|-b]

foo as rst parameter, bar ag before or after foo as rst parameter, optional bar ag before or after foo as rst parameter, optional bar or baz, before or after foo as rst parameter, -b ag before or after foo as rst parameter, optional -b ag before or after foo as rst parameter, optional -b or -z, before or after foo as rst parameter, optional bar or -b before or after foo followed by any text (stored as bar param) foo, optionally followed by any text (stored as bar param) foo as rst parameter, bar with a value, before or after foo as rst parameter, optionally bar with a value, before or after

foo <bar> foo [<bar>] foo --bar= foo [--bar=]

foo foo followed by bar or baz (stored as myParam (bar|baz):myParam param) foo foo followed by optional bar or baz (stored as [bar|baz]:myParam myParam param) foo foo, bar or baz ag before or after (stored as (--bar|--baz):myParam myParam param) foo foo, optional bar or baz ag before or after (as [--bar|--baz]:myParam myParam param) foo foo, -b or -z ag before or after (stored as (-b|-z):myParam myParam param) foo foo, optional -b or -z ag before or after (stored [-b|-z]:myParam as myParam param)

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Zend Framework 2 has native MVC integration with console. The integration also works with modules loaded with Module Manager. ZF2 ships with RouteNotFoundStrategy which is responsible of displaying usage information inside Console, in case the user has not provided any arguments, or arguments could not be understood. The strategy currently supports two types of information: application banners and usage information.

57.1 Application banner


To run the console ZF 2 component, go to your public folder, and type php index.php. By default, it will simply output the current ZF 2 version, like this:

Our Application module (and any other module) can provide application banner. In order to do so, our Module class has to implement Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConsoleBannerProviderInterface. Lets do this now.
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// modules/Application/Module.php <?php namespace Application; use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConsoleBannerProviderInterface; use Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface as Console; class Module implements ConsoleBannerProviderInterface { /** * This method is defined in ConsoleBannerProviderInterface */ public function getConsoleBanner(Console $console) { return MyModule 0.0.1; } }

As you can see, the application banner should be a single line string that returns the modules name and (if available) its current version. If several modules dene their own banner, they are all shown one after the other (they will be joined together in the order modules are loaded). This way, it makes it very easy to spot which modules provide console commands. After running our application, well see our newly created banner. 249

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Lets create and load second module that provides a banner.


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<?php // config/application.config.php return array( modules => array( Application, User, // < load user module in modules/User ),

User module will add-on a short info about itself:


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// modules/User/Module.php <?php namespace User; use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConsoleBannerProviderInterface; use Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface as Console; class Module implements ConsoleBannerProviderInterface { /** * This method is defined in ConsoleBannerProviderInterface */ public function getConsoleBanner(Console $console){ return "User Module 0.0.1"; } }

Because User module is loaded after Application module, the result will look like this:

Note: Application banner is displayed as-is - no trimming or other adjustments will be performed on the text. As you can see, banners are also automatically colorized as blue.

57.2 Usage information


In order to display usage information, our Module class has to implement Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConsoleUsageProviderInterface. Lets modify our example and add new method:
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// modules/Application/Module.php <?php namespace Application; use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConsoleBannerProviderInterface; use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConsoleUsageProviderInterface; use Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface as Console; class Module implements ConsoleBannerProviderInterface, ConsoleUsageProviderInterface { public function getConsoleBanner(Console $console){ // ... }

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/** * This method is defined in ConsoleUsageProviderInterface */ public function getConsoleUsage(Console $console) { return array( show stats => Show application statistics, run cron => Run automated jobs, (enable|disable) debug => Enable or disable debug mode for the application. ); } }

This will display the following information:

Similar to application banner multiple modules can provide usage information, which will be joined together and displayed to the user. The order in which usage information is displayed is the order in which modules are loaded. As you can see, Console component also prepended each modules usage by the modules name. This helps to visually separate each modules (this can be useful when you have multiple modules that provide commands). By default, the component colorizes those in red. Note: Usage info provided in modules does not connect with console routing. You can describe console usage in any form you prefer and it does not affect how MVC handles console commands. In order to handle real console requests you need to dene 1 or more console routes.

57.2.1 Free-form text


In order to output free-form text as usage information, getConsoleUsage() can return a string, or an array of strings, for example:
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public function getConsoleUsage(Console $console) { return User module expects exactly one argument - user name. It will display information for thi }

Note: The text provided is displayed as-is - no trimming or other adjustments will be performed. If youd like to t your usage information inside console window, you could check its width with $console->getWidth().

57.2.2 List of commands


If getConsoleUsage() returns and associative array, it will be automatically aligned in 2 columns. The rst column will be prepended with script name (the entry point for the application). This is useful to display different ways of running the application.
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public function getConsoleUsage(Console $console) { return array( delete user <userEmail> => Delete user with email <userEmail>, disable user <userEmail> => Disable user with email <userEmail>,

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list [all|disabled] users => Show a list of users, find user [--email=] [--name=] => Attempt to find a user by email or name, ); }

Note: Commands and their descriptions will be aligned in two columns, that t inside Console window. If the window is resized, some texts might be wrapped but all content will be aligned accordingly. If you dont like this behavior, you can always return free-form text that will not be transformed in any way.

57.2.3 List of params and ags


Returning an array of arrays from getConsoleUsage() will produce a listing of parameters. This is useful for explaining ags, switches, possible values and other information. The output will be aligned in multiple columns for readability. Below is an example:
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public function getConsoleUsage(Console $console){ return array( array( <userEmail> , email of the user ), array( --verbose , Turn on verbose mode ), array( --quick , Perform a "quick" operation ), array( -v , Same as --verbose ), array( -w , Wide output) ); }

Using this method, we can display more than 2 columns of information, for example:
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public function getConsoleUsage(Console $console){ return array( array( <userEmail> , user email array( --verbose , verbose mode array( --quick , "quick" operation array( -v , Same as --verbose array( -w , wide output ); }

, , , , ,

Full email address of the user to find. ), Display additional information during processin Do not check integrity, just make changes and f Display additional information during processin When listing users, use the whole available scr

Note: All info will be aligned in one or more columns that t inside Console window. If the window is resized, some texts might be wrapped but all content will be aligned accordingly. In case the number of columns changes (i.e. the array() contains different number of elements) a new table will be started, with new alignment and different column widths. If you dont like this behavior, you can always return free-form text that will not be transformed in any way.

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57.2.4 Mixing styles


You can use mix together all of the above styles to provide comprehensive usage information, for example:
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public function getConsoleUsage(Console $console){ return array( Finding and listing users, list [all|disabled] users [-w] => Show a list of users, find user [--email=] [--name=] => Attempt to find a user by email or name, array([all|disabled], array(--email=EMAIL, array(--name=NAME, array(-w,

Display all users or only disabled accounts), Email of the user to find), Full name of the user to find.), Wide output - When listing users use the whole available screen w

Manipulation of user database:, delete user <userEmail> [--verbose|-v] [--quick] disable user <userEmail> [--verbose|-v] array( array( array( array( ); } <userEmail> --verbose --quick -v , , , , user email verbose mode "quick" operation Same as --verbose , , , ,

=> Delete user with email <userEmail>, => Disable user with email <userEmail>,

Full email address of the user to change. ), Display additional information during processin Do not check integrity, just make changes and f Display additional information during processin

57.3 Best practices


As a reminder, here are the best practices when providing usage for your commands: 1. Your getConsoleBanner should only return a one-line string containing the modules name and its version (if available). 2. Your getConsoleUsage should not return modules name; it is prepended automatically for you by Console component.

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Zend Framework 2 has built-in MVC integration with the console. When the user runs an application in a console window, the request will be routed. By matching command line arguments against console routes we have dened in our application, the MVC will invoke a controller and an action. In this chapter we will learn how ZF2 Controllers can interact with and return output to console window. See Also: In order for a controller to be invoked, at least one route must point to it. To learn about creating console routes, please read the chapter Console routes and routing

58.1 Handling console requests


Console requests are very similar to HTTP requests. In fact, they implement a common interface and are created at the same time in the MVC workow. Console routes match against command line arguments and provide a defaults array, which holds the controller and action keys. These correspond with controller aliases in the ServiceManager, and method names in the controller class. This is analogous to the way HTTP requests are handled in ZF2. See Also: To learn about dening and creating controllers, please read the chapter Routing and controllers In this example well use the following simple route:
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// FILE: modules/Application/config/module.config.php array( router => array( routes => array( // HTTP routes are here ) ), console => array( router => array( routes => array( list-users => array( options => array( route => show [all|disabled|deleted]:mode users [--verbose|-v], defaults => array(

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controller => Application\Controller\Index, action => show-users ) ) ) ) ) ), )

This route will match commands such as:


> php public/index.php show users > php public/index.php show all users > php public/index.php show disabled users

This route points to the method Application\Controller\IndexController::showUsersAction(). Lets add it to our controller.
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<?php namespace Application\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; class IndexController extends AbstractActionController { public function indexAction() { return new ViewModel(); // display standard index page } public function showUsersAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); // Check verbose flag $verbose = $request->getParam(verbose) || $request->getParam(v); // Check mode $mode = $request->getParam(mode, all); // defaults to all $users = array(); switch ($mode) { case disabled: $users = $this->getServiceLocator()->get(users)->fetchDisabledUsers(); break; case deleted: $users = $this->getServiceLocator()->get(users)->fetchDeletedUsers(); break; case all: default: $users = $this->getServiceLocator()->get(users)->fetchAllUsers(); break; } } }

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58.2 Sending output to console


The simplest way for our controller to display data in the console window is to return a string. Lets modify our example to output a list of users:
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public function showUsersAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); // Check verbose flag $verbose = $request->getParam(verbose) || $request->getParam(v); // Check mode $mode = $request->getParam(mode, all); // defaults to all $users = array(); switch ($mode) { case disabled: $users = $this->getServiceLocator()->get(users)->fetchDisabledUsers(); break; case deleted: $users = $this->getServiceLocator()->get(users)->fetchDeletedUsers(); break; case all: default: $users = $this->getServiceLocator()->get(users)->fetchAllUsers(); break; } if (count($users) == 0) { // Show an error message in the console return "There are no users in the database\n"; } $result = ; foreach ($users as $user) { $result .= $user->name . . $user->email . "\n"; } return $result; // show it in the console }

On line 27, we are checking if the users service found any users - otherwise we are returning an error message that will be immediately displayed and the application will end. If there are 1 or more users, we will loop through them with and prepare a listing. It is then returned from the action and displayed in the console window.

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Here is an example of how to check if we are dealing with a console request:


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namespace Application\Controller; use use use use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; Zend\Console\Request as ConsoleRequest; RuntimeException;

class IndexController extends AbstractActionController { public function showUsersAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); // Make sure that we are running in a console and the user has not tricked our // application into running this action from a public web server. if (!$request instanceof ConsoleRequest) { throw new RuntimeException(You can only use this action from a console!); } // ... } }

Note: You do not need to secure all your controllers and methods from console requests. Controller actions will only be invoked when at least one console route matches it. HTTP and Console routes are separated and dened in different places in module (and application) conguration. There is no way to invoke a console action unless there is at least one route pointing to it. Similarly, there is no way for an HTTP action to be invoked unless there is at least one HTTP route that points to it. The example below shows how a single controller method can handle both Console and HTTP requests:
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namespace Application\Controller; use use use use use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; Zend\Console\Request as ConsoleRequest; Zend\Http\Request as HttpRequest; RuntimeException;

class IndexController extends AbstractActionController { public function showUsersAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); $users = array(); // ... fetch users from database ... if ($request instanceof HttpRequest) { // display a web page with users list return new ViewModel($result); } elseif ($request instanceof ConsoleRequest) { // ... prepare console output and return it ... return $result; } else { throw new RuntimeException(Cannot handle request of type . get_class($request));

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} } }

58.4 Reading values from console parameters


There are several types of parameters recognized by the Console component - all of them are described in the console routing chapter. Here, well focus on how to retrieve values from distinct parameters and ags.

58.4.1 Positional parameters


After a route matches, we can access both literal parameters and value parameters from within the $request container. Assuming we have the following route:
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// inside of config.console.router.routes: show-users => array( options => array( route => show (all|deleted|locked|admin) [<groupName>] defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => showusers ) ) )

If this route matches, our action can now query parameters in the following way:
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// an action inside Application\Controller\UsersController: public function showUsersAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); // We can access named value parameters directly by their name: $showUsersFromGroup = $request->getParam(groupName); // Literal parameters can be checked with isset() against their exact spelling if (isset($request->getParam(all))) { // show all users } elseif (isset($request->getParam(deleted))) { // show deleted users } // ... }

In case of parameter alternatives, it is a good idea to assign a name to the group, which simplies the branching in our action controllers. We can do this with the following syntax:
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action ) ) )

=> showusers

Now we can use a the group name userTypeFilter to check which option has been selected by the user:
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public function showUsersAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); // We can access named value parameters directly by their name: $showUsersFromGroup = $request->getParam(groupName); // The selected option from second parameter is now stored under userTypeFilter $userTypeFilter = $request->getParam(userTypeFilter); switch ($userTypeFilter) { case all: // all users case deleted: // deleted users case locked // ... // ... } }

58.4.2 Flags
Flags are directly accessible by name. Value-capturing ags will contain string values, as provided by the user. Nonvalue ags will be equal to true. Given the following route:
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find-user => array( options => array( route => find user [--fast] [--verbose] [--id=] [--firstName=] [--lastName=] [--email=] defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\Users, action => find, ) ) )

We can easily retrieve values in the following fashion:


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public function findAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); // We can retrieve $searchId = $searchFirstName = $searchLastName = $searchEmail = values from value flags using their name $request->getParam(id, null); // default null $request->getParam(firstName, null); $request->getParam(lastName, null); $request->getParam(email, null);

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$isFast $isVerbose

= (bool) $request->getParam(fast, false); // default false = (bool) $request->getParam(verbose,false);

if ($isFast) { // perform a fast query ... } else { // perform standard query ... } }

In case of ag alternatives, we have to check each alternative separately:


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// Assuming our route now reads: // route => find user [--fast|-f] [--verbose|-v] ... , // public function findAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); // Check both alternatives $isFast = $request->getParam(fast,false) || $request->getParam(f,false); $isVerbose = $request->getParam(verbose,false) || $request->getParam(v,false); // ... }

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Zend Framework 2 provides console abstraction layer, which works around various bugs and limitations in operating systems. It handles displaying of colored text, retrieving console window size, charset and provides basic line drawing capabilities. See Also: Console Adapters can be used for a low-level access to the console. If you plan on building functional console applications you do not normally need to use adapters. Make sure to read about console MVC integration rst, because it provides a convenient way for running modular console applications without directly writing to or reading from console window.

59.1 Retrieving console adapter


If you are using MVC controllers you can obtain Console adapter instance using Service Manager.
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namespace Application; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface as Console; use Zend\Console\Exception\RuntimeException;

class ConsoleController extends AbstractActionController { public function testAction() { $console = $this->getServiceLocator()->get(console); if (!$console instanceof Console) { throw new RuntimeException(Cannot obtain console adapter. Are we running in a console?) } } }

If you are using Zend\Console without MVC, we can get adapter using the following code:
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use Zend\Console\Console; use Zend\Console\Exception\RuntimeException as ConsoleException; try { $console = Console::getInstance(); } catch (ConsoleException $e){ // Could not get console adapter - most likely we are not running inside a console window. }

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Note: For practical and security reasons, Console::getInstance() will always throw an exception if you attempt to get console instance in a non-console environment (i.e. when running on a HTTP server). You can override this behavior by manually instantiating one of Zend\Console\Adapter\* classes.

59.2 Using console adapter


59.2.1 Window size and title
$console->getWidth() (int) Get real console window width in characters. $console->getHeight() (int) Get real console window height in characters. $console->getSize() (array) Get an array( $width, $height) with current console window dimensions. $console->getTitle() (string) Get console window title. Note: For UTF-8 enabled consoles (terminals) dimensions represent the number of multibyte characters (real characters).

Note: On consoles with virtual buffers (i.e. MS Windows Command Prompt) width and height represent visible (real) size, without scrolling the window. For example - if the window scrolling width is 120 chars, but its real, visible width is 80 chars, getWidth() will return 80.

59.2.2 Character set


$console->isUtf8() (boolean) Is the console UTF-8 compatible (can display unicode strings) ? $console->getCharset() (Zend\Console\Charset\CharsetInterface) This method will return one of Console\Charset\* classes that represent the readable charset that can be used for line-drawing. It is automatically detected by the adapter.

59.2.3 Writing to console


$console->write( string $text, $color = null, $bgColor = null ) Write a $text to the console, optionally using foreground $color and background $bgColor. Color value is one of the constants in Zend\Console\ColorInterface. $console->writeLine( string $text, $color = null, $bgColor = null ) Write a single line of $text to the console. This method will output a newline character at the end of text moving console cursor to next line. $console->writeAt( string $text, int $x, int $y, $color = null, $bgColor = null ) Write $text at the specied $x and $y coordinates of console window. Top left corner of the screen has coordinates of $x = 1; $x = 1. To retrieve far-right and bottom coordinates, use getWidth() and getHeight() methods.

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59.2.4 Reading from console


$console->readChar( string $mask = null ) (string) Read a single character from console. Optional (string) $mask can be provided to force entering only a selected set of characters. For example, to read a single digit, we can use the following syntax: $digit = $console->readChar(0123456789); $console->readLine( int $maxLength = 2048 ) (string) Read a single line of input from console. Optional (int) $maxLength can be used to limit the length of data that will be read. The line will be returned without ending newline character.

59.2.5 Miscellaneous
$console->hideCursor() Hide blinking cursor from console. $console->showCursor() Show blinking cursor in console. $console->clear() Clear the screen. $console->clearLine() Clear the line that the cursor currently sits at.

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In addition to console abstraction layer Zend Framework 2 provides numerous convenience classes for interacting with the user in console environment. This chapter describes available Zend\Console\Prompt classes and their example usage. All prompts can be instantiated as objects and provide show() method.
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use Zend\Console\Prompt; $confirm = new Prompt\Confirm(Are you sure you want to continue?); $result = $confirm->show(); if ($result) { // the user chose to continue }

There is also a shorter method of displaying prompts, using static prompt() method:
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use Zend\Console\Prompt; $result = Prompt\Confirm::prompt(Are you sure you want to continue?); if ($result) { // the user chose to continue }

Both of above examples will display something like this:

See Also: Make sure to read about console MVC integration rst, because it provides a convenient way for running modular console applications without directly writing to or reading from console window.

60.1 Conrm
This prompt is best used for a yes / no type of choices.
Confirm( string $text, string $yesChar = y, string $noChar = n )

$text (string) The text to show with the prompt $yesChar (string) The char that corresponds with YES choice. Defaults to y. $noChar (string) The char that corresponds with NO choice. Defaults to n.

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Example usage:
use Zend\Console\Prompt\Confirm; if ( Confirm::prompt(Is this the correct answer? [y/n], y, n) ) { $console->write("You chose YES"); } else { $console->write("You chose NO"); }

60.2 Line
This prompt asks for a line of text input.
Line( string $text = Please enter value, bool $allowEmpty = false, bool $maxLength = 2048 )

$text (string) The text to show with the prompt $allowEmpty (boolean) Can this prompt be skipped, by pressing [ENTER] ? (default fo false) $maxLength (integer) Maximum length of the input. Anything above this limit will be truncated. Example usage:
use Zend\Console\Prompt\Line; $name = Line::prompt( What is your name?, false, 100 ); $console->write("Good day to you $name!");

60.3 Char
This prompt reads a single keystroke and optionally validates it against a list o allowed characters.
Char( string string bool bool bool ) $text = Please hit a key, $allowedChars = abc, $ignoreCase = true, $allowEmpty = false, $echo = true

$text (string) The text to show with the prompt $allowedChars (string) A list of allowed keys that can be pressed.

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$ignoreCase (boolean) Ignore the case of chars pressed (default to true) $allowEmpty (boolean) Can this prompt be skipped, by pressing [ENTER] ? (default fo false) $echo (boolean) Should the selection be displayed on the screen ? Example usage:
use Zend\Console\Prompt\Char; $answer = Char::prompt( What is the correct answer? [a,b,c,d,e], abcde, true, false, true ); if ($answer == b) { $console->write(Correct. This it the right answer); } else { $console->write(Wrong ! Try again.); }

60.4 Select
This prompt displays a number of choices and asks the user to pick one.
Select( string array bool bool ) $text = Please select one option, $options = array(), $allowEmpty = false, $echo = false

$text (string) The text to show with the prompt $options (array) An associative array with keys strokes (chars) and their displayed values. $allowEmpty (boolean) Can this prompt be skipped, by pressing [ENTER] ? (default fo false) $echo (boolean) Should the selection be displayed on the screen ? Example usage:
$options = a => o => p => b => n => ); array( Apples, Oranges, Pears, Bananas, none of the above...

$answer = Select::prompt( Which fruit do you like the best?, $options, false, false

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); $console->write("You told me that you like " . $options[$answer]);

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\CRYPT
Zend\Crypt provides support of some cryptographic tools. The available features are: encrypt-then-authenticate using symmetric ciphers (the authentication step is provided using HMAC); encrypt/decrypt using symmetric and public key algorithm (e.g. RSA algorithm); generate digital sign using public key algorithm (e.g. RSA algorithm); key exchange using the Dife-Hellman method; Key derivation function (e.g. using PBKDF2 algorithm); Secure password hash (e.g. using Bcrypt algorithm); generate Hash values; generate HMAC values; The main scope of this component is to offer an easy and secure way to protect and authenticate sensitive data in PHP. Because the use of cryptography is not so easy we recommend to use the Zend\Crypt component only if you have a minimum background on this topic. For an introduction to cryptography we suggest the following references: Dan Boneh Cryptography course Stanford University, Coursera - free online course N.Ferguson, B.Schneier, and T.Kohno, Cryptography Engineering, John Wiley & Sons (2010) B.Schneier Applied Cryptography, John Wiley & Sons (1996) Note: PHP-CryptLib Most of the ideas behind the Zend\Crypt component have been inspired by the PHP-CryptLib project of Anthony Ferrara. PHP-CryptLib is an all-inclusive pure PHP cryptographic library for all cryptographic needs. It is meant to be easy to install and use, yet extensible and powerful enough for even the most experienced developer.

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ENCRYPT/DECRYPT USING BLOCK CIPHERS


Zend\Crypt\BlockCipher implements the encrypt-then-authenticate mode using HMAC to provide authentication. The symmetric cipher can be choose with a specic adapter that implements the Zend\Crypt\Symmetric\SymmetricInterface. We support the standard algorithms of the Mcrypt extension. The adapter that implements the Mcrypt is Zend\Crypt\Symmetric\Mcrypt. In the following code we reported an example on how to use the BlockCipher class to encrypt-then-authenticate a string using the AES block cipher (with a key of 256 bit) and the HMAC algorithm (using the SHA-256 hash function).
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use Zend\Crypt\BlockCipher; $blockCipher = BlockCipher::factory(mcrypt, array(algo => aes)); $blockCipher->setKey(encryption key); $result = $blockCipher->encrypt(this is a secret message); echo "Encrypted text: $result \n";

The BlockCipher is initialized using a factory method with the name of the cipher adapter to use (mcrypt) and the parameters to pass to the adapter (the AES algorithm). In order to encrypt a string we need to specify an encryption key and we used the setKey() method for that scope. The encryption is provided by the encrypt() method. The output of the encryption is a string, encoded in Base64 (default), that contains the HMAC value, the IV vector, and the encrypted text. The encryption mode used is the CBC (with a random IV by default) and SHA256 as default hash algorithm of the HMAC. The Mcrypt adapter encrypts using the PKCS#7 padding mechanism by default. You can specify a different padding method using a special adapter for that (Zend\Crypt\Symmetric\Padding). The encryption and authentication keys used by the BlockCipher are generated with the PBKDF2 algorithm, used as key derivation function from the users key specied using the setKey() method. Note: Key size BlockCipher try to use always the longest size of the key for the specied cipher. For instance, for the AES algorithm it uses 256 bits and for the Blowsh algorithm it uses 448 bits. You can change all the default settings passing the values to the factory parameters. For instance, if you want to use the Blowsh algorithm, with the CFB mode and the SHA512 hash function for HMAC you have to initialize the class as follow:
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algo => blowfish, mode => cfb, hash => sha512 ));

Note: Recommendation If you are not familiar with symmetric encryption techniques we strongly suggest to use the default values of the BlockCipher class. The default values are: AES algorithm, CBC mode, HMAC with SHA256, PKCS#7 padding. To decrypt a string we can use the decrypt() method. In order to successfully decrypt a string we have to congure the BlockCipher with the same parameters of the encryption. We can also initialize the BlockCipher manually without use the factory method. We can inject the symmetric cipher adapter directly to the constructor of the BlockCipher class. For instance, we can rewrite the previous example as follow:
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use Zend\Crypt\BlockCipher; use Zend\Crypt\Symmetric\Mcrypt; $blockCipher = new BlockCipher(new Mcrypt(array(algo => aes)); $blockCipher->setKey(encryption key); $result = $blockCipher->encrypt(this is a secret message); echo "Encrypted text: $result \n";

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KEY DERIVATION FUNCTION


In cryptography, a key derivation function (or KDF) derives one or more secret keys from a secret value such as a master key or other known information such as a password or passphrase using a pseudo-random function. For instance, a KDF function can be used to generate encryption or authentication keys from a user password. The Zend\Crypt\Key\Derivation implements a key derivation function using specic adapters. User passwords are not really suitable to be used as keys in cryptographic algorithms, since users normally choose keys they can write on keyboard. These passwords use only 6 to 7 bits per character (or less). It is highly recommended to use always a KDF function to transform a users password in a cryptographic key. The output of the following key derivation functions is a binary string. If you need to store the value in a database or a different persistent storage, we suggest to convert it in Base64 format, using base64_encode() function, or in hex format, using the bin2hex() function.

63.1 Pbkdf2 adapter


Pbkdf2 is a KDF that applies a pseudorandom function, such as a cryptographic hash, to the input password or passphrase along with a salt value and repeats the process many times to produce a derived key, which can then be used as a cryptographic key in subsequent operations. The added computational work makes password cracking much more difcult, and is known as key stretching. In the example below we show a typical usage of the Pbkdf2 adapter.
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use Zend\Crypt\Key\Derivation\Pbkdf2; use Zend\Math\Rand; $pass = password; $salt = Rand::getBytes(strlen($pass), true); $key = Pbkdf2::calc(sha256, $pass, $salt, 10000, strlen($pass)*2); printf ("Original password: %s\n", $pass); printf ("Derived key (hex): %s\n", bin2hex($key));

The Pbkdf2 adapter takes the password ($pass) and generate a binary key with a size double of the password. The syntax is calc($hash, $pass, $salt, $iterations, $length) where $hash is the name of the hash function to use, $pass is the password, $salt is a pseudo random value, $iterations is the number of iterations of the algorithm and $length is the size of the key to be generated. We used the Rand::getBytes function of the Zend\Math\Rand class to generate a random bytes using a strong generators (the true value means the usage of strong generators). The number of iterations is a very important parameter for the security of the algorithm. Big values means more security. There is not a xed value for that because the number of iterations depends on the CPU power. You should always choose a number of iteration that prevent brute force attacks. For instance, a value of 1000000 iterations, that 275

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63.2 SaltedS2k adapter


The SaltedS2k algorithm uses an hash function and a salt to generate a key based on a users password. This algorithm doesnt use a parameter that specify the number of iterations and for that reason its considered less secure compared with Pbkdf2. We suggest to use the SaltedS2k algorithm only if you really need it. Below is reported a usage example of the SaltedS2k adapter.
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use Zend\Crypt\Key\Derivation\SaltedS2k; use Zend\Math\Rand; $pass = password; $salt = Rand::getBytes(strlen($pass), true); $key = SaltedS2k::calc(sha256, $pass, $salt, strlen($pass)*2); printf ("Original password: %s\n", $pass); printf ("Derived key (hex): %s\n", bin2hex($key));

63.3 Scrypt adapter


The scrypt algorithm uses the algorithm Salsa20/8 core and Pbkdf2-SHA256 to generate a key based on a users password. This algorithm has been designed to be more secure against hardware brute-force attacks than alternative functions such as Pbkdf2 or bcrypt. The scrypt algorithm is based on the idea of memory-hard algorithms and sequential memory-hard functions. A memory-hard algorithm is thus an algorithm which asymptotically uses almost as many memory locations as it uses operations[#f1]_. A natural way to reduce the advantage provided by an attackers ability to construct highly parallel circuits is to increase the size of a single key derivation circuit if a circuit is twice as large, only half as many copies can be placed on a given area of silicon while still operating within the resources available to software implementations, including a powerful CPU and large amounts of RAM. From a test executed on modern (2009) hardware, if 5 seconds are spent computing a derived key, the cost of a hardware brute-force attack against scrypt is roughly 4000 times greater than the cost of a similar attack against bcrypt (to nd the same password), and 20000 times greater than a similar attack against Pbkdf2. Colin Percival (the author of scrypt algorithm) This algorithm uses 4 parameters to generate a key of 64 bytes: salt, a random string; N, the CPU cost; r, the memory cost; p, the parallelization cost. Below is reported a usage example of the Scrypt adapter.
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use Zend\Crypt\Key\Derivation\Scrypt; use Zend\Math\Rand; $pass = password; $salt = Rand::getBytes(strlen($pass), true);

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$key

= Scrypt::calc($pass, $salt, 2048, 2, 1, 64);

printf ("Original password: %s\n", $pass); printf ("Derived key (hex): %s\n", bin2hex($key));

Note: Performance of the scrypt implementation The aim of the scrypt algorithm is to generate secure derived key preventing brute force attacks. Just like the other derivation functions, the more time (and memory) we spent executing the algorithm, the more secure the derived key will be. Unfortunately a pure PHP implementation of the scrypt algorithm is very slow compared with the C implementation (this is always true, if you compare execution time of C with PHP). If you want use a faster scrypt algorithm we suggest to use the C implementation of scrypt, supported by this Scrypt extension for PHP (please note that this PHP extension is not ofcially supported by php.net). The Scrypt adapter of Zend Framework is able to recognize if this extension is loaded and use it instead of the pure PHP implementation.

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PASSWORD
In the Zend\Crypt\Password namespace you can nd all the password formats supported by Zend Framework. We currently support the following passwords: bcrypt; Apache (htpasswd). If you need to choose a password format to store the users password we suggest to use the bcrypt algorithm that is considered secure against brute forcing attacks (see the details below).

64.1 Bcrypt
The bcrypt algorithm is an hashing algorithm that is widely used and suggested by the security community to store users passwords in a secure way. Classic hashing mechanisms like MD5 or SHA, with or without a salt value, are not considered secure anymore (read this post to know why). The security of bcrypt is related to the speed of the algorithm. Bcrypt is very slow, it can request even a second to generate an hash value. That means a brute force attack is impossible to execute, due to the amount of time that its need. Bcrypt uses a cost parameter that specify the number of cycles to use in the algorithm. Increasing this number the algorithm will spend more time to generate the hash output. The cost parameter is represented by an integer value between 4 to 31. The default cost value of the Zend\Crypt\Password\Bcrypt component is 14, that means almost a second using a CPU Intel i5 at 3.3Ghz (the cost parameter is a relative value according to the speed of the CPU used). If you want to change the cost parameter of the bcrypt algorithm you can use the setCost() method. Please note that if you change the cost parameter, the resulting hash will be different. This will not affect the verication process of the algorithm, therefore not breaking the password hashes you already have stored. Bcrypt reads the cost parameter from the hash value, during the password authentication. All of the parts needed to verify the hash are all together, separated with $s, rst the algorithm, then the cost, the salt, and then nally the hash. The example below shows how to use the bcrypt algorithm to store a users password:
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use Zend\Crypt\Password\Bcrypt; $bcrypt = new Bcrypt(); $securePass = $bcrypt->create(user password);

The output of the create() method is the hash of the password. This value can then be stored in a repository like a database (the output is a string of 60 bytes).

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To verify if a given password is valid against a bcrypt value you can use the verify() method. An example is reported below:
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use Zend\Crypt\Password\Bcrypt; $bcrypt = new Bcrypt(); $securePass = the stored bcrypt value; $password = the password to check; if ($bcrypt->verify($password, $securePass)) { echo "The password is correct! \n"; } else { echo "The password is NOT correct.\n"; }

In the bcrypt uses also a salt value to improve the randomness of the algorithm. By default, the Zend\Crypt\Password\Bcrypt component generates a random salt for each hash. If you want to specify a preselected salt you can use the setSalt() method. We provide also a getSalt() method to retrieve the salt specied by the user. The salt and the cost parameter can be also specied during the constructor of the class, below is reported an example:
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use Zend\Crypt\Password\Bcrypt; $bcrypt = new Bcrypt(array( salt => random value, cost => 13 ));

Note: Bcrypt with non-ASCII passwords (8-bit characters) The bcrypt implementation used by PHP < 5.3.7 can contains a security aw if the password uses 8-bit characters (heres the security report). The impact of this bug was that most (but not all) passwords containing non-ASCII characters with the 8th bit set were hashed incorrectly, resulting in password hashes incompatible with those of OpenBSDs original implementation of bcrypt. This security aw has been xed starting from PHP 5.3.7 and the prex used in the output was changed to $2y$ in order to put evidence on the correctness of the hash value. If you are using PHP < 5.3.7 with 8-bit passwords, the Zend\Crypt\Password\Bcrypt throws an exception suggesting to upgrade to PHP 5.3.7+ or use only 7-bit passwords.

64.2 Apache
The Zend\Crypt\Password\Apache supports all the password formats used by Apache (htpasswd). These formats are: CRYPT, uses the traditional Unix crypt(3) function with a randomly-generated 32-bit salt (only 12 bits used) and the rst 8 characters of the password; SHA1, {SHA} + Base64-encoded SHA-1 digest of the password; MD5, $apr1$ + the result of an Apache-specic algorithm using an iterated (1,000 times) MD5 digest of various combinations of a random 32-bit salt and the password. Digest, the MD5 hash of the string user:realm:password as a 32-character string of hexadecimal digits. realm is the Authorization Realm argument to the AuthName directive in httpd.conf. In order to specify the format of the Apaches password you can use the setFormat() method. An example with all the formats usage is reported below: 280 Chapter 64. Password

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use Zend\Crypt\Password\Apache; $apache = new Apache(); $apache->setFormat(crypt); printf ("CRYPT output: %s\n", $apache->create(password)); $apache->setFormat(sha1); printf ("SHA1 output: %s\n", $apache->create(password)); $apache->setFormat(md5); printf ("MD5 output: %s\n", $apache->create(password)); $apache->setFormat(digest); $apache->setUserName(enrico); $apache->setAuthName(test); printf ("Digest output: %s\n", $apache->create(password));

You can also specify the format of the password during the constructor of the class:
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use Zend\Crypt\Password\Apache; $apache = new Apache(array( format => md5 ));

Other possible parameters to pass in the constructor are username and authname, for the digest format.

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Public-key cryptography refers to a cryptographic system requiring two separate keys, one of which is secret and one of which is public. Although different, the two parts of the key pair are mathematically linked. One key locks or encrypts the plaintext, and the other unlocks or decrypts the cyphertext. Neither key can perform both functions. One of these keys is published or public, while the other is kept private. In Zend Framework we implemented two public key algorithms: Dife-Hellman key exchange and RSA.

65.1 Dife-Hellman
The Dife-Hellman algorithm is a specic method of exchanging cryptographic keys. It is one of the earliest practical examples of key exchange implemented within the eld of cryptography. The DifeHellman key exchange method allows two parties that have no prior knowledge of each other to jointly establish a shared secret key over an insecure communications channel. This key can then be used to encrypt subsequent communications using a symmetric key cipher. The diagram of operation of the Dife-Hellman algorithm can be dened by the following picture (taken by the DifeHellman Wikipedia page):

The schemas colors represent the parameters of the algorithm. Here is reported an example of usage using the Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\DiffieHellman class:
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$aliceOptions = array( prime => 1551728981814736974712322577637155399157248019669154044797077953140576293785419175 4236981889937278161526466314385615958256881888899512721588426754199503412587065565 1048705376814767265132557470407658574792912915723345106432450947150072296210941943 984760375594985848253359305585439638443, generator=> 2, private => 9920931406657259523640856959196798855714124956149426748625180803553539633227862014 81312712891672623072630995180324388841681491857745515696789091127409515009250358965 46342049838178521379132153348139908016819196219448310107072632515749339055798122538 04828702523796951800575031871051678091 );

$bobOptions = array( prime => $aliceOptions[prime], generator=> 2, private => 3341173579263955862573363571789256361254818065040216115107747831484146370794889978 1232563473041055194677275288017786897281696355182174038670007603421340815392469256

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$alice = new DiffieHellman($aliceOptions[prime], $aliceOptions[generator], $aliceOptions[private $bob = new DiffieHellman($bobOptions[prime], $bobOptions[generator], $bobOptions[private]); $alice->generateKeys(); $bob->generateKeys(); $aliceSecretKey = $alice->computeSecretKey($bob->getPublicKey(DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY), DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY, DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY); $bobSecretKey = $bob->computeSecretKey($alice->getPublicKey(DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY), DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY, DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY);

if ($aliceSecretKey !== $bobSecretKey) { echo "ERROR!\n"; } else { printf("The secret key is: %s\n", base64_encode($aliceSecretKey)); }

The parameters of the Dife-Hellman class are: a prime number (p), a generator (g) that is a primitive root mod p and a private integer number. The security of the Dife-Hellman exchange algorithm is related to the choice of these parameters. To know how to choose secure numbers you can read the RFC 3526 document. Note: The Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\DiffieHellman class use by default the OpenSSL extension of PHP to generate the parameters. If you dont want to use the OpenSSL library you have to set the useOpensslExtension static method to false.

65.2 RSA
RSA is an algorithm for public-key cryptography that is based on the presumed difculty of factoring large integers, the factoring problem. A user of RSA creates and then publishes the product of two large prime numbers, along with an auxiliary value, as their public key. The prime factors must be kept secret. Anyone can use the public key to encrypt a message, but with currently published methods, if the public key is large enough, only someone with knowledge of the prime factors can feasibly decode the message. Whether breaking RSA encryption is as hard as factoring is an open question known as the RSA problem. The RSA algorithm can be used to encrypt/decrypt message and also to provide authenticity and integrity generating a digital signature of a message. Suppose that Alice wants to send an encrypted message to Bob. Alice must use the public key of Bob to encrypt the message. Bob can decrypt the message using his private key. Because Bob he is the only one that can access to his private key, he is the only one that can decrypt the message. If Alice wants to provide authenticity and integrity of a message to Bob she can use her private key to sign the message. Bob can check the correctness of the digital signature using the public key of Alice. Alice can provide encryption, authenticity and integrity of a message to Bob using the previous schemas in sequence, applying the encryption rst and the digital signature after. Below we reported some examples of usage of the Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa class in order to: generate a public key and a private key; encrypt/decrypt a string; 284 Chapter 65. Public key cryptography

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generate a digital signature of a le.

65.2.1 Generate a public key and a private key


In order to generate a public and private key you can use the following code:
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use Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\RsaOptions; $rsaOptions = new RsaOptions(array( pass_phrase => test )); $rsaOptions->generateKeys(array( private_key_bits => 2048, )); file_put_contents(private_key.pem, $rsaOptions->getPrivateKey()); file_put_contents(public_key.pub, $rsaOptions->getPublicKey());

This example generates a public and private key of 2048 bit storing the keys in two separate les, the private_key.pem for the private key and the public_key.pub for the public key. You can also generate the public and private key using OpenSSL from the command line (Unix style syntax):
ssh-keygen -t rsa

65.2.2 Encrypt and decrypt a string


Below is reported an example on how to encrypt and decrypt a string using the RSA algorithm. You can encrypt only small strings. The maximum size of encryption is given by the length of the public/private key - 88 bits. For instance, if we use a size of 2048 bit you can encrypt string with a maximum size of 1960 bit (245 characters). This limitation is related to the OpenSSL implementation for a security reason related to the nature of the RSA algorithm. The normal application of a public key encryption algorithm is to store a key or a hash of the data you want to respectively encrypt or sign. A hash is typically 128-256 bits (the PHP sha1() function returns a 160 bit hash). An AES encryption key is 128 to 256 bits. So either of those will comfortably t inside a single RSA encryption.
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use Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa; $rsa = Rsa::factory(array( public_key => public_key.pub, private_key => private_key.pem, pass_phrase => test, binary_output => false )); $text = This is the message to encrypt; $encrypt = $rsa->encrypt($text); printf("Encrypted message:\n%s\n", $encrypt); $decrypt = $rsa->decrypt($encrypt); if ($text !== $decrypt) { echo "ERROR\n"; } else {

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65.2.3 Generate a digital signature of a le


Below is reported an example of how to generate a digital signature of a le.
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use Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa; $rsa = Rsa::factory(array( private_key => path/to/private_key, pass_phrase => passphrase of the private key, binary_output => false )); $file = file_get_contents(path/file/to/sign); $signature = $rsa->sign($file, $rsa->getOptions()->getPrivateKey()); $verify = $rsa->verify($file, $signature, $rsa->getOptions()->getPublicKey()); if ($verify) { echo "The signature is OK\n"; file_put_contents($filename . .sig, $signature); echo "Signature save in $filename.sig\n"; } else { echo "The signature is not valid!\n"; }

In this example we used the Base64 format to encode the digital signature of the le (binary_output is false). Note: The implementation of Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa algorithm uses the OpenSSL extension of PHP.

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The Adapter object is the most important sub-component of Zend\Db. It is responsible for adapting any code written in or for Zend\Db to the targeted php extensions and vendor databases. In doing this, it creates an abstraction layer for the PHP extensions, which is called the Driver portion of the Zend\Db adapter. It also creates a lightweight abstraction layer, called the Platform portion of the adapter, for the various idiosyncrasies that each vendor-specic platform might have in its SQL/RDBMS implementation.

66.1 Creating an Adapter - Quickstart


Creating an adapter can simply be done by instantiating the Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter class. The most common use case, while not the most explicit, is to pass an array of conguration to the Adapter.
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This driver array is an abstraction for the extension level required parameters. Here is a table for the key-value pairs that should be in conguration array. Key driver database username password hostname port charset Is Required? required generally required generally required generally required not generally required not generally required not generally required Value Mysqli, Sqlsrv, Pdo_Sqlite, Pdo_Mysql, Pdo=OtherPdoDriver the name of the database (schema) the connection username the connection password the IP address or hostname to connect to the port to connect to (if applicable) the character set to use

Note: Other names will work as well. Effectively, if the PHP manual uses a particular naming, this naming will be supported by our Driver. For example, dbname in most cases will also work for database. Another example is that in the case of Sqlsrv, UID will work in place of username. Which format you chose is up to you, but the above table represents the ofcial abstraction names. So, for example, a MySQL connection using ext/mysqli:
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$adapter = new Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter(array( driver => Mysqli, database => zend_db_example, username => developer, password => developer-password ));

Another example, of a Sqlite connection via PDO:

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$adapter = new Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter(array( driver => Pdo_Sqlite, database => path/to/sqlite.db ));

It is important to know that by using this style of adapter creation, the Adapter will attempt to create any dependencies that were not explicitly provided. A Driver object will be created from the conguration array provided in the constructor. A Platform object will be created based off the type of Driver class that was instantiated. And lastly, a default ResultSet object is created and utilized. Any of these objects can be injected, to do this, see the next section. The list of ofcially supported drivers: Mysqli: The ext/mysqli driver Pgsql: The ext/pgsql driver Sqlsrv: The ext/sqlsrv driver (from Microsoft) Pdo_Mysql: MySQL through the PDO extension Pdo_Sqlite: SQLite though the PDO extension Pdo_Pgsql: PostgreSQL through the PDO extension

66.2 Creating an Adapter Using Dependency Injection


The more expressive and explicit way of creating an adapter is by injecting all your dependencies up front. Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter uses constructor injection, and all required dependencies are injected through the constructor, which has the following signature (in pseudo-code):
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use Zend\Db\Adapter\Platform\PlatformInterface; use Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet;

class Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter { public function __construct($driver, PlatformInterface $platform = null, ResultSet $queryResultSe }

What can be injected: $driver an array of connection parameters Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\DriverInterface (see above) or an instance of

$platform - (optional) an instance of Zend\Db\Platform\PlatformInterface, the default will be created based off the driver implementation $queryResultSetPrototype - (optional) an instance of Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet, to understand this objects role, see the section below on querying through the adapter

66.3 Query Preparation Through Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter::query()


By default, query() prefers that you use preparation as a means for processing SQL statements. This generally means that you will supply a SQL statement with the values substituted by placeholders, and then the parameters for those placeholders are supplied separately. An example of this workow with Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter is:
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The above example will go through the following steps:

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66.4 Query Execution Through Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter::query()


In some cases, you have to execute statements directly. The primary purpose for needing to execute sql instead of prepare and execute a sql statement, might be because you are attempting to execute a DDL statement (which in most extensions and vendor platforms), are un-preparable. An example of executing:
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The primary difference to notice is that you must provide the Adapter::QUERY_MODE_EXECUTE (execute) as the second parameter.

66.5 Creating Statements


While query() is highly useful for one-off and quick querying of a database through Adapter, it generally makes more sense to create a statement and interact with it directly, so that you have greater control over the prepare-then-execute workow. To do this, Adapter gives you a routine called createStatement() that allows you to create a Driver specic Statement to use so you can manage your own prepare-then-execute workow.
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// with optional parameters to bind up-front $statement = $adapter->createStatement($sql, $optionalParameters); $result = $statement->execute();

66.6 Using the Driver Object


The Driver object is the primary place where Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter implements the connection level abstraction making it possible to use all of ZendDbs interfaces via the various ext/mysqli, ext/sqlsrv, PDO, and other PHP level drivers. To make this possible, each driver is composed of 3 objects: A connection: Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\ConnectionInterface A statement: Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\StatementInterface A result: Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\ResultInterface Each of the built-in drivers practices prototyping as a means of creating objects when new instances are requested. The workow looks like this: An adapter is created with a set of connection parameters The adapter chooses the proper driver to instantiate, for example Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\Mysqli That driver class is instantiated

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If no connection, statement or result objects are injected, defaults are instantiated This driver is now ready to be called on when particular workows are requested. Here is what the Driver API looks like:
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namespace Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver; interface DriverInterface { const PARAMETERIZATION_POSITIONAL = positional; const PARAMETERIZATION_NAMED = named; const NAME_FORMAT_CAMELCASE = camelCase; const NAME_FORMAT_NATURAL = natural; public function getDatabasePlatformName($nameFormat = self::NAME_FORMAT_CAMELCASE); public function checkEnvironment(); public function getConnection(); public function createStatement($sqlOrResource = null); public function createResult($resource); public function getPrepareType(); public function formatParameterName($name, $type = null); public function getLastGeneratedValue(); }

From this DriverInterface, you can Determine the name of the platform this driver supports (useful for choosing the proper platform object) Check that the environment can support this driver Return the Connection object Create a Statement object which is optionally seeded by an SQL statement (this will generally be a clone of a prototypical statement object) Create a Result object which is optionally seeded by a statement resource (this will generally be a clone of a prototypical result object) Format parameter names, important to distinguish the difference between the various ways parameters are named between extensions Retrieve the overall last generated value (such as an auto-increment value) Statement objects generally look like this:
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namespace Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver; interface StatementInterface extends StatementContainerInterface { public function getResource(); public function prepare($sql = null); public function isPrepared(); public function execute($parameters = null); /** Inherited from StatementContainerInterface */ public function setSql($sql); public function getSql(); public function setParameterContainer(ParameterContainer $parameterContainer); public function getParameterContainer(); }

Result objects generally look like this:

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namespace Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver; interface ResultInterface extends \Countable, \Iterator { public function buffer(); public function isQueryResult(); public function getAffectedRows(); public function getGeneratedValue(); public function getResource(); public function getFieldCount(); }

66.7 Using The Platform Object


The Platform object provides an API to assist in crafting queries in a way that is specic to the SQL implementation of a particular vendor. Nuances such as how identiers or values are quoted, or what the identier separator character is are handled by this object. To get an idea of the capabilities, the interface for a platform object looks like this:
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namespace Zend\Db\Adapter\Platform; interface PlatformInterface { public function getName(); public function getQuoteIdentifierSymbol(); public function quoteIdentifier($identifier); public function quoteIdentifierChain($identiferChain) public function getQuoteValueSymbol(); public function quoteValue($value); public function quoteValueList($valueList); public function getIdentifierSeparator(); public function quoteIdentifierInFragment($identifier, array $additionalSafeWords = array()); }

While one can instantiate your own Platform object, generally speaking, it is easier to get the proper Platform instance from the congured adapter (by default the Platform type will match the underlying driver implementation):
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The following is a couple of example of Platform usage:


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/** @var $adapter Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter */ /** @var $platform Zend\Db\Adapter\Platform\Sql92 */ $platform = $adapter->getPlatform(); // "first_name" echo $platform->quoteIdentifier(first_name); // " echo $platform->getQuoteIdentifierSymbol(); // "schema"."mytable" echo $platform->quoteIdentifierChain(array(schema,mytable))); //

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echo $platform->getQuoteValueSymbol(); // myvalue echo $platform->quoteValue(myvalue); // value, Foo O\\Bar echo $platform->quoteValueList(array(value,"Foo OBar"))); // . echo $platform->getIdentifierSeparator(); // "foo" as "bar" echo $platform->quoteIdentifierInFragment(foo as bar); // additionally, with some safe words: // ("foo"."bar" = "boo"."baz") echo $platform->quoteIdentifierInFragment((foo.bar = boo.baz), array((, ), =));

66.8 Using The Parameter Container


The ParameterContainer object is a container for the various parameters that need to be passed into a Statement object to fulll all the various parameterized parts of the SQL statement. This object implements the ArrayAccess interface. Below is the ParameterContainer API:
namespace Zend\Db\Adapter; class ParameterContainer implements \Iterator, \ArrayAccess, \Countable { public function __construct(array $data = array()) /** methods to interact with values */ public function offsetExists($name) public function offsetGet($name) public function offsetSetReference($name, $from) public function offsetSet($name, $value, $errata = null) public function offsetUnset($name) /** set values from array (will reset first) */ public function setFromArray(Array $data) /** methods to interact with value errata */ public function offsetSetErrata($name, $errata) public function offsetGetErrata($name) public function offsetHasErrata($name) public function offsetUnsetErrata($name) /** errata only iterator */ public function getErrataIterator() /** get array with named keys */ public function getNamedArray() /** get array with int keys, ordered by position */ public function getPositionalArray() /** iterator: */ public function count()

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function function function function function

current() next() key() valid() rewind()

/** merge existing array of parameters with existing parameters */ public function merge($parameters) }

In addition to handling parameter names and values, the container will assist in tracking parameter types for PHP type to SQL type handling. For example, it might be important that:
$container->offsetSet(limit, 5);

be bound as an integer. To achieve this, pass in the ParameterContainer::TYPE_INTEGER constant as the 3rd parameter:
$container->offsetSet(limit, 5, $container::TYPE_INTEGER);

This will ensure that if the underlying driver supports typing of bound parameters, that this translated information will also be passed along to the actual php database driver.

66.9 Examples
Creating a Driver and Vendor portable Query, Preparing and Iterating Result
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$adapter = new Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter($driverConfig); $qi = function($name) use ($adapter) { return $adapter->platform->quoteIdentifier($name); }; $fp = function($name) use ($adapter) { return $adapter->driver->formatParameterName($name); }; $sql = UPDATE . $qi(artist) . SET . $qi(name) . = . $fp(name) . WHERE . $qi(id) . = . $fp(id); /** @var $statement Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\StatementInterface */ $statement = $adapter->query($sql); $parameters = array( name => Updated Artist, id => 1 ); $statement->execute($parameters); // DATA INSERTED, NOW CHECK /* @var $statement Zend\Db\Adapter\DriverStatementInterface */ $statement = $adapter->query(SELECT * FROM . $qi(artist) . WHERE id = . $fp(id)); /* @var $results Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet */ $results = $statement->execute(array(id => 1));

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Zend\Db\ResultSet is a sub-component of Zend\Db for abstracting the iteration of rowset producing queries. While data sources for this can be anything that is iterable, generally a Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\ResultInterface based object is the primary source for retrieving data. Zend\Db\ResultSets must implement the Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSetInterface and all subcomponents of Zend\Db that return a ResultSet as part of their API will assume an instance of a ResultSetInterface should be returned. In most casts, the Prototype pattern will be used by consuming object to clone a prototype of a ResultSet and return a specialized ResultSet with a specic data source injected. The interface of ResultSetInterface looks like this:
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67.1 Quickstart
Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet is the most basic form of a ResultSet object that will expose each row as either an ArrayObject-like object or an array of row data. By default, Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter will use a prototypical Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet object for iterating when using the Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter::query() method. The following is an example workow Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter::query():
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use Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\ResultInterface; use Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet; $stmt = $driver->createStatement(SELECT * FROM users); $stmt->prepare(); $result = $stmt->execute($parameters); if ($result instanceof ResultInterface && $result->isQueryResult()) { $resultSet = new ResultSet; $resultSet->initialize($result); foreach ($resultSet as $row) { echo $row->my_column . PHP_EOL; } }

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67.2 Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet and Zend\Db\ResultSet\AbstractResultSet


For most purposes, either a instance of Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet or a derivative of Zend\Db\ResultSet\AbstractResultSet will be being used. The implementation of the AbstractResultSet offers the following core functionality:
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/** countable */ public function count() /** get rows as array */ public function toArray() }

67.3 Zend\Db\ResultSet\HydratingResultSet
Zend\Db\ResultSet\HydratingResultSet is a more exible ResultSet object that allows the developer to choose an appropriate hydration strategy for getting row data into a target object. While iterating over results, HydratingResultSet will take a prototype of a target object and clone it once for each row. The HydratingResultSet will then hydrate that clone with the row data. In the example below, rows from the database will be iterated, and during iteration, HydratingRowSet will use the Reection based hydrator to inject the row data directly into the protected members of the cloned UserEntity object:
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use Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\ResultInterface; use Zend\Db\ResultSet\HydratingResultSet; use Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Reflection as ReflectionHydrator; class UserEntity { protected $first_name; protected $last_name; public function getFirstName() { return $this->first_name; } public function getLastName() { return $this->last_name; } public function setFirstName($first_name) { $this->first_name = $first_name; } public function setLastName($last_name) { $this->last_name = $last_name; } } $stmt = $driver->createStatement($sql); $stmt->prepare($parameters); $result = $stmt->execute(); if ($result instanceof ResultInterface && $result->isQueryResult()) { $resultSet = new HydratingResultSet(new ReflectionHydrator, new UserEntity); $resultSet->initialize($result);

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foreach ($resultSet as $user) { echo $user->getFirstName() . . $user->getLastName() . PHP_EOL; } }

For more information, see the Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator documentation to get a better sense of the different strategies that can be employed in order to populate a target object.

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ZEND\DB\SQL
Zend\Db\Sql is a SQL abstraction layer for building platform specic SQL queries via a object-oriented API. The end result of an Zend\Db\Sql object will be to either produce a Statement and Parameter container that represents the target query, or a full string that can be directly executed against the database platform. To achieve this, Zend\Db\Sql objects require a Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter object in order to produce the desired results.

68.1 Zend\Db\Sql\Sql (Quickstart)


As there are four primary tasks associated with interacting with a database (from the DML, or Data Manipulation Language): selecting, inserting, updating and deleting. As such, there are four primary objects that developers can interact or building queries, Zend\Db\Sql\Select, Insert, Update and Delete. Since these four tasks are so closely related, and generally used together within the same application, Zend\Db\Sql\Sql objects help you create them and produce the result you are attempting to achieve.
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Sql; $sql = new Sql($adapter); $select = $sql->select(); $insert = $sql->insert(); $update = $sql->update(); $delete = $sql->delete();

// // // //

@return @return @return @return

Zend\Db\Sql\Select Zend\Db\Sql\Insert Zend\Db\Sql\Update Zend\Db\Sql\Delete

As a developer, you can now interact with these objects, as described in the sections below, to specialize each query. Once they have been populated with values, they are ready to either be prepared or executed. To prepare (using a Select object):
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Sql; $sql = new Sql($adapter); $select = $sql->select(); $select->from(foo); $select->where(array(id => 2)); $statement = $sql->prepareStatementForSqlObject($select); $results = $statement->execute();

To execute (using a Select object)


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use Zend\Db\Sql\Sql; $sql = new Sql($adapter); $select = $sql->select(); $select->from(foo); $select->where(array(id => 2));

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$selectString = $sql->getSqlStringForSqlObject($select); $results = $adapter->query($selectString, $adapter::QUERY_MODE_EXECUTE);

Zend\Db\Sql\Sql objects can also be bound to a particular table so that in getting a select, insert, update, or delete object, they are all primarily seeded with the same table when produced.
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Sql; $sql = new Sql($adapter, foo); $select = $sql->select(); $select->where(array(id => 2)); // $select already has the from(foo) applied

68.2 Zend\Db\Sqls Select, Insert, Update and Delete


Each of these objects implements the following (2) interfaces:
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interface PreparableSqlInterface { public function prepareStatement(Adapter $adapter, StatementInterface $statement); } interface SqlInterface { public function getSqlString(PlatformInterface $adapterPlatform = null); }

These are the functions you can call to either produce (a) a prepared statement, or (b) a string to be executed.

68.3 Zend\Db\Sql\Select
Zend\Db\Sql\Select is an object whos primary function is to present a unied API for building platform specic SQL SELECT queries. The class can be instantiated and consumed without Zend\Db\Sql\Sql:
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Select; $select = new Select(); // or, to produce a $select bound to a specific table $select = new Select(foo);

If a table is provided to the Select object, then from() cannot be called later to change the name of the table. Once you have a valid Select object, the following API can be used to further specify various select statement parts:
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class Select extends AbstractSql implements SqlInterface, PreparableSqlInterface { const JOIN_INNER = inner; const JOIN_OUTER = outer; const JOIN_LEFT = left; const JOIN_RIGHT = right; const SQL_STAR = *; const ORDER_ASCENDING = ASC; const ORDER_DESCENDING = DESC; public $where; // @param Where $where public public public public function function function function __construct($table = null); from($table); columns(array $columns, $prefixColumnsWithTable = true); join($name, $on, $columns = self::SQL_STAR, $type = self::JOIN_INNER);

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public public public public public public }

function function function function function function

where($predicate, $combination = Predicate\PredicateSet::OP_AND); group($group); having($predicate, $combination = Predicate\PredicateSet::OP_AND); order($order); limit($limit); offset($offset);

68.3.1 from():
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// as a string: $select->from(foo); // as an array to specify an alias: // produces SELECT "t".* FROM "table" AS "t" $select->from(array(t => table)); // using a Sql\TableIdentifier: // same output as above $select->from(new TableIdentifier(array(t => table)));

68.3.2 columns():
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// as array of names $select->columns(array(foo, bar)); // as an associative array with aliases as the keys: // produces bar AS foo, bax AS baz $select->columns(array(foo => bar, baz => bax));

68.3.3 join():
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$select->join( foo // table name, id = bar.id, // expression to join on (will be quoted by platform object before insertion), array(bar, baz), // (optional) list of columns, same requirements as columns() above $select::JOIN_OUTER // (optional), one of inner, outer, left, right also represented by constant ); $select->from(array(f => foo)) ->join(array(b => bar), f.foo_id = b.foo_id); // base table // join table with alias // join expression

68.3.4 where(), having():


The Zend\Db\Sql\Select object provides bit of exibility as it regards to what kind of parameters are acceptable when calling where() or having(). The method signature is listed as:

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/** * Create where clause * * @param Where|\Closure|string|array $predicate * @param string $combination One of the OP_* constants from Predicate\PredicateSet * @return Select */ public function where($predicate, $combination = Predicate\PredicateSet::OP_AND);

As you can see, there are a number of different ways to pass criteria to both having() and where(). If you provide a Zend\Db\Sql\Where object to where() or a Zend\Db\Sql\Having object to having(), the internal objects for Select will be replaced completely. When the where/having() is processed, this object will be iterated to produce the WHERE or HAVING section of the SELECT statement. If you provide a Closure to where() or having(), this function will be called with the Selects Where object as the only parameter. So the following is possible:
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$spec = function (Where $where) { $where->like(username, ralph%); }; $select->where($spec);

If you provide a string, this string will be used to instantiate a Zend\Db\Sql\Predicate\Expression object so that its contents will be applied as is. This means that there will be no quoting in the fragment provided. Consider the following code:
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// SELECT "foo".* FROM "foo" WHERE x = 5 $select->from(foo)->where(x = 5);

If you provide an array whos values are keyed by an integer, the value can either be a string that will be then used to build a Predicate\Expression or any object that implements Predicate\PredicateInterface. These objects are pushed onto the Where stack with the $combination provided. Consider the following code:
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// SELECT "foo".* FROM "foo" WHERE x = 5 AND y = z $select->from(foo)->where(array(x = 5, y = z));

If you provide an array whos values are keyed with a string, these values will be handled in the following: PHP value nulls will be made into a Predicate\IsNull object PHP value array()s will be made into a Predicate\In object PHP value strings will be made into a Predicate\Operator object such that the string key will be identier, and the value will target value. Consider the following code:
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// SELECT "foo".* FROM "foo" WHERE "c1" IS NULL AND "c2" IN (?, ?, ?) AND "c3" IS NOT NULL $select->from(foo)->where(array( c1 => null, c2 => array(1, 2, 3), new \Zend\Db\Sql\Predicate\IsNotNull(c3) ));

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68.3.5 order():
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$select = new Select; $select->order(id DESC); // produces id DESC $select = new Select; $select->order(id DESC) ->order(name ASC, age DESC); // produces id DESC, name ASC, age DESC $select = new Select; $select->order(array(name ASC, age DESC)); // produces name ASC, age DESC

68.3.6 limit() and offset():


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$select = new Select; $select->limit(5); // always takes an integer/numeric $select->offset(10); // similarly takes an integer/numeric

68.4 Zend\Db\Sql\Insert
The Insert API:
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class Insert implements SqlInterface, PreparableSqlInterface { const VALUES_MERGE = merge; const VALUES_SET = set; public public public public } function function function function __construct($table = null); into($table); columns(array $columns); values(array $values, $flag = self::VALUES_SET);

Similarly to Select objects, the table can be set at construction time or via into().

68.4.1 columns():
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68.4.2 values():
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// default behavior of values is to set the values // successive calls will not preserve values from previous calls $insert->values(array( col_1 => value1, col_2 => value2 )); // merging values with previous calls $insert->values(array(col_2 => value2), $insert::VALUES_MERGE);

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class Update { const VALUES_MERGE = merge; const VALUES_SET = set; public public public public public } $where; // @param Where $where function __construct($table = null); function table($table); function set(array $values, $flag = self::VALUES_SET); function where($predicate, $combination = Predicate\PredicateSet::OP_AND);

68.5.1 set():
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$update->set(array(foo => bar, baz => bax));

68.5.2 where():
See where section below.

68.6 Zend\Db\Sql\Delete
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class Delete { public $where; // @param Where $where public function __construct($table = null); public function from($table); public function where($predicate, $combination = Predicate\PredicateSet::OP_AND); }

68.6.1 where():
See where section below.

68.7 Zend\Db\Sql\Where & Zend\Db\Sql\Having


In the following, we will talk about Where, Having is implies as being the same API. Effectively, Where and Having extend from the same base object, a Predicate (and PredicateSet). All of the parts that make up a where or having that are anded or ord together are called predicates. The full set of predicates is called a PredicateSet. This object set generally contains the values (and identiers) separate from the fragment they belong to until the last possible moment when the statement is either used to be prepared (parameteritized), or executed. In parameterization, the parameters will be replaced with their proper placeholder (a named or positional parameter), and the values stored inside a Adapter\ParameterContainer. When executed, the values will be interpolated into the fragments they belong to and properly quoted.

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It is important to know that in this API, a distinction is made between what elements are considered identiers (TYPE_IDENTIFIER) and which of those is a value (TYPE_VALUE). There is also a special use case type for literal values (TYPE_LITERAL). These are all exposed via the Zend\Db\Sql\ExpressionInterface interface. Note: In ZF 2.1, an actual Literal type was added. Zend\Db\Sql now makes the distinction that Literals will not have any parameters that need interpolating whereas it is expected that Expression objects might have parameters that need interpolating. In cases where there are parameters in an Expression, Zend\Db\Sql\AbstractSql will do its best to identify placeholders when the Expression is processed during statement creation. In short, if you dont have parameters, use Literal objects. The Zend\Db\Sql\Where (Predicate/PredicateSet) API:
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// Where & Having: class Predicate extends PredicateSet { public $and; public $or; public $AND; public $OR; public $NEST; public $UNNEST; public public public public public public public public public public public public public public public function function function function function function function function function function function function function function function

nest(); setUnnest(Predicate $predicate); unnest(); equalTo($left, $right, $leftType = self::TYPE_IDENTIFIER, $rightType = self::TYP lessThan($left, $right, $leftType = self::TYPE_IDENTIFIER, $rightType = self::TY greaterThan($left, $right, $leftType = self::TYPE_IDENTIFIER, $rightType = self: lessThanOrEqualTo($left, $right, $leftType = self::TYPE_IDENTIFIER, $rightType = greaterThanOrEqualTo($left, $right, $leftType = self::TYPE_IDENTIFIER, $rightTyp like($identifier, $like); literal($literal); expression($expression, $parameter); isNull($identifier); isNotNull($identifier); in($identifier, array $valueSet = array()); between($identifier, $minValue, $maxValue);

// Inherited From PredicateSet public public public public public public } function function function function function function addPredicate(PredicateInterface $predicate, $combination = null); getPredicates(); orPredicate(PredicateInterface $predicate); andPredicate(PredicateInterface $predicate); getExpressionData(); count();

Each method in the Where API will produce a corresponding Predicate object of a similarly named type, described below, with the full API of the object:

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68.7.1 equalTo(), lessThan(), greaterThan(), lessThanOrEqualTo(), greaterThanOrEqualTo():


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$where->equalTo(id, 5); // same as the following workflow $where->addPredicate( new Predicate\Operator($left, Operator::OPERATOR_EQUAL_TO, $right, $leftType, $rightType) ); class Operator implements PredicateInterface { const OPERATOR_EQUAL_TO const OP_EQ const OPERATOR_NOT_EQUAL_TO const OP_NE const OPERATOR_LESS_THAN const OP_LT const OPERATOR_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO const OP_LTE const OPERATOR_GREATER_THAN const OP_GT const OPERATOR_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO const OP_GTE public public public public public public public public public public public public } function function function function function function function function function function function function

= = = = = = = = = = = =

=; =; !=; !=; <; <; <=; <=; >; >; >=; >=;

__construct($left = null, $operator = self::OPERATOR_EQUAL_TO, $right = null, $le setLeft($left); getLeft(); setLeftType($type); getLeftType(); setOperator($operator); getOperator(); setRight($value); getRight(); setRightType($type); getRightType(); getExpressionData();

68.7.2 like($identier, $like):


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$where->like($identifier, $like): // same as $where->addPredicate( new Predicate\Like($identifier, $like) ); // full API class Like { public public public public implements PredicateInterface function function function function __construct($identifier = null, $like = null); setIdentifier($identifier); getIdentifier(); setLike($like);

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public function getLike(); }

68.7.3 literal($literal);
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$where->literal($literal); // same as $where->addPredicate( new Predicate\Literal($literal) ); // full API class Literal implements ExpressionInterface, PredicateInterface { const PLACEHOLDER = ?; public function __construct($literal = ); public function setLiteral($literal); public function getLiteral(); }

68.7.4 expression($expression, $parameter);


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$where->expression($expression, $parameter); // same as $where->addPredicate( new Predicate\Expression($expression, $parameter) ); // full API class Expression implements ExpressionInterface, PredicateInterface { const PLACEHOLDER = ?; public function __construct($expression = null, $valueParameter = null /*[, $valueParameter, ... public function setExpression($expression); public function getExpression(); public function setParameters($parameters); public function getParameters(); public function setTypes(array $types); public function getTypes(); }

68.7.5 isNull($identier);
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$where->isNull($identifier); // same as $where->addPredicate( new Predicate\IsNull($identifier) ); // full API

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class IsNull implements PredicateInterface { public function __construct($identifier = null); public function setIdentifier($identifier); public function getIdentifier(); }

68.7.6 isNotNull($identier);
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$where->isNotNull($identifier); // same as $where->addPredicate( new Predicate\IsNotNull($identifier) ); // full API class IsNotNull implements PredicateInterface { public function __construct($identifier = null); public function setIdentifier($identifier); public function getIdentifier(); }

68.7.7 in($identier, array $valueSet = array());


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$where->in($identifier, array $valueSet = array()); // same as $where->addPredicate( new Predicate\In($identifier, $valueSet) ); // full API class In implements { public function public function public function public function public function }

PredicateInterface __construct($identifier = null, array $valueSet = array()); setIdentifier($identifier); getIdentifier(); setValueSet(array $valueSet); getValueSet();

68.7.8 between($identier, $minValue, $maxValue);


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$where->between($identifier, $minValue, $maxValue); // same as $where->addPredicate( new Predicate\Between($identifier, $minValue, $maxValue) ); // full API

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class Between implements PredicateInterface { public function __construct($identifier = null, $minValue = null, $maxValue = null); public function setIdentifier($identifier); public function getIdentifier(); public function setMinValue($minValue); public function getMinValue(); public function setMaxValue($maxValue); public function getMaxValue(); public function setSpecification($specification); }

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Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl is a sub-component of Zend\Db\Sql that allows consumers to create statement objects that will produce DDL (Data Denition Language) SQL statements. When combined with a platform specic Zend\Db\Sql\Sql object, these DDL objects are capable of producing platform-specic CREATE TABLE statements, with specialized data types, constraints, and indexes for a database/schema. The following platforms have platform specializations for DDL: MySQL All databases compatible with ANSI SQL92

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CREATING TABLES
Like Zend\Db\Sql objects, each statement type is represented by a class. For example, CREATE TABLE is modeled by a CreateTable object; this is likewise the same for ALTER TABLE (as AlterTable), and DROP TABLE (as DropTable). These classes exist in the Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl namespace. To initiate the building of a DDL statement, such as CreateTable, one needs to instantiate the object. There are a couple of valid patterns for this:
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl; $table = new Ddl\CreateTable(); // or with table $table = new Ddl\CreateTable(bar); // optionally, as a temporary table $table = new Ddl\CreateTable(bar, true);

You can also set the table after instantiation:


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Currently, columns are added by creating a column object, described in the data type table in the data type section below:
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl\Column; $table->addColumn(new Column\Integer(id)); $table->addColumn(new Column\Varchar(name, 255));

Beyond adding columns to a table, constraints can also be added:


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ALTERING TABLES
Similarly to CreateTable, you may also instantiate AlterTable:
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl; $table = new Ddl\AlterTable(); // or with table $table = new Ddl\AlterTable(bar); // optionally, as a temporary table $table = new Ddl\AlterTable(bar, true);

The primary difference between a CreateTable and AlterTable is that the AlterTable takes into account that the table and its assets already exist. Therefore, while you still have addColumn() and addConstraint(), you will also see the ability to change existing columns:
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl\Column; $table->changeColumn(name, Column\Varchar(new_name, 50));

You may also drop existing columns or constraints:


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To drop a table, create a DropTable statement object:
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EXECUTING DDL STATEMENTS


After a DDL statement object has been created and congured, at some point you will want to execute the statement. To do this, you will need two other objects: an Adapter instance, and a properly seeded Sql instance. The workow looks something like this, with $ddl being a CreateTable, AlterTable, or DropTable instance:
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use Zend\Db\Sql\Sql; // existence of $adapter is assumed $sql = new Sql($adapter); $adapter->query( $sql->getSqlStringForSqlObject($ddl), $adapter::QUERY_MODE_EXECUTE );

By passing the $ddl object through the $sql objects getSqlStringForSqlObject() method, we ensure that any platform specic specializations/modications are utilized to create a platform specic SQL statement. Next, using the constant Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter::QUERY_MODE_EXECUTE ensures that the SQL statement is not prepared, as many DDL statements on a variety of platforms cannot be prepared, only executed.

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CURRENTLY SUPPORTED DATA TYPES


These types exist in the Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl\Column namespace. Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl\Column\ColumnInterface. In alphabetical order: Type Blob Boolean Char Column (generic) Date Decimal Float Integer Time Varchar Arguments For Construction $name, $length, $nullable = false, $default = null, array $options = array() $name $name, $length $name = null $name $name, $precision, $scale = null $name, $digits, $decimal $name, $nullable = false, $default = null, array $options = array() $name $name, $length Data types must implement

Each of the above types can be utilized in any place that accepts a Column\ColumnInterface instance. Currently, this is primarily in CreateTable::addColumn() and AlterTables addColumn() and changeColumn() methods.

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These types exist in the Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl\Constraint namespace. Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl\Constraint\ConstraintInterface. In alphabetical order: Type Arguments For Construction Check $expression, $name For$name, $column, $referenceTable, $referenceColumn, $onDeleteRule = eignKey null, $onUpdateRule = null Prima$columns ryKey UniqueKey $column, $name = null Each of the above types can be utilized in any place that accepts a Column\ConstraintInterface instance. Currently, this is primarily in CreateTable::addConstraint() and AlterTable::addConstraint(). Data types must implement

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ZEND\DB\TABLEGATEWAY
The Table Gateway object is intended to provide an object that represents a table in a database, and the methods of this object mirror the most common operations on a database table. In code, the interface for such an object looks like this:
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interface Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGatewayInterface { public function getTable(); public function select($where = null); public function insert($set); public function update($set, $where = null); public function delete($where); }

There are two primary implementations of the TableGatewayInterface that are of the most useful: AbstractTableGateway and TableGateway. The AbstractTableGateway is an abstract basic implementation that provides functionality for select(), insert(), update(), delete(), as well as an additional API for doing these same kinds of tasks with explicit SQL objects. These methods are selectWith(), insertWith(), updateWith() and deleteWith(). In addition, AbstractTableGateway also implements a Feature API, that allows for expanding the behaviors of the base TableGateway implementation without having to extend the class with this new functionality. The TableGateway concrete implementation simply adds a sensible constructor to the AbstractTableGateway class so that out-of-the-box, TableGateway does not need to be extended in order to be consumed and utilized to its fullest.

76.1 Basic Usage


The quickest way to get up and running with Zend\Db\TableGateway is to congure and utilize the concrete implementation of the TableGateway. The API of the concrete TableGateway is:
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class TableGateway extends AbstractTableGateway { public $lastInsertValue; public $table; public $adapter;

public function __construct($table, Adapter $adapter, $features = null, ResultSet $resultSetProt /** Inherited from AbstractTableGateway */ public function isInitialized(); public function initialize(); public function getTable();

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function function function function function function function function function function function function function function

getAdapter(); getColumns(); getFeatureSet(); getResultSetPrototype(); getSql(); select($where = null); selectWith(Select $select); insert($set); insertWith(Insert $insert); update($set, $where = null); updateWith(Update $update); delete($where); deleteWith(Delete $delete); getLastInsertValue();

The concrete TableGateway object practices constructor injection for getting dependencies and options into the instance. The table name and an instance of an Adapter are all that is needed to setup a working TableGateway object. Out of the box, this implementation makes no assumptions about table structure or metadata, and when select() is executed, a simple ResultSet object with the populated Adapters Result (the datasource) will be returned and ready for iteration.
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use Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway; $projectTable = new TableGateway(project, $adapter); $rowset = $projectTable->select(array(type => PHP)); echo Projects of type PHP: ; foreach ($rowset as $projectRow) { echo $projectRow[name] . PHP_EOL; } // or, when expecting a single row: $artistTable = new TableGateway(artist, $adapter); $rowset = $artistTable->select(array(id => 2)); $artistRow = $rowset->current(); var_dump($artistRow);

The select() method takes the same arguments as Zend\Db\Sql\Select::where() with the addition of also being able to accept a closure, which in turn, will be passed the current Select object that is being used to build the SELECT query. The following usage is possible:
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use Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway; use Zend\Db\Sql\Select; $artistTable = new TableGateway(artist, $adapter); // search for at most 2 artists whos name starts with Brit, ascending $rowset = $artistTable->select(function (Select $select) { $select->where->like(name, Brit%); $select->order(name ASC)->limit(2); });

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76.2 TableGateway Features


The Features API allows for extending the functionality of the base TableGateway object without having to polymorphically extend the base class. This allows for a wider array of possible mixing and matching of features to achieve a particular behavior that needs to be attained to make the base implementation of TableGateway useful for a particular problem. With the TableGateway object, features should be injected though the constructor. The constructor can take Features in 3 different forms: as a single feature object, as a FeatureSet object, or as an array of Feature objects. There are a number of features built-in and shipped with Zend\Db: GlobalAdapterFeature: the ability to use a global/static adapter without needing to inject it into a TableGateway instance. This is more useful when you are extending the AbstractTableGateway implementation:
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use Zend\Db\TableGateway\AbstractTableGateway; use Zend\Db\TableGateway\Feature; class MyTableGateway extends AbstractTableGateway { public function __construct() { $this->table = my_table; $this->featureSet = new Feature\FeatureSet(); $this->featureSet->addFeature(new Feature\GlobalAdapterFeature()); $this->initialize(); } } // elsewhere in code, in a bootstrap Zend\Db\TableGateway\Feature\GlobalAdapterFeature::setStaticAdapter($adapter); // in a controller, or model somewhere $table = new MyTableGateway(); // adapter is statically loaded

MasterSlaveFeature: the ability to use a master adapter for insert(), update(), and delete() while using a slave adapter for all select() operations.
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MetadataFeature: the ability populate TableGateway with column information from a Metadata object. It will also store the primary key information in case RowGatewayFeature needs to consume this information.
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EventFeature: the ability utilize a TableGateway object with Zend\EventManager and to be able to subscribe to various events in a TableGateway lifecycle.
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RowGatewayFeature: the ability for select() to return a ResultSet object that upon iteration will return a RowGateway object for each row.
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$table = new TableGateway(artist, $adapter, new Feature\RowGatewayFeature(id)); $results = $table->select(array(id => 2)); $artistRow = $results->current();

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Zend\Db\RowGateway is a sub-component of Zend\Db that implements the Row Gateway pattern from PoEAA. This effectively means that Row Gateway objects primarily model a row in a database, and have methods such as save() and delete() that will help persist this row-as-an-object in the database itself. Likewise, after a row from the database is retrieved, it can then be manipulated and save()d back to the database in the same position (row), or it can be delete()d from the table. The interface for a Row Gateway object simply adds save() and delete() and this is the interface that should be assumed when a component has a dependency that is expected to be an instance of a RowGateway object:
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interface RowGatewayInterface { public function save(); public function delete(); }

77.1 Quickstart
While most of the time, RowGateway will be used in conjunction with other Zend\Db\ResultSet producing objects, it is possible to use it standalone. To use it standalone, you simply need an Adapter and a set of data to work with. The following use case demonstrates Zend\Db\RowGateway\RowGateway usage in its simplest form:
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use Zend\Db\RowGateway\RowGateway; // query the database $resultSet = $adapter->query(SELECT * FROM user WHERE id = ?, array(2)); // get array of data $rowData = $resultSet->current()->getArrayCopy(); // row gateway $rowGateway = new RowGateway(id, my_table, $adapter); $rowGateway->populate($rowData); $rowGateway->first_name = New Name; $rowGateway->save(); // or delete this row: $rowGateway->delete();

The workow described above is greatly simplied when RowGateway is used in conjunction with the TableGateway feature. What this achieves is a Table Gateway object that when select()ing from a table, will produce a ResultSet

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that is then capable of producing valid Row Gateway objects. Its usage looks like this:
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use Zend\Db\TableGateway\Feature\RowGatewayFeature; use Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway; $table = new TableGateway(artist, $adapter, new RowGatewayFeature(id)); $results = $table->select(array(id => 2)); $artistRow = $results->current(); $artistRow->name = New Name; $artistRow->save();

77.2 ActiveRecord Style Objects


If you wish to have custom behaviour for your RowGateway objects (essentially making them behave similarly to the ActiveRecord pattern), pass a prototype object implementing the RowGatewayInterface to the RowGatewayFeature constructor instead of a primary key:
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use Zend\Db\TableGateway\Feature\RowGatewayFeature; use Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway; use Zend\Db\RowGateway\RowGatewayInterface; class Artist implements RowGatewayInterface { protected $adapter; public function __construct($adapter) { $this->adapter = $adapter; } // ... save() and delete() implementations } $table = new TableGateway(artist, $adapter, new RowGatewayFeature(new Artist($adapter)));

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ZEND\DB\METADATA
Zend\Db\Metadata is as sub-component of Zend\Db that makes it possible to get metadata information about tables, columns, constraints, triggers, and other information from a database in a standardized way. The primary interface for the Metadata objects is:
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interface MetadataInterface { public function getSchemas(); public function getTableNames($schema = null, $includeViews = false); public function getTables($schema = null, $includeViews = false); public function getTable($tableName, $schema = null); public function getViewNames($schema = null); public function getViews($schema = null); public function getView($viewName, $schema = null); public function getColumnNames($table, $schema = null); public function getColumns($table, $schema = null); public function getColumn($columnName, $table, $schema = null); public function getConstraints($table, $schema = null); public function getConstraint($constraintName, $table, $schema = null); public function getConstraintKeys($constraint, $table, $schema = null); public function getTriggerNames($schema = null); public function getTriggers($schema = null); public function getTrigger($triggerName, $schema = null); }

78.1 Basic Usage


Usage of Zend\Db\Metadata is very straight forward. The top level class Zend\Db\Metadata\Metadata will, given an adapter, choose the best strategy (based on the database platform being used) for retrieving metadata. In most cases, information will come from querying the INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables generally accessible to all database connections about the currently accessible schema. Metadata::get*Names() methods will return an array of strings, while the other methods will return specic value objects with the containing information. This is best demonstrated by the script below.
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// get the table names $tableNames = $metadata->getTableNames(); foreach ($tableNames as $tableName) { echo In Table . $tableName . PHP_EOL; $table = $metadata->getTable($tableName);

echo With columns: . PHP_EOL; foreach ($table->getColumns() as $column) { echo . $column->getName() . -> . $column->getDataType() . PHP_EOL; } echo PHP_EOL; echo With constraints: . PHP_EOL; foreach ($metadata->getConstraints($tableName) as $constraint) { /** @var $constraint Zend\Db\Metadata\Object\ConstraintObject */ echo . $constraint->getName() . -> . $constraint->getType() . PHP_EOL; if (!$constraint->hasColumns()) { continue; } echo column: . implode(, , $constraint->getColumns()); if ($constraint->isForeignKey()) { $fkCols = array(); foreach ($constraint->getReferencedColumns() as $refColumn) { $fkCols[] = $constraint->getReferencedTableName() . . . $refColumn; } echo => . implode(, , $fkCols); } echo PHP_EOL; } echo ---- . PHP_EOL; }

Metadata returns value objects that provide an interface to help developers better explore the metadata. Below is the API for the various value objects: The TableObject:
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class Zend\Db\Metadata\Object\TableObject { public function __construct($name); public function setColumns(array $columns); public function getColumns(); public function setConstraints($constraints); public function getConstraints(); public function setName($name); public function getName(); }

The ColumnObject:

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class Zend\Db\Metadata\Object\ColumnObject { public function __construct($name, $tableName, $schemaName = null); public function setName($name); public function getName(); public function getTableName(); public function setTableName($tableName); public function setSchemaName($schemaName); public function getSchemaName(); public function getOrdinalPosition(); public function setOrdinalPosition($ordinalPosition); public function getColumnDefault(); public function setColumnDefault($columnDefault); public function getIsNullable(); public function setIsNullable($isNullable); public function isNullable(); public function getDataType(); public function setDataType($dataType); public function getCharacterMaximumLength(); public function setCharacterMaximumLength($characterMaximumLength); public function getCharacterOctetLength(); public function setCharacterOctetLength($characterOctetLength); public function getNumericPrecision(); public function setNumericPrecision($numericPrecision); public function getNumericScale(); public function setNumericScale($numericScale); public function getNumericUnsigned(); public function setNumericUnsigned($numericUnsigned); public function isNumericUnsigned(); public function getErratas(); public function setErratas(array $erratas); public function getErrata($errataName); public function setErrata($errataName, $errataValue); }

The ConstraintObject:
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class Zend\Db\Metadata\Object\ConstraintObject { public function __construct($name, $tableName, $schemaName = null); public function setName($name); public function getName(); public function setSchemaName($schemaName); public function getSchemaName(); public function getTableName(); public function setTableName($tableName); public function setType($type); public function getType(); public function hasColumns(); public function getColumns(); public function setColumns(array $columns); public function getReferencedTableSchema(); public function setReferencedTableSchema($referencedTableSchema); public function getReferencedTableName(); public function setReferencedTableName($referencedTableName); public function getReferencedColumns(); public function setReferencedColumns(array $referencedColumns); public function getMatchOption(); public function setMatchOption($matchOption);

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getUpdateRule(); setUpdateRule($updateRule); getDeleteRule(); setDeleteRule($deleteRule); getCheckClause(); setCheckClause($checkClause); isPrimaryKey(); isUnique(); isForeignKey(); isCheck();

The TriggerObject:
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class Zend\Db\Metadata\Object\TriggerObject { public function getName(); public function setName($name); public function getEventManipulation(); public function setEventManipulation($eventManipulation); public function getEventObjectCatalog(); public function setEventObjectCatalog($eventObjectCatalog); public function getEventObjectSchema(); public function setEventObjectSchema($eventObjectSchema); public function getEventObjectTable(); public function setEventObjectTable($eventObjectTable); public function getActionOrder(); public function setActionOrder($actionOrder); public function getActionCondition(); public function setActionCondition($actionCondition); public function getActionStatement(); public function setActionStatement($actionStatement); public function getActionOrientation(); public function setActionOrientation($actionOrientation); public function getActionTiming(); public function setActionTiming($actionTiming); public function getActionReferenceOldTable(); public function setActionReferenceOldTable($actionReferenceOldTable); public function getActionReferenceNewTable(); public function setActionReferenceNewTable($actionReferenceNewTable); public function getActionReferenceOldRow(); public function setActionReferenceOldRow($actionReferenceOldRow); public function getActionReferenceNewRow(); public function setActionReferenceNewRow($actionReferenceNewRow); public function getCreated(); public function setCreated($created); }

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\DI
79.1 Dependency Injection
Dependency Injection (here-in called DI) is a concept that has been talked about in numerous places over the web. Simply put, well explain the act of injecting dependencies simply with this below code:
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Above, MovieFinder is a dependency of MovieLister, and MovieFinder was injected into MovieLister. If you are not familiar with the concept of DI, here are a couple of great reads: Matthew Weier OPhinneys Analogy, Ralph Schindlers Learning DI, or Fabien Potenciers Series on DI.

79.2 Dependency Injection Containers


When your code is written in such a way that all your dependencies are injected into consuming objects, you might nd that the simple act of wiring an object has gotten more complex. When this becomes the case, and you nd that this wiring is creating more boilerplate code, this makes for an excellent opportunity to utilize a Dependency Injection Container. In its simplest form, a Dependency Injection Container (here-in called a DiC for brevity), is an object that is capable of creating objects on request and managing the wiring, or the injection of required dependencies, for those requested objects. Since the patterns that developers employ in writing DI capable code vary, DiCs are generally either in the form of smallish objects that suit a very specic pattern, or larger DiC frameworks. Zend\Di is a DiC framework. While for the simplest code there is no conguration needed, and the use cases are quite simple; for more complex code, Zend\Di is capable of being congured to wire these complex use cases

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This QuickStart is intended to get developers familiar with the concepts of the Zend\Di DiC. Generally speaking, code is never as simple as it is inside this example, so working knowledge of the other sections of the manual is suggested. Assume for a moment, you have the following code as part of your application that you feel is a good candidate for being managed by a DiC, after all, you are already injecting all your dependencies:
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namespace MyLibrary { class DbAdapter { protected $username = null; protected $password = null; public function __construct($username, $password) { $this->username = $username; $this->password = $password; } } } namespace MyMovieApp { class MovieFinder { protected $dbAdapter = null; public function __construct(\MyLibrary\DbAdapter $dbAdapter) { $this->dbAdapter = $dbAdapter; } } class MovieLister { protected $movieFinder = null; public function __construct(MovieFinder $movieFinder) { $this->movieFinder = $movieFinder; } } }

With the above code, you nd yourself writing the following to wire and utilize this code:

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// $config object is assumed $dbAdapter = new MyLibrary\DbAdapter($config->username, $config->password); $movieFinder = new MyMovieApp\MovieFinder($dbAdapter); $movieLister = new MyMovieApp\MovieLister($movieFinder); foreach ($movieLister as $movie) { // iterate and display $movie }

If you are doing this above wiring in each controller or view that wants to list movies, not only can this become repetitive and boring to write, but also unmaintainable if for example you want to swap out one of these dependencies on a wholesale scale. Since this example of code already practices good dependency injection, with constructor injection, it is a great candidate for using Zend\Di. The usage is as simple as:
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// inside a bootstrap somewhere $di = new Zend\Di\Di(); $di->instanceManager()->setParameters(MyLibrary\DbAdapter, array( username => $config->username, password => $config->password )); // inside each controller $movieLister = $di->get(MyMovieApp\MovieLister); foreach ($movieLister as $movie) { // iterate and display $movie }

In the above example, we are obtaining a default instance of Zend\Di\Di. By default, we mean that Zend\Di\Di is constructed with a DenitionList seeded with a RuntimeDenition (uses Reection) and an empty instance manager and no conguration. Here is the Zend\Di\Di constructor:
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public function __construct(DefinitionList $definitions = null, InstanceManager $instanceManager { $this->definitions = ($definitions) ?: new DefinitionList(new Definition\RuntimeDefinition()) $this->instanceManager = ($instanceManager) ?: new InstanceManager(); if ($config) { $this->configure($config); } }

This means that when $di->get() is called, it will be consulting the RuntimeDenition, which uses reection to understand the structure of the code. Once it knows the structure of the code, it can then know how the dependencies t together and how to go about wiring your objects for you. Zend\Di\Denition\RuntimeDenition will utilize the names of the parameters in the methods as the class parameter names. This is how both username and password key are mapped to the rst and second parameter, respectively, of the constructor consuming these named parameters. If you were to want to pass in the username and password at call time, this is achieved by passing them as the second argument of get():
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// iterate and display $movie }

It is important to note that when using call time parameters, these parameter names will be applied to any class that accepts a parameter of such name. By calling $di->get(), this instance of MovieLister will be automatically shared. This means subsequent calls to get() will return the same instance as previous calls. If you wish to have completely new instances of MovieLister, you can utilize $di->newInstance().

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Denitions are the place where Zend\Di attempts to understand the structure of the code it is attempting to wire. This means that if youve written non-ambiguous, clear and concise code; Zend\Di has a very good chance of understanding how to wire things up without much added complexity.

81.1 DenitionList
Denitions are introduced to the Zend\Di\Di object through a denition list implemented as Zend\Di\DenitionList (SplDoublyLinkedList). Order is important. Denitions in the front of the list will be consulted on a class before denitions at the end of the list. Note: Regardless of what kind of Denition strategy you decide to use, it is important that your autoloaders are already setup and ready to use.

81.2 RuntimeDenition
The default DenitionList instantiated by Zend\Di\Di, when no other DenitionList is provided, has as Denition\RuntimeDenition baked-in. The RuntimeDenition will respond to querys about classes by using Reection. This Runtime denitions uses any available information inside methods: their signature, the names of parameters, the type-hints of the parameters, and the default values to determine if something is optional or required when making a call to that method. The more explicit you can be in your method naming and method signatures, the easier of a time Zend\Di\Denition\RuntimeDenition will have determining the structure of your code. This is what the constructor of a RuntimeDenition looks like:
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public function __construct(IntrospectionStrategy $introspectionStrategy = null, array $explicitClass { $this->introspectionStrategy = ($introspectionStrategy) ?: new IntrospectionStrategy(); if ($explicitClasses) { $this->setExplicitClasses($explicitClasses); } }

The IntrospectionStrategy object is an object that determines the rules, or guidelines, for how the RuntimeDenition will introspect information about your classes. Here are the things it knows how to do: Whether or not to use Annotations (Annotations are expensive and off by default, read more about these in the Annotations section) Which method names to include in the introspection, by default, the pattern /^set[A-Z]{1}\w*/ is registered by default, this is a list of patterns. 341

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Which interface names represent the interface injection pattern. By default, the pattern /\w*Aware\w*/ is registered, this is a list of patterns. The constructor for the IntrospectionStrategy looks like this:
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public function __construct(AnnotationManager $annotationManager = null) { $this->annotationManager = ($annotationManager) ?: $this->createDefaultAnnotationManager(); }

This goes to say that an AnnotationManager is not required, but if you wish to create a special AnnotationManager with your own annotations, and also wish to extend the RuntimeDenition to look for these special Annotations, this is the place to do it. The RuntimeDenition also can be used to look up either all classes (implicitly, which is default), or explicitly look up for particular pre-dened classes. This is useful when your strategy for inspecting one set of classes might differ from those of another strategy for another set of classes. This can be achieved by using the setExplicitClasses() method or by passing a list of classes as a second argument to the constructor of the RuntimeDenition.

81.3 CompilerDenition
The CompilerDenition is very much similar in nature to the RuntimeDenition with the exception that it can be seeded with more information for the purposes of compiling a denition. This is useful when you do not want to be making all those (sometimes expensive) calls to reection and the annotation scanning system during the request of your application. By using the compiler, a denition can be created and written to disk to be used during a request, as opposed to the task of scanning the actual code. For example, lets assume we want to create a script that will create denitions for some of our library code:
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// in "package name" format $components = array( My_MovieApp, My_OtherClasses, ); foreach ($components as $component) { $diCompiler = new Zend\Di\Definition\CompilerDefinition; $diCompiler->addDirectory(/path/to/classes/ . str_replace(_, /, $component)); $diCompiler->compile(); file_put_contents( __DIR__ . /../data/di/ . $component . -definition.php, <?php return . var_export($diCompiler->toArrayDefinition()->toArray(), true) . ; ); }

This will create a couple of les that will return an array of the denition for that class. To utilize this in an application, the following code will sufce:
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protected function setupDi(Application $app) { $definitionList = new DefinitionList(array( new Definition\ArrayDefinition(include __DIR__ . /path/to/data/di/My_MovieApp-definition.php new Definition\ArrayDefinition(include __DIR__ . /path/to/data/di/My_OtherClasses-definition $runtime = new Definition\RuntimeDefinition(), )); $di = new Di($definitionList, null, new Configuration($this->config->di));

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$di->instanceManager()->addTypePreference(Zend\Di\LocatorInterface, $di); $app->setLocator($di); }

The above code would more than likely go inside your applications or modules bootstrap le. This represents the simplest and most performant way of conguring your DiC for usage.

81.4 ClassDenition
The idea behind using a ClassDenition is two-fold. First, you may want to override some information inside of a RuntimeDenition. Secondly, you might want to simply dene your complete classs denition with an xml, ini, or php le describing the structure. This class denition can be fed in via Conguration or by directly instantiating and registering the Denition with the DenitionList. Todo - example

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The InstanceManager is responsible for any runtime information associated with the Zend\Di\Di DiC. This means that the information that goes into the instance manager is specic to both how the particular consuming Applications needs and even more specically to the environment in which the application is running.

82.1 Parameters
Parameters are simply entry points for either dependencies or instance conguration values. A class consist of a set of parameters, each uniquely named. When writing your classes, you should attempt to not use the same parameter name twice in the same class when you expect that that parameters is used for either instance conguration or an object dependency. This leads to an ambiguous parameter, and is a situation best avoided. Our movie nder example can be further used to explain these concepts:
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namespace MyLibrary { class DbAdapter { protected $username = null; protected $password = null; public function __construct($username, $password) { $this->username = $username; $this->password = $password; } } } namespace MyMovieApp { class MovieFinder { protected $dbAdapter = null; public function __construct(\MyLibrary\DbAdapter $dbAdapter) { $this->dbAdapter = $dbAdapter; } } class MovieLister { protected $movieFinder = null;

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public function __construct(MovieFinder $movieFinder) { $this->movieFinder = $movieFinder; } } }

In the above example, the class DbAdapter has 2 parameters: username and password; MovieFinder has one parameter: dbAdapter, and MovieLister has one parameter: movieFinder. Any of these can be utilized for injection of either dependencies or scalar values during instance conguration or during call time. When looking at the above code, since the dbAdapter parameter and the movieFinder parameter are both type-hinted with concrete types, the DiC can assume that it can fulll these object tendencies by itself. On the other hand, username and password do not have type-hints and are, more than likely, scalar in nature. Since the DiC cannot reasonably know this information, it must be provided to the instance manager in the form of parameters. Not doing so will force $di->get(MyMovieApp\MovieLister) to throw an exception. The following ways of using parameters are available:
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// setting instance configuration into the instance manager $di->instanceManager()->setParameters(MyLibrary\DbAdapter, array( username => myusername, password => mypassword )); // forcing a particular dependency to be used by the instance manager $di->instanceManager()->setParameters(MyMovieApp\MovieFinder, array( dbAdapter => new MyLibrary\DbAdapter(myusername, mypassword) )); // passing instance parameters at call time $movieLister = $di->get(MyMovieApp\MovieLister, array( username => $config->username, password => $config->password )); // passing a specific instance at call time $movieLister = $di->get(MyMovieApp\MovieLister, array( dbAdapter => new MyLibrary\DbAdaper(myusername, mypassword) ));

82.2 Preferences
In some cases, you might be using interfaces as type hints as opposed to concrete types. Lets assume the movie example was modied in the following way:
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namespace MyMovieApp { interface MovieFinderInterface { // methods required for this type } class GenericMovieFinder implements MovieFinderInterface { protected $dbAdapter = null;

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public function __construct(\MyLibrary\DbAdapter $dbAdapter) { $this->dbAdapter = $dbAdapter; } } class MovieLister { protected $movieFinder = null; public function __construct(MovieFinderInterface $movieFinder) { $this->movieFinder = $movieFinder; } } }

What youll notice above is that now the MovieLister type minimally expects that the dependency injected implements the MovieFinderInterface. This allows multiple implementations of this base interface to be used as a dependency, if that is what the consumer decides they want to do. As you can imagine, Zend\Di, by itself would not be able to determine what kind of concrete object to use fulll this dependency, so this type of preference needs to be made known to the instance manager. To give this information to the instance manager, see the following code example:
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$di->instanceManager()->addTypePreference(MyMovieApp\MovieFinderInterface, MyMovieApp\GenericMovie // assuming all instance config for username, password is setup $di->get(MyMovieApp\MovieLister);

82.3 Aliases
In some situations, youll nd that you need to alias an instance. There are two main reasons to do this. First, it creates a simpler, alternative name to use when using the DiC, as opposed to using the full class name. Second, you might nd that you need to have the same object type in two separate contexts. This means that when you alias a particular class, you can then attach a specic instance conguration to that alias; as opposed to attaching that conguration to the class name. To demonstrate both of these points, well look at a use case where well have two separate DbAdapters, one will be for read-only operations, the other will be for read-write operations: Note: Aliases can also have parameters registered at alias time
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// assume the MovieLister example of code from the QuickStart $im = $di->instanceManager(); // add alias for short naming $im->addAlias(movielister, MyMovieApp\MovieLister); // add aliases for specific instances $im->addAlias(dbadapter-readonly, MyLibrary\DbAdapter, array( username => $config->db->readAdapter->username, password => $config->db->readAdapter->password, )); $im->addAlias(dbadapter-readwrite, MyLibrary\DbAdapter, array( username => $config->db->readWriteAdapter->username, password => $config->db->readWriteAdapter->password,

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)); // set a default type to use, pointing to an alias $im->addTypePreference(MyLibrary\DbAdapter, dbadapter-readonly);

$movieListerRead = $di->get(MyMovieApp\MovieLister); $movieListerReadWrite = $di->get(MyMovieApp\MovieLister, array(dbAdapter => dbadapter-readwrite

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Most of the conguration for both the setup of Denitions as well as the setup of the Instance Manager can be attained by a conguration le. This le will produce an array (typically) and have a particular iterable structure. The top two keys are denition and instance, each specifying values for respectively, denition setup and instance manager setup. The denition section expects the following information expressed as a PHP array:
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$config = array( definition => array( compiler => array(/* @todo compiler information */), runtime => array(/* @todo runtime information */), class => array( instantiator => , // the name of the instantiator, by default this is __construct supertypes => array(), // an array of supertypes the class implements methods => array( setSomeParameter => array( // a method name parameterName => array( name, // string parameter name type, // type or null is-required // bool ) ) ) ) ) );

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84.1 Debugging a DiC
It is possible to dump the information contained within both the Denition and InstanceManager for a Di instance. The easiest way is to do the following:
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If you are using a RuntimeDenition where upon you expect a particular denition to be resolve at the rst-call, you can see that information to the console display to force it to read that class:
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84.2 Complex Use Cases


84.2.1 Interface Injection
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namespace Foo\Bar { class Baz implements BamAwareInterface { public $bam; public function setBam(Bam $bam){ $this->bam = $bam; } } class Bam { } interface BamAwareInterface { public function setBam(Bam $bam); } } namespace { include zf2bootstrap.php; $di = new Zend\Di\Di; $baz = $di->get(Foo\Bar\Baz); }

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84.2.2 Setter Injection with Class Denition


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namespace Foo\Bar { class Baz { public $bam; public function setBam(Bam $bam){ $this->bam = $bam; } } class Bam { } } namespace { $di = new Zend\Di\Di; $di->configure(new Zend\Di\Config(array( definition => array( class => array( Foo\Bar\Baz => array( setBam => array(required => true) ) ) ) ))); $baz = $di->get(Foo\Bar\Baz); }

84.2.3 Multiple Injections To A Single Injection Point


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namespace Application { class Page { public $blocks; public function addBlock(Block $block){ $this->blocks[] = $block; } } interface Block { } } namespace MyModule { class BlockOne implements \Application\Block {} class BlockTwo implements \Application\Block {} } namespace { include zf2bootstrap.php; $di = new Zend\Di\Di; $di->configure(new Zend\Di\Config(array( definition => array( class => array( Application\Page => array( addBlock => array( block => array(type => Application\Block, required => true) ) ) )

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), instance => array( Application\Page => array( injections => array( MyModule\BlockOne, MyModule\BlockTwo ) ) ) ))); $page = $di->get(Application\Page); }

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\DOM
The Zend\Dom component provides tools for working with DOM documents and structures. Currently, we offer Zend\Dom\Query, which provides a unied interface for querying DOM documents utilizing both XPath and CSS selectors.

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Zend\Dom\Query provides mechanisms for querying XML and (X) HTML documents utilizing either XPath or CSS selectors. It was developed to aid with functional testing of MVC applications, but could also be used for rapid development of screen scrapers. CSS selector notation is provided as a simpler and more familiar notation for web developers to utilize when querying documents with XML structures. The notation should be familiar to anybody who has developed Cascading Style Sheets or who utilizes Javascript toolkits that provide functionality for selecting nodes utilizing CSS selectors (Prototypes $$() and Dojos dojo.query were both inspirations for the component).

86.1 Theory of Operation


To use Zend\Dom\Query, you instantiate a Zend\Dom\Query object, optionally passing a document to query (a string). Once you have a document, you can use either the query() or queryXpath() methods; each method will return a Zend\Dom\NodeList object with any matching nodes. The primary difference between Zend\Dom\Query and using DOMDocument + DOMXPath is the ability to select against CSS selectors. You can utilize any of the following, in any combination: element types: provide an element type to match: div, a, span, h2, etc. style attributes: CSS style attributes to match: .error, div.error, label.required, etc. If an element denes more than one style, this will match as long as the named style is present anywhere in the style declaration. id attributes: element ID attributes to match: #content, div#nav, etc. arbitrary attributes: arbitrary element attributes to match. Three different types of matching are provided: exact match: the attribute exactly matches the string: div[bar=baz] would match a div element with a bar attribute that exactly matches the value baz. word match: the attribute contains a word matching the string: div[bar~=baz] would match a div element with a bar attribute that contains the word baz. <div bar=foo baz> would match, but <div bar=foo bazbat> would not. substring match: the attribute contains the string: div[bar*=baz] would match a div element with a bar attribute that contains the string baz anywhere within it. direct descendents: utilize > between selectors to denote direct descendents. div > span would select only span elements that are direct descendents of a div. Can also be used with any of the selectors above. descendents: string together multiple selectors to indicate a hierarchy along which to search. div .foo span #one would select an element of id one that is a descendent of arbitrary depth beneath a span element, which is in turn a descendent of arbitrary depth beneath an element with a class of foo, that is an 357

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descendent of arbitrary depth beneath a div element. For example, it would match the link to the word One in the listing below:
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<div> <table> <tr> <td class="foo"> <div> Lorem ipsum <span class="bar"> <a href="/foo/bar" id="one">One</a> <a href="/foo/baz" id="two">Two</a> <a href="/foo/bat" id="three">Three</a> <a href="/foo/bla" id="four">Four</a> </span> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div>

Once youve performed your query, you can then work with the result object to determine information about the nodes, as well as to pull them and/or their content directly for examination and manipulation. Zend\Dom\NodeList implements Countable and Iterator, and stores the results internally as a DOMDocument and DOMNodeList. As an example, consider the following call, that selects against the HTML above:
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use Zend\Dom\Query; $dom = new Query($html); $results = $dom->execute(.foo .bar a); $count = count($results); // get number of matches: 4 foreach ($results as $result) { // $result is a DOMElement }

Zend\Dom\Query also allows straight XPath queries utilizing the queryXpath() method; you can pass any valid XPath query to this method, and it will return a Zend\Dom\NodeList object.

86.2 Methods Available


The Zend\Dom\Query family of classes have the following methods available.

86.2.1 Zend\Dom\Query
The following methods are available to Zend\Dom\Query: setDocumentXml($document, $encoding = null): specify an XML string to query against. setDocumentXhtml($document, $encoding = null): specify an XHTML string to query against. setDocumentHtml($document, $encoding = null): specify an HTML string to query against. setDocument($document, $encoding = null): specify Zend\Dom\Query will then attempt to autodetect the document type. a string to query against;

setEncoding($encoding): specify an encoding string to use. This encoding will be passed to DOMDocuments constructor if specied.

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getDocument(): retrieve the original document string provided to the object. getDocumentType(): retrieve the document type of the document provided to the object; will be one of the DOC_XML, DOC_XHTML, or DOC_HTML class constants. getEncoding(): retrieves the specied encoding. execute($query): query the document using CSS selector notation. queryXpath($xPathQuery): query the document using XPath notation.

86.2.2 Zend\Dom\NodeList
As mentioned previously, Zend\Dom\NodeList implements both Iterator and Countable, and as such can be used in a foreach() loop as well as with the count() function. Additionally, it exposes the following methods: getCssQuery(): return the CSS selector query used to produce the result (if any). getXpathQuery(): return the XPath query used to produce the result. Internally, Zend\Dom\Query converts CSS selector queries to XPath, so this value will always be populated. getDocument(): retrieve the DOMDocument the selection was made against.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\ESCAPER
The OWASP Top 10 web security risks study lists Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in second place. PHPs sole functionality against XSS is limited to two functions of which one is commonly misapplied. Thus, the Zend\Escaper component was written. It offers developers a way to escape output and defend from XSS and related vulnerabilities by introducing contextual escaping based on peer-reviewed rules. Zend\Escaper was written with ease of use in mind, so it can be used completely stand-alone from the rest of the framework, and as such can be installed with Composer. For easier use of the Escaper component within the framework itself, especially with the Zend\View component, a set of view helpers is provided. Warning: The Zend\Escaper is a security related component. As such, if you believe you found an issue with this component, we ask that you follow our Security Policy and report security issues accordingly. The Zend Framework team and the contributors thanks you in advance.

87.1 Overview
The Zend\Escaper component provides one class, Zend\Escaper\Escaper which in turn, provides ve methods for escaping output. Which method to use when, depends on the context in which the outputted data is used. It is up to the developer to use the right methods in the right context. Zend\Escaper\Escaper has the following escaping methods available for each context: escapeHtml: escape a string for the HTML Body context. escapeHtmlAttr: escape a string for the HTML Attribute context. escapeJs: escape a string for the Javascript context. escapeCss: escape a string for the CSS context. escapeUrl: escape a string for the URI or Parameter contexts. Usage of each method will be discussed in detail in later chapters.

87.2 What Zend\Escaper is not


Zend\Escaper is meant to be used only for escaping data that is to be output, and as such should not be misused for ltering input data. For such tasks, the Zend\Filter component, HTMLPurier or PHPs Filter component should be used.

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Zend\Escaper provides methods for escaping output data, dependent on the context in which the data will be used. Each method is based on peer-reviewed rules and is in compliance with the current OWASP recommendations. The escaping follows a well known and xed set of encoding rules for each key HTML context, which are dened by OWASP. These rules cannot be impacted or negated by browser quirks or edge-case HTML parsing unless the browser suffers a catastrophic bug in its HTML parser or Javascript interpreter - both of these are unlikely. The contexts in which Zend\Escaper should be used are HTML Body, HTML Attribute, Javascript, CSS and URL/URI contexts. Every escaper method will take the data to be escaped, make sure it is utf-8 encoded data, or try to convert it to utf-8, do the context-based escaping, encode the escaped data back to its original encoding and return the data to the caller. The actual escaping of the data differs between each method, they all have their own set of rules according to which the escaping is done. An example will allow us to clearly demonstrate the difference, and how the same characters are being escaped differently between contexts:
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$escaper = new Zend\Escaper\Escaper(utf-8); // &lt;script&gt;alert(&quot;zf2&quot;)&lt;/script&gt; echo $escaper->escapeHtml(<script>alert("zf2")</script>); // &lt;script&gt;alert&#x28;&quot;zf2&quot;&#x29;&lt;&#x2F;script&gt; echo $escaper->escapeHtmlAttr(<script>alert("zf2")</script>); // \x3Cscript\x3Ealert\x28\x22zf2\x22\x29\x3C\x2Fscript\x3E echo $escaper->escapeJs(<script>alert("zf2")</script>); // \3C script\3E alert\28 \22 zf2\22 \29 \3C \2F script\3E echo $escaper->escapeCss(<script>alert("zf2")</script>); // %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22zf2%22%29%3C%2Fscript%3E echo $escaper->escapeUrl(<script>alert("zf2")</script>);

More detailed examples will be given in later chapters.

88.1 The Problem with Inconsistent Functionality


At present, programmers orient towards the following PHP functions for each common HTML context: HTML Body: htmlspecialchars() or htmlentities() HTML Attribute: htmlspecialchars() or htmlentities() Javascript: addslashes() or json_encode() CSS: n/a

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URL/URI: rawurlencode() or urlencode() In practice, these decisions appear to depend more on what PHP offers, and if it can be interpreted as offering sufcient escaping safety, than it does on what is recommended in reality to defend against XSS. While these functions can prevent some forms of XSS, they do not cover all use cases or risks and are therefore insufcient defenses. Using htmlspecialchars() in a perfectly valid HTML5 unquoted attribute value, for example, is completely useless since the value can be terminated by a space (among other things) which is never escaped. Thus, in this instance, we have a conict between a widely used HTML escaper and a modern HTML specication, with no specic function available to cover this use case. While its tempting to blame users, or the HTML specication authors, escaping just needs to deal with whatever HTML and browsers allow. Using addslashes(), custom backslash escaping or json_encode() will typically ignore HTML special characters such as ampersands which may be used to inject entities into Javascript. Under the right circumstances, browser will convert these entities into their literal equivalents before interpreting Javascript thus allowing attackers to inject arbitrary code. Inconsistencies with valid HTML, insecure default parameters, lack of character encoding awareness, and misrepresentations of what functions are capable of by some programmers - these all make escaping in PHP an unnecessarily convoluted quest. To circumvent the lack of escaping methods in PHP, Zend\Escaper addresses the need to apply context-specic escaping in web applications. It implements methods that specically target XSS and offers programmers a tool to secure their applications without misusing other inadequate methods, or using, most likely incomplete, home-grown solutions.

88.2 Why Contextual Escaping?


To understand why multiple standardised escaping methods are needed, heres a couple of quick points (by no means a complete set!):

88.2.1 HTML escaping of unquoted HTML attribute values still allows XSS
This is probably the best known way to defeat htmlspecialchars() when used on attribute values since any space (or character interpreted as a space - there are a lot) lets you inject new attributes whose content cant be neutralised by HTML escaping. The solution (where this is possible) is additional escaping as dened by the OWASP ESAPI codecs. The point here can be extended further - escaping only works if a programmer or designer know what theyre doing. In many contexts, there are additional practices and gotchas that need to be carefully monitored since escaping sometimes needs a little extra help to protect against XSS - even if that means ensuring all attribute values are properly double quoted despite this not being required for valid HTML.

88.2.2 HTML escaping of CSS, Javascript or URIs is often reversed when passed to non-HTML interpreters by the browser
HTML escaping is just that - its designed to escape a string for HTML (i.e. prevent tag or attribute insertion) but not alter the underlying meaning of the content whether it be Text, Javascript, CSS or URIs. For that purpose a fully HTML escaped version of any other context may still have its unescaped form extracted before its interpreted or executed. For this reason we need separate escapers for Javascript, CSS and URIs and those writing templates must know which escaper to apply to which context. Of course this means you need to be able to identify the correct context before selecting the right escaper!

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88.2.3 DOM based XSS requires a defence using at least two levels of different escaping in many cases
DOM based XSS has become increasingly common as Javascript has taken off in popularity for large scale client side coding. A simple example is Javascript dened in a template which inserts a new piece of HTML text into the DOM. If the string is only HTML escaped, it may still contain Javascript that will execute in that context. If the string is only Javascript escaped, it may contain HTML markup (new tags and attributes) which will be injected into the DOM and parsed once the inserting Javascript executes. Damned either way? The solution is to escape twice - rst escape the string for HTML (make it safe for DOM insertion), and then for Javascript (make it safe for the current Javascript context). Nested contexts are a common means of bypassing naive escaping habits (e.g. you can inject Javascript into a CSS expression within a HTML Attribute).

88.2.4 PHP has no known anti-XSS escape functions (only those kidnapped from their original purposes)
A simple example, widely used, is when you see json_encode() used to escape Javascript, or worse, some kind of mutant addslashes() implementation. These were never designed to eliminate XSS yet PHP programmers use them as such. For example, json_encode() does not escape the ampersand or semi-colon characters by default. That means you can easily inject HTML entities which could then be decoded before the Javascript is evaluated in a HTML document. This lets you break out of strings, add new JS statements, close tags, etc. In other words, using json_encode() is insufcient and naive. The same, arguably, could be said for htmlspecialchars() which has its own well known limitations that make a singular reliance on it a questionable practice.

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CONFIGURING ZEND\ESCAPER
Zend\Escaper\Escaper has only one conguration option available, and that is the encoding to be used by the Escaper object. The default encoding is utf-8. Other supported encodings are: iso-8859-1 iso-8859-5 iso-8859-15 cp866, ibm866, 866 cp1251, windows-1251 cp1252, windows-1252 koi8-r, koi8-ru big5, big5-hkscs, 950, gb2312, 936 shift_jis, sjis, sjis-win, cp932 eucjp, eucjp-win macroman If an unsupported encoding is passed to Zend\Escaper\Escaper, Zend\Escaper\Exception\InvalidArgumentException will be thrown. a

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ESCAPING HTML
Probably the most common escaping happens in the HTML Body context. There are very few characters with special meaning in this context, yet it is quite common to escape data incorrectly, namely by setting the wrong ags and character encoding. For escaping data in the HTML Body context, use Zend\Escaper\Escapers escapeHtml method. Internally it uses PHPs htmlspecialchars, and additionally correctly sets the ags and encoding.
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// outputting this without escaping would be a bad idea! $input = <script>alert("zf2")</script>; $escaper = new Zend\Escaper\Escaper(utf-8); // somewhere in an HTML template <div class="user-provided-input"> <?php echo $escaper->escapeHtml($input); // all safe! ?> </div>

One thing a developer needs to pay special attention too, is that the encoding in which the document is served to the client, as it must be the same as the encoding used for escaping!

90.1 Examples of Bad HTML Escaping


An example of incorrect usage:
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<?php $input = <script>alert("zf2")</script>; $escaper = new Zend\Escaper\Escaper(utf-8); ?> <?php header(Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Encodings set incorrectly!</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body> <?php // Bad! The escapers and the documents encodings are different! echo $escaper->escapeHtml($input);

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90.2 Examples of Good HTML Escaping


An example of correct usage:
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<?php $input = <script>alert("zf2")</script>; $escaper = new Zend\Escaper\Escaper(utf-8); ?> <?php header(Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Encodings set correctly!</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <?php // Good! The escapers and the documents encodings are same! echo $escaper->escapeHtml($input); ?> </body>

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ESCAPING HTML ATTRIBUTES


Escaping data in the HTML Attribute context is most often done incorrectly, if not overlooked completely by developers. Regular HTML escaping can be used for escaping HTML attributes, but only if the attribute value can be guaranteed as being properly quoted! To avoid confusion, we recommend always using the HTML Attribute escaper method in the HTML Attribute context. To escape data in the HTML Attribute, use Zend\Escaper\Escapers escapeHtmlAttr method. Internally it will convert the data to UTF-8, check for its validity, and use an extended set of characters to escape that are not covered by htmlspecialchars to cover the cases where an attribute might be unquoted or quoted illegally.

91.1 Examples of Bad HTML Attribute Escaping


An example of incorrect HTML attribute escaping:
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<?php header(Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <?php $input = <<<INPUT onmouseover=alert(/ZF2!/); INPUT; /** * NOTE: This is equivalent to using htmlspecialchars($input, ENT_COMPAT) */ $output = htmlspecialchars($input); ?> <html> <head> <title>Single Quoted Attribute</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <div> <?php // the span tag will look like: // <span title= onmouseover=alert(/ZF2!/);> ?> <span title=<?php echo $output ?>> What framework are you using? </span> </div> </body> </html>

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In the above example, the default ENT_COMPAT ag is being used, which does not escape single quotes, thus resulting in an alert box popping up when the onmouseover event happens on the span element. Another example of incorrect HTML attribute escaping can happen when unquoted attributes are used, which is, by the way, perfectly valid HTML5:
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<?php header(Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <?php $input = <<<INPUT faketitle onmouseover=alert(/ZF2!/); INPUT; // Tough luck using proper flags when the title attribute is unquoted! $output = htmlspecialchars($input,ENT_QUOTES); ?> <html> <head> <title>Quoteless Attribute</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <div> <?php // the span tag will look like: // <span title=faketitle onmouseover=alert(/ZF2!/);> ?> <span title=<?php echo $output ?>> What framework are you using? </span> </div> </body> </html>

The above example shows how it is easy to break out from unquoted attributes in HTML5.

91.2 Examples of Good HTML Attribute Escaping


Both of the previous examples can be avoided by simply using the escapeHtmlAttr method:
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// <span title=faketitle&#x20;onmouseover&#x3D;alert&#x28;&#x2F;ZF2&#x21;&#x2F;&#x29;&#x3B;> ?> <span title=<?php echo $output ?>> What framework are you using? </span> </div> </body> </html>

In the above example, the malicious input from the attacker becomes completely harmless as we used proper HTML attribute escaping!

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ESCAPING JAVASCRIPT
Javascript string literals in HTML are subject to signicant restrictions particularly due to the potential for unquoted attributes and any uncertainty as to whether Javascript will be viewed as being CDATA or PCDATA by the browser. To eliminate any possible XSS vulnerabilities, Javascript escaping for HTML extends the escaping rules of both ECMAScript and JSON to include any potentially dangerous character. Very similar to HTML attribute value escaping, this means escaping everything except basic alphanumeric characters and the comma, period and underscore characters as hexadecimal or unicode escapes. Javascript escaping applies to all literal strings and digits. It is not possible to safely escape other Javascript markup. To escape data in the Javascript context, use Zend\Escaper\Escapers escapeJs method. An extended set of characters are escaped beyond ECMAScripts rules for Javascript literal string escaping in order to prevent misinterpretation of Javascript as HTML leading to the injection of special characters and entities.

92.1 Examples of Bad Javascript Escaping


An example of incorrect Javascript escaping:
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<?php header(Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <?php $input = <<<INPUT bar&quot;; alert(&quot;Meow!&quot;); var xss=&quot;true INPUT; $output = json_encode($input); ?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Unescaped Entities</title> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> <script type="text/javascript"> <?php // this will result in // var foo = "bar&quot;; alert(&quot;Meow!&quot;); var xss=&quot;true"; ?> var foo = <?php echo $output ?>; </script> </head> <body> <p>json_encode() is not good for escaping javascript!</p> </body> </html>

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The above example will show an alert popup box as soon as the page is loaded, because the data is not properly escaped for the Javascript context.

92.2 Examples of Good Javascript Escaping


By using the escapeJs method in the Javascript context, such attacks can be prevented:
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<?php header(Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <?php $input = <<<INPUT bar&quot;; alert(&quot;Meow!&quot;); var xss=&quot;true INPUT; $escaper = new Zend\Escaper\Escaper(utf-8); $output = $escaper->escapeJs($input); ?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Escaped Entities</title> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> <script type="text/javascript"> <?php // this will look like // var foo = bar\x26quot\x3B\x3B\x20alert\x28\x26quot\x3BMeow\x21\x26quot\x3B\x29\x3B\x20var\ ?> var foo = <?php echo $output ?>; </script> </head> <body> <p>Zend\Escaper\Escaper::escapeJs() is good for escaping javascript!</p> </body> </html>

In the above example, the Javascript parser will most likely report a SyntaxError, but at least the targeted application remains safe from such attacks.

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ESCAPING CASCADING STYLE SHEETS


CSS is similar to Javascript for the same reasons. CSS escaping excludes only basic alphanumeric characters and escapes all other characters into valid CSS hexadecimal escapes.

93.1 Examples of Bad CSS Escaping


In most cases developers forget to escape CSS completely:
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<?php header(Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <?php $input = <<<INPUT body { background-image: url(http://example.com/foo.jpg?</style><script>alert(1)</script>); } INPUT; ?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Unescaped CSS</title> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> <style> <?php echo $input; ?> </style> </head> <body> <p>User controlled CSS needs to be properly escaped!</p> </body> </html>

In the above example, by failing to escape the user provided CSS, an attacker can execute an XSS attack fairly easily.

93.2 Examples of Good CSS Escaping


By using escapeCss method in the CSS context, such attacks can be prevented:

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<?php header(Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <?php $input = <<<INPUT body { background-image: url(http://example.com/foo.jpg?</style><script>alert(1)</script>); } INPUT; $escaper = new Zend\Escaper\Escaper(utf-8); $output = $escaper->escapeCss($input); ?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Escaped CSS</title> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> <style> <?php // output will look something like // body\20 \7B \A \20 \20 \20 \20 background\2D image\3A \20 url\28 ... echo $output; ?> </style> </head> <body> <p>User controlled CSS needs to be properly escaped!</p> </body> </html>

By properly escaping user controlled CSS, we can prevent XSS attacks in our web applications.

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ESCAPING URLS
This method is basically an alias for PHPs rawurlencode() which has applied RFC 3986 since PHP 5.3. It is included primarily for consistency. URL escaping applies to data being inserted into a URL and not to the whole URL itself.

94.1 Examples of Bad URL Escaping


XSS attacks are easy if data inserted into URLs is not escaped properly:
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<?php header(Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <?php $input = <<<INPUT " onmouseover="alert(zf2) INPUT; ?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Unescaped URL data</title> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> </head> <body> <a href="http://example.com/?name=<?php echo $input; ?>">Click here!</a> </body> </html>

94.2 Examples of Good URL Escaping


By properly escaping data in URLs by using escapeUrl, we can prevent XSS attacks:
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<head> <title>Unescaped URL data</title> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> </head> <body> <a href="http://example.com/?name=<?php echo $output; ?>">Click here!</a> </body> </html>

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THE EVENTMANAGER
95.1 Overview
The EventManager is a component designed for the following use cases: Implementing simple subject/observer patterns. Implementing Aspect-Oriented designs. Implementing event-driven architectures. The basic architecture allows you to attach and detach listeners to named events, both on a per-instance basis as well as via shared collections; trigger events; and interrupt execution of listeners.

95.2 Quick Start


Typically, you will compose an EventManager instance in a class.
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use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface; use Zend\EventManager\EventManager; use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerAwareInterface; class Foo implements EventManagerAwareInterface { protected $events; public function setEventManager(EventManagerInterface $events) { $events->setIdentifiers(array( __CLASS__, get_called_class(), )); $this->events = $events; return $this; } public function getEventManager() { if (null === $this->events) { $this->setEventManager(new EventManager()); } return $this->events;

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The above allows users to access the EventManager instance, or reset it with a new instance; if one does not exist, it will be lazily instantiated on-demand. An EventManager is really only interesting if it triggers some events. Basic triggering takes three arguments: the event name, which is usually the current function/method name; the context, which is usually the current object instance; and the arguments, which are usually the arguments provided to the current function/method.
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class Foo { // ... assume events definition from above public function bar($baz, $bat = null) { $params = compact(baz, bat); $this->getEventManager()->trigger(__FUNCTION__, $this, $params); } }

In turn, triggering events is only interesting if something is listening for the event. Listeners attach to the EventManager, specifying a named event and the callback to notify. The callback receives an Event object, which has accessors for retrieving the event name, context, and parameters. Lets add a listener, and trigger the event.
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use Zend\Log\Factory as LogFactory; $log = LogFactory($someConfig); $foo = new Foo(); $foo->getEventManager()->attach(bar, function ($e) use ($log) { $event = $e->getName(); $target = get_class($e->getTarget()); $params = json_encode($e->getParams()); $log->info(sprintf( %s called on %s, using params %s, $event, $target, $params )); }); // Results in log message: $foo->bar(baz, bat); // reading: bar called on Foo, using params {"baz" : "baz", "bat" : "bat"}"

Note that the second argument to attach() is any valid callback; an anonymous function is shown in the example in order to keep the example self-contained. However, you could also utilize a valid function name, a functor, a string referencing a static method, or an array callback with a named static method or instance method. Again, any PHP callback is valid. Sometimes you may want to specify listeners without yet having an object instance of the class composing an EventManager. Zend Framework enables this through the concept of a SharedEventCollection. Simply put, you can inject individual EventManager instances with a well-known SharedEventCollection, and the EventManager instance will query it for additional listeners. Listeners attach to a SharedEventCollection in roughly the same way the do normal event managers; the call to attach is identical to the EventManager, but expects an additional parameter at the beginning: a named instance. Remember the example of composing an EventManager, how we passed it __CLASS__? That value, or any strings you provide in an array to the constructor, may be used to identify an instance when using a SharedEventCollection. As an example, assuming 382 Chapter 95. The EventManager

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use Zend\Log\Factory as LogFactory; // Assume $events is a Zend\EventManager\SharedEventManager instance $log = LogFactory($someConfig); $events->attach(Foo, bar, function ($e) use ($log) { $event = $e->getName(); $target = get_class($e->getTarget()); $params = json_encode($e->getParams()); $log->info(sprintf( %s called on %s, using params %s, $event, $target, $params )); }); // Later, instantiate Foo: $foo = new Foo(); $foo->getEventManager()->setSharedManager($events); // And we can still trigger the above event: $foo->bar(baz, bat); // results in log message: // bar called on Foo, using params {"baz" : "baz", "bat" : "bat"}"

Note: StaticEventManager As of 2.0.0beta3, you can use the StaticEventManager singleton as a SharedEventCollection. As such, you do not need to worry about where and how to get access to the SharedEventCollection; its globally available by simply calling StaticEventManager::getInstance(). Be aware, however, that its usage is deprecated within the framework, and starting with 2.0.0beta4, you will instead congure a SharedEventManager instance that will be injected by the framework into individual EventManager instances. The EventManager also provides the ability to detach listeners, short-circuit execution of an event either from within a listener or by testing return values of listeners, test and loop through the results returned by listeners, prioritize listeners, and more. Many of these features are detailed in the examples.

95.2.1 Wildcard Listeners


Sometimes youll want to attach the same listener to many events or to all events of a given instance or potentially, with a shared event collection, many contexts, and many events. The EventManager component allows for this.
Attaching to many events at once $events = new EventManager(); $events->attach(array(these, are, event, names), $callback);

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Attaching to many events at once via a SharedEventManager $events = new SharedEventManager(); // Attach to many events on the context "foo" $events->attach(foo, array(these, are, event, names), $callback); // Attach to many events on the contexts "foo" and "bar" $events->attach(array(foo, bar), array(these, are, event, names), $callback);

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Note that if you specify a priority, that priority will be used for all events specied.
Attaching using the wildcard via a SharedEventManager $events = new SharedEventManager(); // Attach to all events on the context "foo" $events->attach(foo, *, $callback); // Attach to all events on the contexts "foo" and "bar" $events->attach(array(foo, bar), *, $callback);

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Note that if you specify a priority, that priority will be used for all events specied. The above is specifying that for the contexts foo and bar, the specied listener should be notied for any event they trigger.

95.3 Conguration Options


EventManager Options

identier A string or array of strings to which the given EventManager instance can answer when accessed via a SharedEventManager. event_class The name of an alternate Event class to use for representing events passed to listeners. shared_collections An instance of a SharedEventCollection instance to use when triggering events.

95.4 Available Methods


__construct __construct(null|string|int $identifier) Constructs a new EventManager instance, using the given identier, if provided, for purposes of shared collections.

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setEventClass setEventClass(string $class) Provide the name of an alternate Event class to use when creating events to pass to triggered listeners. setSharedCollections setSharedCollections(SharedEventCollection $collections = null) An instance of a SharedEventCollection instance to use when triggering events. getSharedCollections getSharedCollections() Returns the currently attached SharedEventCollection instance. Returns either a null if no collection is attached, or a SharedEventCollection instance otherwise. trigger trigger(string $event, mixed $target = null, mixed $argv, callback $callback = null) Triggers all listeners to a named event. The recommendation is to use the current function/method name for $event, appending it with values such as .pre, .post, etc. as needed. $target should be the current object instance, or the name of the function if not triggering within an object. $argv should typically be an associative array or ArrayAccess instance; we recommend using the parameters passed to the function/method (compact() is often useful here). This method can also take a callback and behave in the same way as triggerUntil(). The method returns an instance of ResponseCollection, which may be used to introspect return values of the various listeners, test for short-circuiting, and more. triggerUntil triggerUntil(string $event, mixed $target, mixed $argv = null, callback $callback = null) Triggers all listeners to a named event, just like trigger(), with the addition that it passes the return value from each listener to $callback; if $callback returns a boolean true value, execution of the listeners is interrupted. You can test for this using $result->stopped(). attach attach(string $event, callback $callback, int $priority) Attaches $callback to the EventManager instance, listening for the event $event. If a $priority is provided, the listener will be inserted into the internal listener stack using that priority; higher values execute earliest. (Default priority is 1, and negative priorities are allowed.) The method returns an instance of Zend\Stdlib\CallbackHandler; this value can later be passed to detach() if desired. attachAggregate attachAggregate(string|ListenerAggregate $aggregate) If a string is passed for $aggregate, instantiates that class. The $aggregate is then passed the EventManager instance to its attach() method so that it may register listeners. The ListenerAggregate instance is returned. detach detach(CallbackHandler|ListenerAggregateInterface $listener) Scans all listeners, and detaches any that match $listener so that they will no longer be triggered. Returns a boolean true if any listeners have been identied and unsubscribed, and a boolean false otherwise. detachAggregate detachAggregate(ListenerAggregateInterface $aggregate) Loops through all listeners of all events to identify listeners that are represented by the aggregate; for all matches, the listeners will be removed. Returns a boolean true if any listeners have been identied and unsubscribed, and a boolean false otherwise. getEvents getEvents() Returns an array of all event names that have listeners attached.

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getListeners getListeners(string $event) Returns a Zend\Stdlib\PriorityQueue instance of all listeners attached to $event. clearListeners clearListeners(string $event) Removes all listeners attached to $event. prepareArgs prepareArgs(array $args) Creates an ArrayObject from the provided $args. This can be useful if you want yours listeners to be able to modify arguments such that later listeners or the triggering method can see the changes.

95.5 Examples
Modifying Arguments

Occasionally it can be useful to allow listeners to modify the arguments they receive so that later listeners or the calling method will receive those changed values. As an example, you might want to pre-lter a date that you know will arrive as a string and convert it to a DateTime argument. To do this, you can pass your arguments to prepareArgs(), and pass this new object when triggering an event. You will then pull that value back into your method.
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class ValueObject { // assume a composed event manager function inject(array $values) { $argv = compact(values); $argv = $this->getEventManager()->prepareArgs($argv); $this->getEventManager()->trigger(__FUNCTION__, $this, $argv); $date = isset($argv[values][date]) ? $argv[values][date] : new DateTime(now); // ... } } $v = new ValueObject(); $v->getEventManager()->attach(inject, function($e) { $values = $e->getParam(values); if (!$values) { return; } if (!isset($values[date])) { $values[date] = new \DateTime(now); return; } $values[date] = new \Datetime($values[date]); }); $v->inject(array( date => 2011-08-10 15:30:29, ));

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Short Circuiting

One common use case for events is to trigger listeners until either one indicates no further processing should be done, or until a return value meets specic criteria. As examples, if an event creates a Response object, it may want execution to stop.
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Alternately, we could do the check from the method triggering the event.
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class Foo implements DispatchableInterface { // assume composed event manager public function dispatch(Request $request, Response $response = null) { $argv = compact(request, response); $results = $this->getEventManager()->triggerUntil(__FUNCTION__, $this, $argv, function($v) { return ($v instanceof Response); }); } }

Typically, you may want to return a value that stopped execution, or use it some way. Both trigger() and triggerUntil() return a ResponseCollection instance; call its stopped() method to test if execution was stopped, and last() method to retrieve the return value from the last executed listener:
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class Foo implements DispatchableInterface { // assume composed event manager public function dispatch(Request $request, Response $response = null) { $argv = compact(request, response); $results = $this->getEventManager()->triggerUntil(__FUNCTION__, $this, $argv, function($v) { return ($v instanceof Response); }); // Test if execution was halted, and return last result: if ($results->stopped()) { return $results->last(); } // continue... } }

Assigning Priority to Listeners

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The third argument to attach() is a priority value. The higher this number, the earlier that listener will execute; the lower it is, the later it executes. The value defaults to 1, and values will trigger in the order registered within a given priority. So, to implement a caching system, our method will need to trigger an event at method start as well as at method end. At method start, we want an event that will trigger early; at method end, an event should trigger late. Here is the class in which we want caching:
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class SomeValueObject { // assume it composes an event manager public function get($id) { $params = compact(id); $results = $this->getEventManager()->trigger(get.pre, $this, $params); // If an event stopped propagation, return the value if ($results->stopped()) { return $results->last(); } // do some work... $params[__RESULT__] = $someComputedContent; $this->getEventManager()->trigger(get.post, $this, $params); } }

Now, lets create a ListenerAggregateInterface that can handle caching for us:
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Zend\Cache\Cache; Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface; Zend\EventManager\ListenerAggregateInterface; Zend\EventManager\EventInterface;

class CacheListener implements ListenerAggregateInterface { protected $cache; protected $listeners = array(); public function __construct(Cache $cache) { $this->cache = $cache; } public function attach(EventManagerInterface $events) { $this->listeners[] = $events->attach(get.pre, array($this, load), 100); $this->listeners[] = $events->attach(get.post, array($this, save), -100); } public function detach(EventManagerInterface $events) { foreach ($this->listeners as $index => $listener) { if ($events->detach($listener)) { unset($this->listeners[$index]); }

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} } public function load(EventInterface $e) { $id = get_class($e->getTarget()) . - . json_encode($e->getParams()); if (false !== ($content = $this->cache->load($id))) { $e->stopPropagation(true); return $content; } } public function save(EventInterface $e) { $params = $e->getParams(); $content = $params[__RESULT__]; unset($params[__RESULT__]); $id = get_class($e->getTarget()) . - . json_encode($params); $this->cache->save($content, $id); } }

We can then attach the aggregate to an instance.


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Now, as we call get(), if we have a cached entry, it will be returned immediately; if not, a computed entry will be cached when we complete the method.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\FEED
Zend\Feed provides functionality for consuming RSS and Atom feeds. It provides a natural syntax for accessing elements of feeds, feed attributes, and entry attributes. Zend\Feed also has extensive support for modifying feed and entry structure with the same natural syntax, and turning the result back into XML. In the future, this modication support could provide support for the Atom Publishing Protocol. Zend\Feed consists of Zend\Feed\Reader for reading RSS and Atom feeds, Zend\Feed\Writer for writing RSS and Atom feeds, and Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub for working with Hub servers. Furthermore, both Zend\Feed\Reader and Zend\Feed\Writer support extensions which allows for working with additional data in feeds, not covered in the core API but used in conjunction with RSS and Atom feeds. In the example below, we demonstrate a simple use case of retrieving an RSS feed and saving relevant portions of the feed data to a simple PHP array, which could then be used for printing the data, storing to a database, etc. Note: Be aware Many RSS feeds have different channel and item properties available. The RSS specication provides for many optional properties, so be aware of this when writing code to work with RSS data. Zend\Feed supports all optional properties of the core RSS and Atom specications.

Reading RSS Feed Data with Zend\Feed\Reader // Fetch the latest Slashdot headlines try { $slashdotRss = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot); } catch (Zend\Feed\Exception\Reader\RuntimeException $e) { // feed import failed echo "Exception caught importing feed: {$e->getMessage()}\n"; exit; } // Initialize the $channel = array( title link description items ); channel/feed data array => => => => $slashdotRss->getTitle(), $slashdotRss->getLink(), $slashdotRss->getDescription(), array()

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$channel[items][] = array( title => $item->getTitle(), link => $item->getLink(), description => $item->getDescription() ); }

Your $channel array now contains the basic meta-information for the RSS channel and all items that it contained. The process is identical for Atom feeds since Zend\Feed features a common denominator API, i.e. all getters and setters are the same regardless of feed format.

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Zend\Feed enables developers to retrieve feeds very easily, by using Zend\Feader\Reader. If you know the URI of a feed, simply use the Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import() method:
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You can also use Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader to fetch the contents of a feed from a le or the contents of a PHP string variable:
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// importing a feed from a text file $feedFromFile = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::importFile(feed.xml); // importing a feed from a PHP string variable $feedFromPHP = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::importString($feedString);

In each of the examples above, an object of a class that extends Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\AbstractFeed is returned upon success, depending on the type of the feed. If an RSS feed were retrieved via one of the import methods above, then a Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\Rss object would be returned. On the other hand, if an Atom feed were imported, then a Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\Atom object is returned. The import methods will also throw a Zend\Feed\Exception\Reader\RuntimeException object upon failure, such as an unreadable or malformed feed.

97.1 Dumping the contents of a feed


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Web pages often contain <link> tags that refer to feeds with content relevant to the particular page. Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader enables you to retrieve all feeds referenced by a web page with one simple method call:
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Here the findFeedLinks() method returns a Zend\Feed\Reader\FeedSet object, that is in turn, a collection of other Zend\Feed\Reader\FeedSet objects, that are referenced by <link> tags on the news.html web page. Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader will throw a Zend\Feed\Reader\Exception\RuntimeException upon failure, such as an HTTP 404 response code or a malformed feed. You can examine all feed links located by iterating across the collection:
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Each Zend\Feed\Reader\FeedSet object will expose the rel, href, type and title properties of detected links for all RSS, Atom or RDF feeds. You can always select the rst encountered link of each type by using a shortcut:
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Reading an RSS feed is as simple as passing the URL of the feed to Zend\Feed\Reader\Readers import method.
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If any errors occur fetching the feed, a Zend\Feed\Reader\Exception\RuntimeException will be thrown. Once you have a feed object, you can access any of the standard RSS channel properties directly on the object:
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Most commonly youll want to loop through the feed and do something with its entries. Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\Rss internally converts all entries to a Zend\Feed\Reader\Entry\Rss. Entry properties, similarly to channel properties, can be accessed via getter methods, such as getTitle, getDescription ... An example of printing all titles of articles in a channel is:
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If you are not familiar with RSS, here are the standard elements you can expect to be available in an RSS channel and in individual RSS items (entries). Required channel elements: title- The name of the channel link- The URL of the web site corresponding to the channel description- A sentence or several describing the channel Common optional channel elements: pubDate- The publication date of this set of content, in RFC 822 date format language- The language the channel is written in

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category- One or more (specied by multiple tags) categories the channel belongs to RSS <item> elements do not have any strictly required elements. However, either title or description must be present. Common item elements: title- The title of the item link- The URL of the item description- A synopsis of the item author- The authors email address category- One more categories that the item belongs to comments-URL of comments relating to this item pubDate- The date the item was published, in RFC 822 date format In your code you can always test to see if an element is non-empty with:
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Where relevant, Zend\Feed supports a number of common RSS extensions including Dublin Core, Atom (inside RSS) and the Content, Slash, Syndication, Syndication/Thread and several other extensions or modules. For further information, the ofcial RSS 2.0 specication is available at: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss

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Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\Atom is used in much the same way as Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\Rss. It provides the same access to feed-level properties and iteration over entries in the feed. The main difference is in the structure of the Atom protocol itself. Atom is a successor to RSS; it is a more generalized protocol and it is designed to deal more easily with feeds that provide their full content inside the feed, splitting RSS description tag into two elements, summary and content, for that purpose.
Basic Use of an Atom Feed

Read an Atom feed and print the title and summary of each entry:
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updated- the date the entry was last updated, in RFC 3339 format Where relevant, Zend\Feed supports a number of common RSS extensions including Dublin Core and the Content, Slash, Syndication, Syndication/Thread and several other extensions in common use on blogs. For more information on Atom and plenty of resources, see http://www.atomenabled.org/.

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Single Atom <entry> elements are also valid by themselves. Usually the URL for an entry is the feeds URL followed by /<entryId>, such as http://atom.example.com/feed/1, using the example URL we used above. This pattern may exist for some web services which use Atom as a container syntax. If you read a single entry, you will have a Zend\Feed\Reader\Entry\Atom object.
Reading a Single-Entry Atom Feed $entry = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://atom.example.com/feed/1); echo Entry title: . $entry->getTitle();

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102.1 Introduction
As with any data coming from a source that is beyond the developers control, special attention needs to be given to securing, validating and ltering that data. Similar to data input to our application by users, data coming from RSS and Atom feeds should also be considered unsafe and potentially dangerous, as it allows the delivery of HTML and xHTML 1 . Because data validation and ltration is out of Zend\Feeds scope, this task is left for implementation by the developer, by using libraries such as Zend\Escaper for escaping and HTMLPurier for validating and ltering feed data. Escaping and ltering of potentially insecure data is highly recommended before outputting it anywhere in our application or before storing that data in some storage engine (be it a simple le, a database...).

102.2 Filtering data using HTMLPurier


Currently the best available library for ltering and validating (x)HTML data in PHP is HTMLPurier and, as such, is the recommended tool for this task. HTMLPurier works by ltering out all (x)HTML from the data, except for the tags and attributes specically allowed in a whitelist, and by checking and xing nesting of tags, ensuring a standardscompliant output. The following examples will show a basic usage of HTMLPurier, but developers are urged to go through and read HTMLPuriers documentation.
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// Setting HTMLPurifiers options $options = array( // Allow only paragraph tags // and anchor tags wit the href attribute array( HTML.Allowed, p,a[href] ), // Format end output with Tidy array( Output.TidyFormat, true ), // Assume XHTML 1.0 Strict Doctype array( HTML.Doctype,
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XHTML 1.0 Strict ), // Disable cache, but see note after the example array( Cache.DefinitionImpl, null ) ); // Configuring HTMLPurifier $config = HTMLPurifier_Config::createDefault(); foreach ($options as $option) { $config->set($option[0], $option[1]); } // Creating a HTMLPurifier with its config $purifier = new HTMLPurifier($config); // Fetch the RSS try { $rss = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://www.planet-php.net/rss/); } catch (Zend\Feed\Exception\Reader\RuntimeException $e) { // feed import failed echo "Exception caught importing feed: {$e->getMessage()}\n"; exit; } // Initialize the channel data array // See that were cleaning the description with HTMLPurifier $channel = array( title => $rss->getTitle(), link => $rss->getLink(), description => $purifier->purify($rss->getDescription()), items => array() ); // Loop over each channel item and store relevant data // See that were cleaning the descriptions with HTMLPurifier foreach ($rss as $item) { $channel[items][] = array( title => $item->getTitle(), link => $item->getLink(), description => $purifier->purify($item->getDescription()) ); }

Note: HTMLPurier is using the PHP Tidy extension to clean and repair the nal output. If this extension is not available, it will silently fail but its availability has no impact on the librarys security.

Note: For the sake of this example, the HTMLPuriers cache is disabled, but it is recommended to congure caching and use its standalone include le as it can improve the performance of HTMLPurier substantially.

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102.3 Escaping data using Zend\Escaper


To help prevent XSS attacks, Zend Framework has a new component Zend\Escaper, which complies to the current OWASP recommendations, and as such, is the recommended tool for escaping HTML tags and attributes, Javascript, CSS and URLs before outputing any potentially insecure data to the users.
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try { $rss = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://www.planet-php.net/rss/); } catch (Zend\Feed\Exception\Reader\RuntimeException $e) { // feed import failed echo "Exception caught importing feed: {$e->getMessage()}\n"; exit; } // Validate all URIs $linkValidator = new Zend\Validator\Uri; $link = null; if ($linkValidator->isValid($rss->getLink())) { $link = $rss->getLink(); } // Escaper used for escaping data $escaper = new Zend\Escaper\Escaper(utf-8); // Initialize the $channel = array( title link description items ); channel data array => => => => $escaper->escapeHtml($rss->getTitle()), $escaper->escapeHtml($link), $escaper->escapeHtml($rss->getDescription()), array()

// Loop over each channel item and store relevant data foreach ($rss as $item) { $link = null; if ($linkValidator->isValid($rss->getLink())) { $link = $item->getLink(); } $channel[items][] = array( title => $escaper->escapeHtml($item->getTitle()), link => $escaper->escapeHtml($link), description => $escaper->escapeHtml($item->getDescription()) ); }

The feed data is now safe for output to HTML templates. You can, of course, skip escaping when simply storing the data persistently but remember to escape it on output later! Of course, these are just basic examples, and cannot cover all possible scenarios that you, as a developer, can, and most likely will, encounter. Your responsibility is to learn what libraries and tools are at your disposal, and when and how to use them to secure your web applications.

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103.1 Introduction
Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader is a component used to consume RSS and Atom feeds of any version, including RDF /RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Atom 0.3 and Atom 1.0. The API for retrieving feed data is deliberately simple since Zend\Feed\Reader is capable of searching any feed of any type for the information requested through the API. If the typical elements containing this information are not present, it will adapt and fall back on a variety of alternative elements instead. This ability to choose from alternatives removes the need for users to create their own abstraction layer on top of the component to make it useful or have any in-depth knowledge of the underlying standards, current alternatives, and namespaced extensions. Internally, Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader works almost entirely on the basis of making XPath queries against the feed XMLs Document Object Model. This singular approach to parsing is consistent and the component offers a plugin system to add to the Feed and Entry level API by writing Extensions on a similar basis. Performance is assisted in three ways. First of all, Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader supports caching using Zend\Cache to maintain a copy of the original feed XML. This allows you to skip network requests for a feed URI if the cache is valid. Second, the Feed and Entry level API is backed by an internal cache (non-persistent) so repeat API calls for the same feed will avoid additional DOM or XPath use. Thirdly, importing feeds from a URI can take advantage of HTTP Conditional GET requests which allow servers to issue an empty 304 response when the requested feed has not changed since the last time you requested it. In the nal case, an instance of Zend\Cache will hold the last received feed along with the ETag and Last-Modied header values sent in the HTTP response. Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader is not capable of constructing feeds and delegates this responsibility to Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer.

103.2 Importing Feeds


Feeds can be imported from a string, le or an URI. Importing from a URI can additionally utilise a HTTP Conditional GET request. If importing fails, an exception will be raised. The end result will be an object of type Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\AbstractFeed, the core implementations of which are Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\Rss and Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\Atom. Both objects support multiple (all existing) versions of these broad feed types. In the following example, we import an RDF /RSS 1.0 feed and extract some basic information that can be saved to a database or elsewhere.
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foreach ($feed as $entry) { $edata = array( title => $entry->getTitle(), description => $entry->getDescription(), dateModified => $entry->getDateModified(), authors => $entry->getAuthors(), link => $entry->getLink(), content => $entry->getContent() ); $data[entries][] = $edata; }

The example above demonstrates Zend\Feed\Reader\Readers API, and it also demonstrates some of its internal operation. In reality, the RDF feed selected does not have any native date or author elements, however it does utilise the Dublin Core 1.1 module which offers namespaced creator and date elements. Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader falls back on these and similar options if no relevant native elements exist. If it absolutely cannot nd an alternative it will return NULL, indicating the information could not be found in the feed. You should note that classes implementing Zend\Feed\Reader\Feed\AbstractFeed also implement the SPL Iterator and Countable interfaces. Feeds can also be imported from strings or les.
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// from a URI $feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://www.planet-php.net/rdf/); // from a String $feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::importString($feedXmlString); // from a file $feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::importFile(./feed.xml);

103.3 Retrieving Underlying Feed and Entry Sources


Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader does its best not to stick you in a narrow conne. If you need to work on a feed outside of Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader, you can extract the base DOMDocument or DOMElement objects from any class, or even an XML string containing these. Also provided are methods to extract the current DOMXPath object (with all core and Extension namespaces registered) and the correct prex used in all XPath queries for the current Feed or Entry. The basic methods to use (on any object) are saveXml(), getDomDocument(), getElement(), getXpath() and getXpathPrefix(). These will let you break free of Zend\Feed\Reader and do whatever else you want. saveXml() returns an XML string containing only the element representing the current object. getDomDocument() returns the DOMDocument object representing the entire feed (even if called from an Entry object). getElement() returns the DOMElement of the current object (i.e. the Feed or current Entry). getXpath() returns the DOMXPath object for the current feed (even if called from an Entry object) with the namespaces of the current feed type and all loaded Extensions pre-registered.

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getXpathPrefix() returns the query prex for the current object (i.e. the Feed or current Entry) which includes the correct XPath query path for that specic Feed or Entry. Heres an example where a feed might include an RSS Extension not supported by Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader out of the box. Notably, you could write and register an Extension (covered later) to do this, but thats not always warranted for a quick check. You must register any new namespaces on the DOMXPath object before use unless they are registered by Zend\Feed\Reader or an Extension beforehand.
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$feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://www.planet-php.net/rdf/); $xpathPrefix = $feed->getXpathPrefix(); $xpath = $feed->getXpath(); $xpath->registerNamespace(admin, http://webns.net/mvcb/); $reportErrorsTo = $xpath->evaluate(string( . $xpathPrefix . /admin:errorReportsTo));

Warning: If you register an already registered namespace with a different prex name to that used internally by Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader, it will break the internal operation of this component.

103.4 Cache Support and Intelligent Requests


103.4.1 Adding Cache Support to ZendFeedReaderReader
Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader supports using an instance of Zend\Cache to cache feeds (as XML) to avoid unnecessary network requests. Adding a cache is as simple here as it is for other Zend Framework components, create and congure your cache and then tell Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader to use it! The cache key used is Zend\Feed\Reader\ followed by the MD5 hash of the feeds URI.
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103.4.2 HTTP Conditional GET Support


The big question often asked when importing a feed frequently, is if it has even changed. With a cache enabled, you can add HTTP Conditional GET support to your arsenal to answer that question. Using this method, you can request feeds from URI s and include their last known ETag and Last-Modied response header values with the request (using the If-None-Match and If-Modied-Since headers). If the feed on the server remains unchanged, you should receive a 304 response which tells Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader to use the cached version. If a full feed is sent in a response with a status code of 200, this means the feed has changed and Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader will parse the new version and save it to the cache. It will also cache the new ETag and Last-Modied header values for future use. These conditional requests are not guaranteed to be supported by the server you request a URI of, but can be attempted regardless. Most common feed sources like blogs should however have this supported. To enable conditional requests, you will need to provide a cache to Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader.
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In the example above, with HTTP Conditional GET requests enabled, the response header values for ETag and LastModied will be cached along with the feed. For the the caches lifetime, feeds will only be updated on the cache if a non-304 response is received containing a valid RSS or Atom XML document. If you intend on managing request headers from outside Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader, you can set the relevant If-None-Matches and If-Modied-Since request headers via the URI import method.
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103.5 Locating Feed URIs from Websites


These days, many websites are aware that the location of their XML feeds is not always obvious. A small RDF, RSS or Atom graphic helps when the user is reading the page, but what about when a machine visits trying to identify where your feeds are located? To assist in this, websites may point to their feeds using <link> tags in the <head> section of their HTML. To take advantage of this, you can use Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader to locate these feeds using the static findFeedLinks() method. This method calls any URI and searches for the location of RSS, RDF and Atom feeds assuming the websites HTML contains the relevant links. It then returns a value object where you can check for the existence of a RSS, RDF or Atom feed URI. The returned object is an ArrayObject subclass called Zend\Feed\Reader\FeedSet so you can cast it to an array, or iterate over it, to access all the detected links. However, as a simple shortcut, you can just grab the rst RSS, RDF or Atom link using its public properties as in the example below. Otherwise, each element of the ArrayObject is a simple array with the keys type and uri where the type is one of rdf, rss or atom.
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$links = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::findFeedLinks(http://www.planet-php.net); if (isset($links->rdf)) { echo $links->rdf, "\n"; // http://www.planet-php.org/rdf/ } if (isset($links->rss)) { echo $links->rss, "\n"; // http://www.planet-php.org/rss/ } if (isset($links->atom)) { echo $links->atom, "\n"; // http://www.planet-php.org/atom/ }

Based on these links, you can then import from whichever source you wish in the usual manner. This quick method only gives you one link for each feed type, but websites may indicate many links of any type. Perhaps its a news site with a RSS feed for each news category. You can iterate over all links using the ArrayObjects iterator.
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103.6 Attribute Collections


In an attempt to simplify return types, return types from the various feed and entry level methods may include an object of type Zend\Feed\Reader\Collection\AbstractCollection. Despite the special class name which Ill explain below, this is just a simple subclass of SPLs ArrayObject. The main purpose here is to allow the presentation of as much data as possible from the requested elements, while still allowing access to the most relevant data as a simple array. This also enforces a standard approach to returning such data which previously may have wandered between arrays and objects. The new class type acts identically to ArrayObject with the sole addition being a new method getValues() which returns a simple at array containing the most relevant information. A simple example of this is Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader\FeedInterface::getCategories(). When used with any RSS or Atom feed, this method will return category data as a container object called Zend\Feed\Reader\Collection\Category. The container object will contain, per category, three elds of data: term, scheme and label. The term is the basic category name, often machine readable (i.e. plays nice with URI s). The scheme represents a categorisation scheme (usually a URI identier) also known as a domain in RSS 2.0. The label is a human readable category name which supports HTML entities. In RSS 2.0, there is no label attribute so it is always set to the same value as the term for convenience. To access category labels by themselves in a simple value array, you might commit to something like:
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Its a contrived example, but the point is that the labels are tied up with other information. However, the container class allows you to access the most relevant data as a simple array using the getValues() method. The concept of most relevant is obviously a judgement call. For categories it means the category labels (not the terms or schemes) while for authors it would be the authors names (not their email addresses or URI s). The simple array is at (just values) and passed through array_unique() to remove duplication.
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$feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://www.example.com/atom.xml); $categories = $feed->getCategories(); $labels = $categories->getValues();

The above example shows how to extract only labels and nothing else thus giving simple access to the category labels without any additional work to extract that data by itself.

103.7 Retrieving Feed Information


Retrieving information from a feed (well cover entries and items in the next section though they follow identical principals) uses a clearly dened API which is exactly the same regardless of whether the feed in question is RSS, RDF or Atom. The same goes for sub-versions of these standards and weve tested every single RSS and Atom version. While the underlying feed XML can differ substantially in terms of the tags and elements they present, they nonetheless are all trying to convey similar information and to reect this all the differences and wrangling over alternative tags are handled internally by Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader presenting you with an identical interface for each. Ideally, you should not have to care whether a feed is RSS or Atom so long as you can extract the information you want. Note: While determining common ground between feed types is itself complex, it should be noted that RSS in particular is a constantly disputed specication. This has its roots in the original RSS 2.0 document which contains 103.6. Attribute Collections 411

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ambiguities and does not detail the correct treatment of all elements. As a result, this component rigorously applies the RSS 2.0.11 Specication published by the RSS Advisory Board and its accompanying RSS Best Practices Prole. No other interpretation of RSS 2.0 will be supported though exceptions may be allowed where it does not directly prevent the application of the two documents mentioned above. Of course, we dont live in an ideal world so there may be times the API just does not cover what youre looking for. To assist you, Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader offers a plugin system which allows you to write Extensions to expand the core API and cover any additional data you are trying to extract from feeds. If writing another Extension is too much trouble, you can simply grab the underlying DOM or XPath objects and do it by hand in your application. Of course, we really do encourage writing an Extension simply to make it more portable and reusable, and useful Extensions may be proposed to the Framework for formal addition. Heres a summary of the Core API for Feeds. You should note it comprises not only the basic RSS and Atom standards, but also accounts for a number of included Extensions bundled with Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader. The naming of these Extension sourced methods remain fairly generic - all Extension methods operate at the same level as the Core API though we do allow you to retrieve any specic Extension object separately if required.

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Table 103.1: Feed Level API Methods getId() getTitle() getDescription() getLink() Returns a unique ID associated with this feed Returns the title of the feed Returns the text description of the feed. Returns a URI to the HTML website containing the same or similar information as this feed (i.e. if the feed is from a blog, it should provide the blogs URI where the HTML version of the entries can be read). Returns the URI of this feed, which may be the same as the URI used to import the feed. There are important cases where the feed link may differ because the source URI is being updated and is intended to be removed in the future. Returns an object of type ZendFeedReaderCollectionAuthor which is an ArrayObject whose elements are each simple arrays containing any combination of the keys name, email and uri. Where irrelevant to the source data, some of these keys may be omitted. Returns either the rst author known, or with the optional $index parameter any specic index on the array of Authors as described above (returning NULL if an invalid index). Returns the date on which this feed was created. Generally only applicable to Atom where it represents the date the resource described by an Atom 1.0 document was created. The returned date will be a DateTime object. Returns the date on which this feed was last modied. The returned date will be a DateTime object. Returns the date on which this feed was last built. The returned date will be a DateTime object. This is only supported by RSS - Atom feeds will always return NULL. Returns the language of the feed (if dened) or simply the language noted in the XML document. Returns the generator of the feed, e.g. the software which generated it. This may differ between RSS and Atom since Atom denes a different notation. Returns any copyright notice associated with the feed. Returns an array of all Hub Server URI endpoints which are advertised by the feed for use with the Pubsubhubbub Protocol, allowing subscriptions to the feed for real-time updates. Returns a ZendFeedReaderCollectionCategory object containing the details of any categories associated with the overall feed. The supported elds include term (the machine readable category name), scheme (the categorisation scheme and domain for this category), and label (a HTML decoded human readable category name). Where any of the three elds are absent from the eld, they are either set to the closest available alternative or, in the case of scheme, set to NULL. Returns an array containing data relating to any feed image or logo, or NULL if no image found. The resulting array may contain the following keys: uri, link, title, description, height, and width. Atom logos only contain a URI so the remaining metadata is drawn from RSS feeds only.

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Given the variety of feeds in the wild, some of these methods will undoubtedly return NULL indicating the relevant information couldnt be located. Where possible, Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader will fall back on alternative elements during its search. For example, searching an RSS feed for a modication date is more complicated than it looks. RSS 2.0 feeds should include a <lastBuildDate> tag and (or) a <pubDate> element. But what if it doesnt, maybe this is an RSS 1.0 feed? Perhaps it instead has an <atom:updated> element with identical information (Atom may be used to supplement RSSs syntax)? Failing that, we could simply look at the entries, pick the most recent, and use its <pubDate> element. Assuming it exists... Many feeds also use Dublin Core 1.0 or 1.1 <dc:date> elements for feeds and entries. Or we could nd Atom lurking again. The point is, Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader was designed to know this. When you ask for the modication date (or anything else), it will run off and search for all these alternatives until it either gives up and returns NULL, or nds an alternative that should have the right answer.

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In addition to the above methods, all Feed objects implement methods for retrieving the DOM and XPath objects for the current feeds as described earlier. Feed objects also implement the SPL Iterator and Countable interfaces. The extended API is summarised below.

103.8 Retrieving Entry/Item Information


Retrieving information for specic entries or items (depending on whether you speak Atom or RSS) is identical to feed level data. Accessing entries is simply a matter of iterating over a Feed object or using the SPL Iterator interface Feed objects implement and calling the appropriate method on each. Table 103.2: Entry Level API Methods getId() getTitle() getDescription() getLink() getPermaLink() getAuthors() Returns a unique ID for the current entry. Returns the title of the current entry. Returns a description of the current entry. Returns a URI to the HTML version of the current entry. Returns the permanent link to the current entry. In most cases, this is the same as using getLink(). Returns an object of type ZendFeedReaderCollectionAuthor which is an ArrayObject whose elements are each simple arrays containing any combination of the keys name, email and uri. Where irrelevant to the source data, some of these keys may be omitted. Returns either the rst author known, or with the optional $index parameter any specic index on the array of Authors as described above (returning NULL if an invalid index). Returns the date on which the current entry was created. Generally only applicable to Atom where it represents the date the resource described by an Atom 1.0 document was created. Returns the date on which the current entry was last modied Returns the content of the current entry (this has any entities reversed if possible assuming the content type is HTML). The description is returned if a separate content element does not exist. Returns an array containing the value of all attributes from a multi-media <enclosure> element including as array keys: url, length, type. In accordance with the RSS Best Practices Prole of the RSS Advisory Board, no support is offers for multiple enclosures since such support forms no part of the RSS specication. Returns the number of comments made on this entry at the time the feed was last generated Returns a URI pointing to the HTML page where comments can be made on this entry Returns a URI pointing to a feed of the provided type containing all comments for this entry (type defaults to Atom/RSS depending on current feed type). Returns a ZendFeedReaderCollectionCategory object containing the details of any categories associated with the entry. The supported elds include term (the machine readable category name), scheme (the categorisation scheme and domain for this category), and label (a HTML decoded human readable category name). Where any of the three elds are absent from the eld, they are either set to the closest available alternative or, in the case of scheme, set to NULL.

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Caution: There is often confusion over the concepts of modied and created dates. In Atom, these are two clearly dened concepts (so knock yourself out) but in RSS they are vague. RSS 2.0 denes a single <pubDate> element which typically refers to the date this entry was published, i.e. a creation date of sorts. This is not always the case, and it may change with updates or not. As a result, if you really want to check whether an entry has changed, dont rely on the results of getDateModified(). Instead, consider tracking the MD5 hash of three other elements concatenated, e.g. using getTitle(), getDescription() and getContent(). If the entry was truly updated, this hash computation will give a different result than previously saved hashes for the same entry. This is obviously content oriented, and will not assist in detecting changes to other relevant elements. Atom feeds should not require such steps. Further muddying the waters, dates in feeds may follow different standards. Atom and Dublin Core dates should follow ISO 8601, and RSS dates should follow RFC 822 or RFC 2822 which is also common. Date methods will throw an exception if DateTime cannot load the date string using one of the above standards, or the PHP recognised possibilities for RSS dates. Warning: The values returned from these methods are not validated. This means users must perform validation on all retrieved data including the ltering of any HTML such as from getContent() before it is output from your application. Remember that most feeds come from external sources, and therefore the default assumption should be that they cannot be trusted.

103.9 Extending Feed and Entry APIs


Extending Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader allows you to add methods at both the feed and entry level which cover the retrieval of information not already supported by Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader. Given the number of RSS and Atom extensions that exist, this is a good thing since Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader couldnt possibly add everything. There are two types of Extensions possible, those which retrieve information from elements which are immediate children of the root element (e.g. <channel> for RSS or <feed> for Atom) and those who retrieve information from child elements of an entry (e.g. <item> for RSS or <entry> for Atom). On the lesystem these are grouped as classes within a namespace based on the extension standards name. For example, internally we have Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension\DublinCore\Feed and Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension\DublinCore\Entry classes which are two Extensions implementing Dublin Core 1.0 and 1.1 support. Extensions are loaded into Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader using a Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager implementation, Zend\Feed\Reader\ExtensionManager, so its operation will be familiar from other Zend Framework components. Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader already bundles a number of these Extensions, however those which are not used internally and registered by default (so called Core Extensions) must be registered to Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader before they are used. The bundled Extensions include: Table 103.3: Core Extensions (pre-registered) DublinCore (Feed and Entry) Content (Entry only) Atom (Feed and Entry) Slash WellFormedWeb Thread Podcast Implements support for Dublin Core Metadata Element Set 1.0 and 1.1 Implements support for Content 1.0 Implements support for Atom 0.3 and Atom 1.0 Implements support for the Slash RSS 1.0 module Implements support for the Well Formed Web CommentAPI 1.0 Implements support for Atom Threading Extensions as described in RFC 4685 Implements support for the Podcast 1.0 DTD from Apple

The Core Extensions are somewhat special since they are extremely common and multi-faceted. For example, we have a Core Extension for Atom. Atom is implemented as an Extension (not just a base class) because it doubles as a valid

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RSS module - you can insert Atom elements into RSS feeds. Ive even seen RDF feeds which use a lot of Atom in place of more common Extensions like Dublin Core. Table 103.4: Non-Core Extensions (must register manually) Syndication CreativeCommons Implements Syndication 1.0 support for RSS feeds A RSS module that adds an element at the <channel> or <item> level that species which Creative Commons license applies.

The additional non-Core Extensions are offered but not registered to Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader by default. If you want to use them, youll need to tell Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader to load them in advance of importing a feed. Additional non-Core Extensions will be included in future iterations of the component. Registering an Extension with Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader, so it is loaded and its API is available to Feed and Entry objects, is a simple affair using the Zend\Feed\Reader\ExtensionManager. Here we register the optional Syndication Extension, and discover that it can be directly called from the Entry level API without any effort. Note that Extension names are case sensitive and use camel casing for multiple terms.
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Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::registerExtension(Syndication); $feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot); $updatePeriod = $feed->getUpdatePeriod();

In the simple example above, we checked how frequently a feed is being updated using the getUpdatePeriod() method. Since its not part of Zend\Feed\Reader\Readers core API, it could only be a method supported by the newly registered Syndication Extension. As you can also notice, the new methods from Extensions are accessible from the main API using PHPs magic methods. As an alternative, you can also directly access any Extension object for a similar result as seen below.
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Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::registerExtension(Syndication); $feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot); $syndication = $feed->getExtension(Syndication); $updatePeriod = $syndication->getUpdatePeriod();

103.9.1 Writing ZendFeedReaderReader Extensions


Inevitably, there will be times when the Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader API is just not capable of getting something you need from a feed or entry. You can use the underlying source objects, like DOMDocument, to get these by hand however there is a more reusable method available by writing Extensions supporting these new queries. As an example, lets take the case of a purely ctitious corporation named Jungle Books. Jungle Books have been publishing a lot of reviews on books they sell (from external sources and customers), which are distributed as an RSS 2.0 feed. Their marketing department realises that web applications using this feed cannot currently gure out exactly what book is being reviewed. To make life easier for everyone, they determine that the geek department needs to extend RSS 2.0 to include a new element per entry supplying the ISBN -10 or ISBN -13 number of the publication the entry concerns. They dene the new <isbn> element quite simply with a standard name and namespace URI :
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A snippet of RSS containing this extension in practice could be something similar to:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:jungle="http://example.com/junglebooks/rss/module/1.0/"> <channel> <title>Jungle Books Customer Reviews</title>

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<link>http://example.com/junglebooks</link> <description>Many book reviews!</description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:15:10 GMT</pubDate> <jungle:dayPopular> http://example.com/junglebooks/book/938 </jungle:dayPopular> <item> <title>Review Of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions</title> <link>http://example.com/junglebooks/review/987</link> <author>Confused Physics Student</author> <content:encoded> A romantic square?! </content:encoded> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:03:28 -0700</pubDate> <jungle:isbn>048627263X</jungle:isbn> </item> </channel> </rss>

Implementing this new ISBN element as a simple entry level extension would require the following class (using your own class namespace outside of Zend).
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class My\FeedReader\Extension\JungleBooks\Entry extends Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension\AbstractEntry { public function getIsbn() { if (isset($this->data[isbn])) { return $this->data[isbn]; } $isbn = $this->xpath->evaluate( string( . $this->getXpathPrefix() . /jungle:isbn) ); if (!$isbn) { $isbn = null; } $this->data[isbn] = $isbn; return $this->data[isbn]; } protected function registerNamespaces() { $this->xpath->registerNamespace( jungle, http://example.com/junglebooks/rss/module/1.0/ ); } }

This extension is easy enough to follow. It creates a new method getIsbn() which runs an XPath query on the current entry to extract the ISBN number enclosed by the <jungle:isbn> element. It can optionally store this to the internal non-persistent cache (no need to keep querying the DOM if its called again on the same entry). The value is returned to the caller. At the end we have a protected method (its abstract so it must exist) which registers the Jungle Books namespace for their custom RSS module. While we call this an RSS module, theres nothing to prevent the same element being used in Atom feeds - and all Extensions which use the prex provided by getXpathPrefix() are actually neutral and work on RSS or Atom feeds with no extra code. Since this Extension is stored outside of Zend Framework, youll need to register the path prex for your Extensions so Zend\Loader\PluginLoader can nd them. After that, its merely a matter of registering the Extension, if

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its not already loaded, and using it in practice.


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if (!Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::isRegistered(JungleBooks)) { $extensions = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::getExtensionManager(); $extensions->setInvokableClass(JungleBooksEntry, My\FeedReader\Extension\JungleBooks\Entry); Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::registerExtension(JungleBooks); } $feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://example.com/junglebooks/rss); // ISBN for whatever book the first entry in the feed was concerned with $firstIsbn = $feed->current()->getIsbn();

Writing a feed level Extension is not much different. The example feed from earlier included an unmentioned <jungle:dayPopular> element which Jungle Books have added to their standard to include a link to the days most popular book (in terms of visitor trafc). Heres an Extension which adds a getDaysPopularBookLink() method to the feel level API.
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class My\FeedReader\Extension\JungleBooks\Feed extends Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension\AbstractFeed { public function getDaysPopularBookLink() { if (isset($this->data[dayPopular])) { return $this->data[dayPopular]; } $dayPopular = $this->xpath->evaluate( string( . $this->getXpathPrefix() . /jungle:dayPopular) ); if (!$dayPopular) { $dayPopular = null; } $this->data[dayPopular] = $dayPopular; return $this->data[dayPopular]; } protected function registerNamespaces() { $this->xpath->registerNamespace( jungle, http://example.com/junglebooks/rss/module/1.0/ ); } }

Lets repeat the last example using a custom Extension to show the method being used.
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if (!Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::isRegistered(JungleBooks)) { $extensions = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::getExtensionManager(); $extensions->setInvokableClass(JungleBooksFeed, My\FeedReader\Extension\JungleBooks\Feed); Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::registerExtension(JungleBooks); } $feed = Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader::import(http://example.com/junglebooks/rss); // URI to the information page of the days most popular book with visitors $daysPopularBookLink = $feed->getDaysPopularBookLink();

Going through these examples, youll note that we dont register feed and entry Extensions separately. Extensions within the same standard may or may not include both a feed and entry class, so Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader only requires you to register the overall parent name, e.g. JungleBooks, DublinCore, Slash. Internally, it can check at what level Extensions exist and load them up if found. In our case, we have a full set of Extensions now:

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104.1 Introduction
Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer is the sibling component to Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader responsible for generating feeds for output. It supports the Atom 1.0 specication (RFC 4287) and RSS 2.0 as specied by the RSS Advisory Board (RSS 2.0.11). It does not deviate from these standards. It does, however, offer a simple Extension system which allows for any extension and module for either of these two specications to be implemented if they are not provided out of the box. In many ways, Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer is the inverse of Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader. Where Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader focuses on providing an easy to use architecture fronted by getter methods, Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer is fronted by similarly named setters or mutators. This ensures the API wont pose a learning curve to anyone familiar with Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader. As a result of this design, the rest may even be obvious. Behind the scenes, data set on any Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer Data Container object is translated at render time onto a DOMDocument object using the necessary feed elements. For each supported feed type there is both an Atom 1.0 and RSS 2.0 renderer. Using a DOMDocument class rather than a templating solution has numerous advantages, the most obvious being the ability to export the DOMDocument for additional processing and relying on PHP DOM for correct and valid rendering.

104.2 Architecture
The architecture of Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer is very simple. It has two core sets of classes: data containers and renderers. The containers include the Zend\Feed\Writer\Feed and Zend\Feed\Writer\Entry classes. The Entry classes can be attached to any Feed class. The sole purpose of these containers is to collect data about the feed to generate using a simple interface of setter methods. These methods perform some data validity testing. For example, it will validate any passed URI s, dates, etc. These checks are not tied to any of the feed standards denitions. The container objects also contain methods to allow for fast rendering and export of the nal feed, and these can be reused at will. In addition to the main data container classes, there are two additional Atom 2.0 specic classes. Zend\Feed\Writer\Source and Zend\Feed\Writer\Deleted. The former implements Atom 2.0 source elements which carry source feed metadata for a specic entry within an aggregate feed (i.e. the current feed is not the entrys original source). The latter implements the Atom Tombstones RFC allowing feeds to carry references to entries which have been deleted. While there are two main data container types, there are four renderers - two matching container renderers per supported feed type. Each renderer accepts a container, and based on its content attempts to generate valid feed markup. 421

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If the renderer is unable to generate valid feed markup, perhaps due to the container missing an obligatory data point, it will report this by throwing an Exception. While it is possible to ignore Exceptions, this removes the default safeguard of ensuring you have sufcient data set to render a wholly valid feed. To explain this more clearly, you may construct a set of data containers for a feed where there is a Feed container, into which has been added some Entry containers and a Deleted container. This forms a data hierarchy resembling a normal feed. When rendering is performed, this hierarchy has its pieces passed to relevant renderers and the partial feeds (all DOMDocuments) are then pieced together to create a complete feed. In the case of Source or Deleted (Tomestone) containers, these are rendered only for Atom 2.0 and ignored for RSS. Due to the system being divided between data containers and renderers, it can make Extensions somewhat interesting. A typical Extension offering namespaced feed and entry level elements, must itself reect the exact same architecture, i.e. offer feed and entry level data containers, and matching renderers. There is, fortunately, no complex integration work required since all Extension classes are simply registered and automatically used by the core classes. Well meet Extensions in more detail at the end of this section.

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Using Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer is as simple as setting data and triggering the renderer. Here is an example to generate a minimal Atom 1.0 feed. As this demonstrates, each feed or entry uses a separate data container.
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/** * Create the parent feed */ $feed = new Zend\Feed\Writer\Feed; $feed->setTitle(Paddy\s Blog); $feed->setLink(http://www.example.com); $feed->setFeedLink(http://www.example.com/atom, atom); $feed->addAuthor(array( name => Paddy, email => paddy@example.com, uri => http://www.example.com, )); $feed->setDateModified(time()); $feed->addHub(http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/); /** * Add one or more entries. Note that entries must * be manually added once created. */ $entry = $feed->createEntry(); $entry->setTitle(All Your Base Are Belong To Us); $entry->setLink(http://www.example.com/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us); $entry->addAuthor(array( name => Paddy, email => paddy@example.com, uri => http://www.example.com, )); $entry->setDateModified(time()); $entry->setDateCreated(time()); $entry->setDescription(Exposing the difficultly of porting games to English.); $entry->setContent( I am not writing the article. The example is long enough as is ;). ); $feed->addEntry($entry);

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <title type="text">Paddys Blog</title> <subtitle type="text">Writing about PC Games since 176 BC.</subtitle> <updated>2009-12-14T20:28:18+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://framework.zend.com" version="1.10.0alpha"> Zend\Feed\Writer </generator> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.example.com"/> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.example.com/atom"/> <id>http://www.example.com</id> <author> <name>Paddy</name> <email>paddy@example.com</email> <uri>http://www.example.com</uri> </author> <link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/> <entry> <title type="html"><![CDATA[All Your Base Are Belong To Us]]></title> <summary type="html"> <![CDATA[Exposing the difficultly of porting games to English.]]> </summary> <published>2009-12-14T20:28:18+00:00</published> <updated>2009-12-14T20:28:18+00:00</updated> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.example.com/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us"/> <id>http://www.example.com/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us</id> <author> <name>Paddy</name> <email>paddy@example.com</email> <uri>http://www.example.com</uri> </author> <content type="html"> <![CDATA[I am not writing the article. The example is long enough as is ;).]]> </content> </entry> </feed>

This is a perfectly valid Atom 1.0 example. It should be noted that omitting an obligatory point of data, such as a title, will trigger an Exception when rendering as Atom 1.0. This will differ for RSS 2.0 since a title may be omitted so long as a description is present. This gives rise to Exceptions that differ between the two standards depending on the renderer in use. By design, Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer will not render an invalid feed for either standard unless the end-user deliberately elects to ignore all Exceptions. This built in safeguard was added to ensure users without in-depth knowledge of the relevant specications have a bit less to worry about.

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104.4 Setting Feed Data Points


Before you can render a feed, you must rst setup the data necessary for the feed being rendered. This utilises a simple setter style API which doubles as an initial method for validating the data being set. By design, the API closely matches that for Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader to avoid undue confusion and uncertainty. Note: Users have commented that the lack of a simple array based notation for input data gives rise to lengthy tracts of code. This will be addressed in a future release. Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer offers this API via its data container classes Zend\Feed\Writer\Feed and Zend\Feed\Writer\Entry (not to mention the Atom 2.0 specic and Extension classes). These classes merely store all feed data in a type-agnostic manner, meaning you may reuse any data container with any renderer without requiring additional work. Both classes are also amenable to Extensions, meaning that an Extension may dene its own container classes which are registered to the base container classes as extensions, and are checked when any method call triggers the base containers __call() method. Heres a summary of the Core API for Feeds. You should note it comprises not only the basic RSS and Atom standards, but also accounts for a number of included Extensions bundled with Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer. The naming of these Extension sourced methods remain fairly generic - all Extension methods operate at the same level as the Core API though we do allow you to retrieve any specic Extension object separately if required. The Feed Level API for data is contained in Zend\Feed\Writer\Feed. In addition to the API detailed below, the class also implements the Countable and Iterator interfaces.

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Table 104.1: Feed Level API Methods setId() Set a unique ID associated with this feed. For Atom 1.0 this is an atom:id element, whereas for RSS 2.0 it is added as a guid element. These are optional so long as a link is added, i.e. the link is set as the ID. Set the title of the feed. Set the text description of the feed.

Set a URI to the HTML website containing the same or similar information as this feed (i.e. if the feed is from a blog, it should provide the blogs URI where the HTML version of the entries can be read). setAdd a link to an XML feed, whether the feed being generated or an alternate URI pointing to the FeedLinks() same feed but in a different format. At a minimum, it is recommended to include a link to the feed being generated so it has an identiable nal URI allowing a client to track its location changes without necessitating constant redirects. The parameter is an array of arrays, where each sub-array contains the keys type and uri. The type should be one of atom, rss, or rdf. addAuSets the data for authors. The parameter is an array of arrays where each sub-array may contain the thors() keys name, email and uri. The uri value is only applicable for Atom feeds since RSS contains no facility to show it. For RSS 2.0, rendering will create two elements - an author element containing the email reference with the name in brackets, and a Dublin Core creator element only containing the name. addAuSets the data for a single author following the same array format as described above for a single thor() sub-array. setDateSets the date on which this feed was created. Generally only applicable to Atom where it represents Created() the date the resource described by an Atom 1.0 document was created. The expected parameter may be a UNIX timestamp or a DateTime object. setDateSets the date on which this feed was last modied. The expected parameter may be a UNIX Modied() timestamp or a DateTime object. setLastSets the date on which this feed was last build. The expected parameter may be a UNIX timestamp Buildor a DateTime object. This will only be rendered for RSS 2.0 feeds and is automatically rendered as Date() the current date by default when not explicitly set. setSets the language of the feed. This will be omitted unless set. Language() setGenera- Allows the setting of a generator. The parameter should be an array containing the keys name, tor() version and uri. If omitted a default generator will be added referencing ZendFeedWriter, the current Zend Framework version and the Frameworks URI. setCopySets a copyright notice associated with the feed. right() addHubs() Accepts an array of Pubsubhubbub Hub Endpoints to be rendered in the feed as Atom links so that PuSH Subscribers may subscribe to your feed. Note that you must implement a Pubsubhubbub Publisher in order for real-time updates to be enabled. A Publisher may be implemented using ZendFeedPubsubhubbubPublisher. The method addHub() allows adding a single hub at a time. addCateAccepts an array of categories for rendering, where each element is itself an array whose possible gories() keys include term, label and scheme. The term is a typically a category name suitable for inclusion in a URI. The label may be a human readable category name supporting special characters (it is HTML encoded during rendering) and is a required key. The scheme (called the domain in RSS) is optional but must be a valid URI. The method addCategory() allows adding a single category at a time. setImage() Accepts an array of image metadata for an RSS image or Atom logo. Atom 1.0 only requires a URI. RSS 2.0 requires a URI, HTML link, and an image title. RSS 2.0 optionally may send a width, height and image description. The array parameter may contain these using the keys: uri, link, title, description, height and width. The RSS 2.0 HTML link should point to the feed sources HTML page. createEnReturns a new instance of ZendFeedWriterEntry. This is the Entry level data container. New entries try() are not automatically assigned to the current feed, so you must explicitly call addEntry() to add the entry forData rendering. 104.4. Setting Feed Points 425 addEntry() Adds an instance of ZendFeedWriterEntry to the current feed container for rendering. createReturns a new instance of ZendFeedWriterDeleted. This is the Atom 2.0 Tombstone level data Tombcontainer. New entries are not automatically assigned to the current feed, so you must explicitly call

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104.5 Setting Entry Data Points


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Table 104.2: Entry Level API Methods setId() Set a unique ID associated with this entry. For Atom 1.0 this is an atom:id element, whereas for RSS 2.0 it is added as a guid element. These are optional so long as a link is added, i.e. the link is set as the ID. Set the title of the entry. Set the text description of the entry. Set the content of the entry. Set a URI to the HTML website containing the same or similar information as this entry (i.e. if the feed is from a blog, it should provide the blog articles URI where the HTML version of the entry can be read). Add a link to an XML feed, whether the feed being generated or an alternate URI pointing to the same feed but in a different format. At a minimum, it is recommended to include a link to the feed being generated so it has an identiable nal URI allowing a client to track its location changes without necessitating constant redirects. The parameter is an array of arrays, where each sub-array contains the keys type and uri. The type should be one of atom, rss, or rdf. If a type is omitted, it defaults to the type used when rendering the feed. Sets the data for authors. The parameter is an array of arrays where each sub-array may contain the keys name, email and uri. The uri value is only applicable for Atom feeds since RSS contains no facility to show it. For RSS 2.0, rendering will create two elements - an author element containing the email reference with the name in brackets, and a Dublin Core creator element only containing the name. Sets the data for a single author following the same format as described above for a single sub-array. Sets the date on which this feed was created. Generally only applicable to Atom where it represents the date the resource described by an Atom 1.0 document was created. The expected parameter may be a UNIX timestamp or a DateTime object. If omitted, the date used will be the current date and time. Sets the date on which this feed was last modied. The expected parameter may be a UNIX timestamp or a DateTime object. If omitted, the date used will be the current date and time. Sets a copyright notice associated with the feed. Accepts an array of categories for rendering, where each element is itself an array whose possible keys include term, label and scheme. The term is a typically a category name suitable for inclusion in a URI. The label may be a human readable category name supporting special characters (it is encoded during rendering) and is a required key. The scheme (called the domain in RSS) is optional but must be a valid URI. Sets the number of comments associated with this entry. Rendering differs between RSS and Atom 2.0 depending on the element or attribute needed. Seta a link to a HTML page containing comments associated with this entry. Sets a link to a XML feed containing comments associated with this entry. The parameter is an array containing the keys uri and type, where the type is one of rdf, rss or atom. Same as setCommentFeedLink() except it accepts an array of arrays, where each subarray contains the expected parameters of setCommentFeedLink(). Sets the encoding of entry text. This will default to UTF-8 which is the preferred encoding.

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Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub is an implementation of the PubSubHubbub Core 0.2 Specication (Working Draft). It offers implementations of a Pubsubhubbub Publisher and Subscriber suited to Zend Framework and other PHP applications.

105.1 What is PubSubHubbub?


Pubsubhubbub is an open, simple web-scale pubsub protocol. A common use case to enable blogs (Publishers) to push updates from their RSS or Atom feeds (Topics) to end Subscribers. These Subscribers will have subscribed to the blogs RSS or Atom feed via a Hub, a central server which is notied of any updates by the Publisher and which then distributes these updates to all Subscribers. Any feed may advertise that it supports one or more Hubs using an Atom namespaced link element with a rel attribute of hub. Pubsubhubbub has garnered attention because it is a pubsub protocol which is easy to implement and which operates over HTTP. Its philosophy is to replace the traditional model where blog feeds have been polled at regular intervals to detect and retrieve updates. Depending on the frequency of polling, this can take a lot of time to propagate updates to interested parties from planet aggregators to desktop readers. With a pubsub system in place, updates are not simply polled by Subscribers, they are pushed to Subscribers, eliminating any delay. For this reason, Pubsubhubbub forms part of what has been dubbed the real-time web. The protocol does not exist in isolation. Pubsub systems have been around for a while, such as the familiar Jabber Publish-Subscribe protocol, XEP-0060, or the less well known rssCloud (described in 2001). However these have not achieved widespread adoption typically due to either their complexity, poor timing or lack of suitability for web applications. rssCloud, which was recently revived as a response to the appearance of Pubsubhubbub, has also seen its usage increase signicantly though it lacks a formal specication and currently does not support Atom 1.0 feeds. Perhaps surprisingly given its relative early age, Pubsubhubbub is already in use including in Google Reader, Feedburner, and there are plugins available for Wordpress blogs.

105.2 Architecture
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A Subscriber is any party or application which subscribes to one or more Hubs to receive updates from a Topic hosted by a Publisher. The Subscriber never directly communicates with the Publisher since the Hub acts as an intermediary, accepting subscriptions and sending updates to subscribed Subscribers. The Subscriber therefore communicates only with the Hub, either to subscribe or unsubscribe to Topics, or when it receives updates from the Hub. This communication design (Fat Pings) effectively removes the possibility of a Thundering Herd issue. This occurs in a pubsub system where the Hub merely informs Subscribers that an update is available, prompting all Subscribers to immediately retrieve the feed from the Publisher giving rise to a trafc spike. In Pubsubhubbub, the Hub distributes the actual update in a Fat Ping so the Publisher is not subjected to any trafc spike. Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub implements Pubsubhubbub Publishers and Subscribers with the classes Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Publisher and Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber. In addition, the Subscriber implementation may handle any feed updates forwarded from a Hub by using Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback. These classes, their use cases, and API s are covered in subsequent sections.

105.3 Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Publisher
In Pubsubhubbub, the Publisher is the party who publishes a live feed and frequently updates it with new content. This may be a blog, an aggregator, or even a web service with a public feed based API. In order for these updates to be pushed to Subscribers, the Publisher must notify all of its supported Hubs that an update has occurred using a simple HTTP POST request containing the URI or the updated Topic (i.e the updated RSS or Atom feed). The Hub will conrm receipt of the notication, fetch the updated feed, and forward any updates to any Subscribers who have subscribed to that Hub for updates from the relevant feed. By design, this means the Publisher has very little to do except send these Hub pings whenever its feeds change. As a result, the Publisher implementation is extremely simple to use and requires very little work to setup and use when feeds are updated. Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Publisher implements a full Pubsubhubbub Publisher. Its setup for use is also simple, requiring mainly that it is congured with the URI endpoint for all Hubs to be notied of updates, and the URI s of all Topics to be included in the notications. The following example shows a Publisher notifying a collection of Hubs about updates to a pair of local RSS and Atom feeds. The class retains a collection of errors which include the Hub URLs, so the notication can be re-attempted later and/or logged if any notications happen to fail. Each resulting error array also includes a response key containing the related HTTP response object. In the event of any errors, it is strongly recommended to attempt the operation for failed Hub Endpoints at least once more at a future time. This may require the use of either a scheduled task for this purpose or a job queue though such extra steps are optional.
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$publisher = new Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Publisher; $publisher->addHubUrls(array( http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/, http://hubbub.example.com, )); $publisher->addUpdatedTopicUrls(array( http://www.example.net/rss, http://www.example.net/atom, )); $publisher->notifyAll(); if (!$publisher->isSuccess()) { // check for errors $errors = $publisher->getErrors(); $failedHubs = array(); foreach ($errors as $error) { $failedHubs[] = $error[hubUrl];

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} } // reschedule notifications for the failed Hubs in $failedHubs

If you prefer having more concrete control over the Publisher, the methods addHubUrls() and addUpdatedTopicUrls() pass each array value to the singular addHubUrl() and addUpdatedTopicUrl() public methods. There are also matching removeUpdatedTopicUrl() and removeHubUrl() methods. You can also skip setting Hub URI s, and notify each in turn using the notifyHub() method which accepts the URI of a Hub endpoint as its only argument. There are no other tasks to cover. The Publisher implementation is very simple since most of the feed processing and distribution is handled by the selected Hubs. It is however important to detect errors and reschedule notications as soon as possible (with a reasonable maximum number of retries) to ensure notications reach all Subscribers. In many cases as a nal alternative, Hubs may frequently poll your feeds to offer some additional tolerance for failures both in terms of their own temporary downtime or Publisher errors or downtime.

105.4 Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber
In Pubsubhubbub, the Subscriber is the party who wishes to receive updates to any Topic (RSS or Atom feed). They achieve this by subscribing to one or more of the Hubs advertised by that Topic, usually as a set of one or more Atom 1.0 links with a rel attribute of hub. The Hub from that point forward will send an Atom or RSS feed containing all updates to that Subscribers Callback URL when it receives an update notication from the Publisher. In this way, the Subscriber need never actually visit the original feed (though its still recommended at some level to ensure updates are retrieved if ever a Hub goes ofine). All subscription requests must contain the URI of the Topic being subscribed and a Callback URL which the Hub will use to conrm the subscription and to forward updates. The Subscriber therefore has two roles. To create and manage subscriptions, including subscribing for new Topics with a Hub, unsubscribing (if necessary), and periodically renewing subscriptions since they may have a limited validity as set by the Hub. This is handled by Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber. The second role is to accept updates sent by a Hub to the Subscribers Callback URL, i.e. the URI the Subscriber has assigned to handle updates. The Callback URL also handles events where the Hub contacts the Subscriber to conrm all subscriptions and unsubscriptions. This is handled by using an instance of Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback when the Callback URL is accessed. Important: Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber implements the Pubsubhubbub 0.2 Specication. As this is a new specication version not all Hubs currently implement it. The new specication allows the Callback URL to include a query string which is used by this class, but not supported by all Hubs. In the interests of maximising compatibility it is therefore recommended that the query string component of the Subscriber Callback URI be presented as a path element, i.e. recognised as a parameter in the route associated with the Callback URI and used by the applications Router.

105.4.1 Subscribing and Unsubscribing


Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber implements a full Pubsubhubbub Subscriber capable of subscribing to, or unsubscribing from, any Topic via any Hub advertised by that Topic. It operates in conjunction with Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback which accepts requests from a Hub to conrm all subscription or unsubscription attempts (to prevent third-party misuse).

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Any subscription (or unsubscription) requires the relevant information before proceeding, i.e. the URI of the Topic (Atom or RSS feed) to be subscribed to for updates, and the URI of the endpoint for the Hub which will handle the subscription and forwarding of the updates. The lifetime of a subscription may be determined by the Hub but most Hubs should support automatic subscription refreshes by checking with the Subscriber. This is supported by Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback and requires no other work on your part. It is still strongly recommended that you use the Hub sourced subscription time to live (ttl) to schedule the creation of new subscriptions (the process is identical to that for any new subscription) to refresh it with the Hub. While it should not be necessary per se, it covers cases where a Hub may not support automatic subscription refreshing and rules out Hub errors for additional redundancy. With the relevant information to hand, a subscription can be attempted as demonstrated below:
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$storage = new Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Model\Subscription; $subscriber = new Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber; $subscriber->setStorage($storage); $subscriber->addHubUrl(http://hubbub.example.com); $subscriber->setTopicUrl(http://www.example.net/rss.xml); $subscriber->setCallbackUrl(http://www.mydomain.com/hubbub/callback); $subscriber->subscribeAll();

In order to store subscriptions and offer access to this data for general use, the component requires a database (a schema is provided later in this section). By default, it is assumed the table name is subscription and it utilises Zend\Db\Table\Abstract in the background meaning it will use the default adapter you have set for your application. You may also pass a specic custom Zend\Db\Table\Abstract instance into the associated model Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Model\Subscription. This custom adapter may be as simple in intent as changing the table name to use or as complex as you deem necessary. While this Model is offered as a default ready-to-roll solution, you may create your own Model using any other backend or database layer (e.g. Doctrine) so long as the resulting class implements the interface Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Model\SubscriptionInterface. An example schema (MySQL) for a subscription table accessible by the provided model may look similar to:
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CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS subscription ( id varchar(32) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT , topic_url varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL, hub_url varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL, created_time datetime DEFAULT NULL, lease_seconds bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL, verify_token varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL, secret varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL, expiration_time datetime DEFAULT NULL, subscription_state varchar(12) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;

Behind the scenes, the Subscriber above will send a request to the Hub endpoint containing the following parameters (based on the previous example):

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PaValue Explanation rameter hub.callback http://www.mydomain.com/hubbub/callback?xhub.subscription=5536df06b5dcb966edab3a4c4d56213c16a8184 The URI used by a Hub to contact the Subscriber and either request conrmation of a (un)subscription request or send updates from subscribed feeds. The appended query string contains a custom parameter (hence the xhub designation). It is a query string parameter preserved by the Hub and resent with all Subscriber requests. Its purpose is to allow the Subscriber to identify and look up the subscription associated with any Hub request in a backend storage medium. This is a non=standard parameter used by this component in preference to encoding a subscription key in the URI path which is more difcult to implement in a Zend Framework application. Nevertheless, since not all Hubs support query string parameters, we still strongly recommend adding the subscription key as a path component in the form http://www.mydomain.com/hubbub/callback/5536df06b5dcb966edab3a4c4d5621 To accomplish this, it requires dening a route capable of parsing out the nal value of the key and then retrieving the value and passing it to the Subscriber Callback object. The value would be passed into the method ZendPubSubHubbubSubscriberCallback::setSubscriptionKey(). A detailed example is offered later. hub.lease_seconds 2592000 The number of seconds for which the Subscriber would like a new subscription to remain valid for (i.e. a TTL). Hubs may enforce their own maximum subscription period. All subscriptions should be renewed by simply re-subscribing before the subscription period ends to ensure continuity of updates. Hubs should additionally attempt to automatically refresh subscriptions before they expire by contacting Subscribers (handled automatically by the Callback class). hub.modesubscribe Simple value indicating this is a subscription request. Unsubscription requests would use the unsubscribe value. hub.topic http://www.example.net/rss.xml The URI of the topic (i.e. Atom or RSS feed) which the Subscriber wishes to subscribe to for updates. hub.verifysync Indicates to the Hub the preferred mode of verifying subscriptions or unsubscriptions. It is repeated twice in order of preference. Technically this component does not distinguish between the two modes and treats both equally. hub.verifyasync Indicates to the Hub the preferred mode of verifying subscriptions or unsubscriptions. It is repeated twice in order of preference. Technically this component does not distinguish between the two modes and treats both equally. hub.verify_token 3065919804abA verication token returned to the Subscriber by the Hub caa7212ae89.879827871253878386 when it is conrming a subscription or unsubscription. Offers a measure of reliance that the conrmation request originates from the correct Hub to prevent misuse. You ence. can modify several For example, of you these can parameters to set a different indicate lease a different seconds value preferusing

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Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber::setLeaseSeconds() or show a preference for the async verify mode by using setPreferredVerificationMode(Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\PubSubHubbub::VERIFICATION_ However the Hubs retain the capability to enforce their own preferences and for this reason the component is deliberately designed to work across almost any set of options with minimum end-user conguration required. Conventions are great when they work! Note: While Hubs may require the use of a specic verication mode (both are supported by Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub), you may indicate a specic preference using the setPreferredVerificationMode() method. In sync (synchronous) mode, the Hub attempts to conrm a subscription as soon as it is received, and before responding to the subscription request. In async (asynchronous) mode, the Hub will return a response to the subscription request immediately, and its verication request may occur at a later time. Since Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub implements the Subscriber verication role as a separate callback class and requires the use of a backend storage medium, it actually supports both transparently though in terms of end-user performance, asynchronous verication is very much preferred to eliminate the impact of a poorly performing Hub tying up end-user server resources and connections for too long. Unsubscribing from a Topic follows the exact same pattern as the previous example, with the exception that we should call unsubscribeAll() instead. The parameters included are identical to a subscription request with the exception that hub.mode is set to unsubscribe. By default, a new instance of Zend\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber will attempt to use a database backed storage medium which defaults to using the default Zend\Db adapter with a table name of subscription. It is recommended to set a custom storage solution where these defaults are not apt either by passing in a new Model supporting the required interface or by passing a new instance of Zend\Db\Table\Abstract to the default Models constructor to change the used table name.

105.4.2 Handling Subscriber Callbacks


Whenever a subscription or unsubscription request is made, the Hub must verify the request by forwarding a new verication request to the Callback URL set in the subscription or unsubscription parameters. To handle these Hub requests, which will include all future communications containing Topic (feed) updates, the Callback URL should trigger the execution of an instance of Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback to handle the request. The Callback class should be congured to use the same storage medium as the Subscriber class. Using it is quite simple since most of its work is performed internally.
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$storage = new Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Model\Subscription; $callback = new Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback; $callback->setStorage($storage); $callback->handle(); $callback->sendResponse(); /** * Check if the callback resulting in the receipt of a feed update. * Otherwise it was either a (un)sub verification request or invalid request. * Typically we need do nothing other than add feed update handling - the rest * is handled internally by the class. */ if ($callback->hasFeedUpdate()) { $feedString = $callback->getFeedUpdate(); /** * Process the feed update asynchronously to avoid a Hub timeout. */ }

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Note: It should be noted that Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback may independently parse any incoming query string and other parameters. This is necessary since PHP alters the structure and keys of a query string when it is parsed into the $_GET or $_POST superglobals. For example, all duplicate keys are ignored and periods are converted to underscores. Pubsubhubbub features both of these in the query strings it generates.

Important: It is essential that developers recognise that Hubs are only concerned with sending requests and receiving a response which veries its receipt. If a feed update is received, it should never be processed on the spot since this leaves the Hub waiting for a response. Rather, any processing should be ofoaded to another process or deferred until after a response has been returned to the Hub. One symptom of a failure to promptly complete Hub requests is that a Hub may continue to attempt delivery of the update or verication request leading to duplicated update attempts being processed by the Subscriber. This appears problematic - but in reality a Hub may apply a timeout of just a few seconds, and if no response is received within that time it may disconnect (assuming a delivery failure) and retry later. Note that Hubs are expected to distribute vast volumes of updates so their resources are stretched - please do process feeds asynchronously (e.g. in a separate process or a job queue or even a cron scheduled task) as much as possible.

105.4.3 Setting Up And Using A Callback URL Route


As noted earlier, the Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback class receives the combined key associated with any subscription from the Hub via one of two methods. The technically preferred method is to add this key to the Callback URL employed by the Hub in all future requests using a query string parameter with the key xhub.subscription. However, for historical reasons, primarily that this was not supported in Pubsubhubbub 0.1 (it was recently added in 0.2 only), it is strongly recommended to use the most compatible means of adding this key to the Callback URL by appending it to the URLs path. Thus the URL http://www.example.com/callback?xhub.subscription=key http://www.example.com/callback/key. would become

Since the query string method is the default in anticipation of a greater level of future support for the full 0.2 specication, this requires some additional work to implement. The rst step to make the Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback class aware of the path contained subscription key. Its manually injected therefore since it also requires manually dening a route for this purpose. This is achieved simply by called the method Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback::setSubscriptionKey() with the parameter being the key value available from the Router. The example below demonstrates this using a Zend Framework controller.
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use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; class CallbackController extends AbstractActionController { public function indexAction() { $storage = new Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Model\Subscription; $callback = new Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub\Subscriber\Callback; $callback->setStorage($storage); /** * Inject subscription key parsing from URL path using * a parameter from Router. */ $subscriptionKey = $this->params()->fromRoute(subkey); $callback->setSubscriptionKey($subscriptionKey);

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$callback->handle(); $callback->sendResponse(); /** * Check if the callback resulting in the receipt of a feed update. * Otherwise it was either a (un)sub verification request or invalid * request. Typically we need do nothing other than add feed update * handling - the rest is handled internally by the class. */ if ($callback->hasFeedUpdate()) { $feedString = $callback->getFeedUpdate(); /** * Process the feed update asynchronously to avoid a Hub timeout. */ } } }

Actually adding the route which would map the path-appended key to a parameter for retrieval from a controller can be accomplished using a Route like in the example below.
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The Zend\Filter component provides a set of commonly needed data lters. It also provides a simple lter chaining mechanism by which multiple lters may be applied to a single datum in a user-dened order.

107.1 What is a lter?


In the physical world, a lter is typically used for removing unwanted portions of input, and the desired portion of the input passes through as lter output (e.g., coffee). In such scenarios, a lter is an operator that produces a subset of the input. This type of ltering is useful for web applications - removing illegal input, trimming unnecessary white space, etc. This basic denition of a lter may be extended to include generalized transformations upon input. A common transformation applied in web applications is the escaping of HTML entities. For example, if a form eld is automatically populated with untrusted input (e.g., from a web browser), this value should either be free of HTML entities or contain only escaped HTML entities, in order to prevent undesired behavior and security vulnerabilities. To meet this requirement, HTML entities that appear in the input must either be removed or escaped. Of course, which approach is more appropriate depends on the situation. A lter that removes the HTML entities operates within the scope of the rst denition of lter - an operator that produces a subset of the input. A lter that escapes the HTML entities, however, transforms the input (e.g., & is transformed to &amp;). Supporting such use cases for web developers is important, and to lter, in the context of using Zend\Filter, means to perform some transformations upon input data.

107.2 Basic usage of lters


Having this lter denition established provides the foundation for Zend\Filter\FilterInterface, which requires a single method named filter() to be implemented by a lter class. Following is a basic example of using a lter upon two input data, the ampersand (&) and double quote () characters:
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$htmlEntities = new Zend\Filter\HtmlEntities(); echo $htmlEntities->filter(&); // &amp; echo $htmlEntities->filter("); // &quot;

Also, if a Filter inherits from Zend\Filter\AbstractFilter (just like all out-of-the-box Filters) you can also use them as such:
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If it is inconvenient to load a given lter class and create an instance of the lter, you can use StaticFilter with its method execute() as an alternative invocation style. The rst argument of this method is a data input value, that you would pass to the filter() method. The second argument is a string, which corresponds to the basename of the lter class, relative to the Zend\Filter namespace. The execute() method automatically loads the class, creates an instance, and applies the filter() method to the data input.
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You can also pass an array of constructor arguments, if they are needed for the lter class.
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The static usage can be convenient for invoking a lter ad hoc, but if you have the need to run a lter for multiple inputs, its more efcient to follow the rst example above, creating an instance of the lter object and calling its filter() method. Also, the FilterChain class allows you to instantiate and run multiple lter and validator classes on demand to process sets of input data. See FilterChain. You can set and receive the FilterPluginManager for the StaticFilter to amend the standard lter classes.
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This is useful when adding custom lters to be used by the StaticFilter.

108.1 Double ltering


When using two lters after each other you have to keep in mind that it is often not possible to get the original output by using the opposite lter. Take the following example:
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// Use its opposite $filter2 = new Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToUnderscore(); $filtered = $filter2->filter($filtered)

The above code example could lead to the impression that you will get the original output after the second lter has been applied. But thinking logically this is not the case. After applying the rst lter my_original_content will be changed to MyOriginalContent. But after applying the second lter the result is My_Original_Content. As you can see it is not always possible to get the original output by using a lter which seems to be the opposite. It depends on the lter and also on the given input.

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Zend Framework comes with a standard set of lters, which are ready for you to use.

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The Alnum lter can be used to return only alphabetic characters and digits in the unicode letter and number categories, respectively. All other characters are suppressed.
Supported Options for Alnum Filter

The following options are supported for Alnum: Alnum([ boolean $allowWhiteSpace [, string $locale ]]) $allowWhiteSpace: If set to true then whitespace characters are allowed. Otherwise they are suppressed. Default is false (whitespace is not allowed). Methods for getting/setting the allowWhiteSpace option are also available: getAllowWhiteSpace() and setAllowWhiteSpace() $locale: The locale string used in identifying the characters to lter (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()). Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available: getLocale() and setLocale()
Alnum Filter Usage // Default settings, deny whitespace $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alnum(); echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123"); // Returns "Thisismycontent123" // First param in constructor is $allowWhiteSpace $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alnum(true); echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123"); // Returns "This is my content 123"

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The Alpha lter can be used to return only alphabetic characters in the unicode letter category. All other characters are suppressed.
Supported Options for Alpha Filter

The following options are supported for Alpha: Alpha([ boolean $allowWhiteSpace [, string $locale ]]) $allowWhiteSpace: If set to true then whitespace characters are allowed. Otherwise they are suppressed. Default is false (whitespace is not allowed). Methods for getting/setting the allowWhiteSpace option are also available: getAllowWhiteSpace() and setAllowWhiteSpace() $locale: The locale string used in identifying the characters to lter (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()). Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available: getLocale() and setLocale()
Alpha Filter Usage // Default settings, deny whitespace $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alpha(); echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123"); // Returns "Thisismycontent" // Allow whitespace $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alpha(true); echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123"); // Returns "This is my content "

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Note: Alpha works on almost all languages, except: Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Within these languages the english alphabet is used instead of the characters from these languages. The language itself is detected using the Locale.

109.3 BaseName
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Supported Options

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Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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This will return lename.


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This will return filename.txt.

109.4 Boolean
This lter changes a given input to be a BOOLEAN value. This is often useful when working with databases or when processing form values.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Boolean: casting: When this option is set to TRUE then any given input will be casted to boolean. This option defaults to TRUE. locale: This option sets the locale which will be used to detect localized input. type: The type option sets the boolean type which should be used. Read the following for details.
Default Behavior

By default, this lter works by casting the input to a BOOLEAN value; in other words, it operates in a similar fashion to calling (boolean) $value.
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This means that without providing any conguration, Zend\Filter\Boolean accepts all input types and returns a BOOLEAN just as you would get by type casting to BOOLEAN.
Changing the Default Behavior

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oat: Converts a oat 0.0 value to FALSE. string: Converts an empty string to FALSE. zero: Converts a string containing the single character zero (0) to FALSE. empty_array: Converts an empty array to FALSE. null: Converts a NULL value to FALSE. php: Converts values according to PHP when casting them to BOOLEAN. false_string: Converts a string containing the word false to a boolean FALSE. yes: Converts a localized string which contains the word no to FALSE. all: Converts all above types to BOOLEAN. All other given values will return TRUE by default. There are several ways to select which of the above types are ltered. You can give one or multiple types and add them, you can give an array, you can use constants, or you can give a textual string. See the following examples:
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// converts 0 to false $filter = new Zend\Filter\Boolean(Zend\Filter\Boolean::INTEGER); // converts 0 and 0 to false $filter = new Zend\Filter\Boolean( Zend\Filter\Boolean::INTEGER + Zend\Filter\Boolean::ZERO ); // converts 0 and 0 to false $filter = new Zend\Filter\Boolean(array( type => array( Zend\Filter\Boolean::INTEGER, Zend\Filter\Boolean::ZERO, ), )); // converts 0 and 0 to false $filter = new Zend\Filter\Boolean(array( type => array( integer, zero, ), ));

You can also give an instance of Zend\Config\Config to set the desired types. To set types after instantiation, use the setType() method.
Localized Booleans

As mentioned previously, Zend\Filter\Boolean can also recognise localized yes and no strings. This means that you can ask your customer in a form for yes or no within his native language and Zend\Filter\Boolean will convert the response to the appropriate boolean value. To set the desired locale, you can either use the locale option, or the method setLocale().
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)); // returns false echo $filter->filter(nein); $filter->setLocale(en); // returns true $filter->filter(yes);

Disable Casting

Sometimes it is necessary to recognise only TRUE or FALSE and return all other values without changes. Zend\Filter\Boolean allows you to do this by setting the casting option to FALSE. In this case Zend\Filter\Boolean will work as described in the following table, which shows which values return TRUE or FALSE. All other given values are returned without change when casting is set to FALSE Table 109.1: Usage without casting Type Zend\Filter\Boolean::BOOLEAN Zend\Filter\Boolean::INTEGER Zend\Filter\Boolean::FLOAT Zend\Filter\Boolean::STRING Zend\Filter\Boolean::ZERO Zend\Filter\Boolean::EMPTY_ARRAY Zend\Filter\Boolean::NULL Zend\Filter\Boolean::FALSE_STRING Zend\Filter\Boolean::YES True TRUE 0 0.0 0 array() NULL false (case independently) localized yes (case independently) False FALSE 1 1.0 1

true (case independently) localized no (case independently)

The following example shows the behaviour when changing the casting option:
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Boolean(array( type => Zend\Filter\Boolean::ALL, casting => false, )); // returns false echo $filter->filter(0); // returns true echo $filter->filter(1); // returns the value echo $filter->filter(2);

109.5 Callback
This lter allows you to use own methods in conjunction with Zend\Filter. You dont have to create a new lter when you already have a method which does the job.

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Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Callback: callback: This sets the callback which should be used. options: This property sets the options which are used when the callback is processed.
Basic Usage

The usage of this lter is quite simple. Lets expect we want to create a lter which reverses a string.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Callback(strrev); print $filter->filter(Hello!); // returns "!olleH"

As you can see its really simple to use a callback to dene a own lter. It is also possible to use a method, which is dened within a class, by giving an array as callback.
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// Our classdefinition class MyClass { public function Reverse($param); } // The filter definition $filter = new Zend\Filter\Callback(array(MyClass, Reverse)); print $filter->filter(Hello!);

To get the actual set callback use getCallback() and to set another callback use setCallback(). Note: Possible exceptions You should note that dening a callback method which can not be called will raise an exception.

Default Parameters Within a Callback

It is also possible to dene default parameters, which are given to the called method as array when the lter is executed. This array will be concatenated with the value which will be ltered.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Callback( array( callback => MyMethod, options => array(key => param1, key2 => param2) ) ); $filter->filter(array(value => Hello));

When you would call the above method denition manually it would look like this:
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109.6 Compress and Decompress


These two lters are capable of compressing and decompressing strings, les, and directories.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Compress and Zend\Filter\Decompress: adapter: The compression adapter which should be used. It defaults to Gz. options: Additional options which are given to the adapter at initiation. Each adapter supports its own options.
Supported Compression Adapters

The following compression formats are supported by their own adapter: Bz2 Gz Lzf Rar Tar Zip Each compression format has different capabilities as described below. All compression lters may be used in approximately the same ways, and differ primarily in the options available and the type of compression they offer (both algorithmically as well as string vs. le vs. directory)
Generic Handling

To create a compression lter you need to select the compression format you want to use. The following description takes the Bz2 adapter. Details for all other adapters are described after this section. The two lters are basically identical, in that they utilize the same backends. Zend\Filter\Compress should be used when you wish to compress items, and Zend\Filter\Decompress should be used when you wish to decompress items. For instance, if we want to compress a string, we have to initiate Zend\Filter\Compress and indicate the desired adapter.
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To use a different adapter, you simply specify it to the constructor. You may also provide an array of options or a Traversable object. If you do, provide minimally the key adapter, and then either the key options or adapterOptions (which should be an array of options to provide to the adapter on instantiation).
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Note: Default compression Adapter When no compression adapter is given, then the Gz adapter will be used. Almost the same usage is we want to decompress a string. We just have to use the decompression lter in this case.
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To get the compressed string, we have to give the original string. The ltered value is the compressed version of the original string.
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Decompression works the same way.


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Note: Note on string compression Not all adapters support string compression. Compression formats like Rar can only handle les and directories. For details, consult the section for the adapter you wish to use.

Creating an Archive

Creating an archive le works almost the same as compressing a string. However, in this case we need an additional parameter which holds the name of the archive we want to create.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Compress(array( adapter => Bz2, options => array( archive => filename.bz2, ), )); $compressed = $filter->filter(Uncompressed string); // Returns true on success and creates the archive file

In the above example the uncompressed string is compressed, and is then written into the given archive le. Note: Existing archives will be overwritten The content of any existing le will be overwritten when the given lename of the archive already exists. When you want to compress a le, then you must give the name of the le with its path.
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$compressed = $filter->filter(C:\temp\compressme.txt); // Returns true on success and creates the archive file

You may also specify a directory instead of a lename. In this case the whole directory with all its les and subdirectories will be compressed into the archive.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Compress(array( adapter => Bz2, options => array( archive => filename.bz2 ), )); $compressed = $filter->filter(C:\temp\somedir); // Returns true on success and creates the archive file

Note: Do not compress large or base directories You should never compress large or base directories like a complete partition. Compressing a complete partition is a very time consuming task which can lead to massive problems on your server when there is not enough space or your script takes too much time.

Decompressing an Archive

Decompressing an archive le works almost like compressing it. You must specify either the archive parameter, or give the lename of the archive when you decompress the le.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Decompress(Bz2); $decompressed = $filter->filter(filename.bz2); // Returns true on success and decompresses the archive file

Some adapters support decompressing the archive into another subdirectory. In this case you can set the target parameter.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Decompress(array( adapter => Zip, options => array( target => C:\temp, ) )); $decompressed = $filter->filter(filename.zip); // Returns true on success and decompresses the archive file // into the given target directory

Note: Directories to extract to must exist When you want to decompress an archive into a directory, then that directory must exist.

Bz2 Adapter

The Bz2 Adapter can compress and decompress: Strings Files

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Directories This adapter makes use of PHPs Bz2 extension. To customize compression, this adapter supports the following options: Archive: This parameter sets the archive le which should be used or created. Blocksize: This parameter sets the blocksize to use. It can be from 0 to 9. The default value is 4. All options can be set at instantiation or by using a related method. For example, the related methods for Blocksize are getBlocksize() and setBlocksize(). You can also use the setOptions() method which accepts all options as array.
Gz Adapter

The Gz Adapter can compress and decompress: Strings Files Directories This adapter makes use of PHPs Zlib extension. To customize the compression this adapter supports the following options: Archive: This parameter sets the archive le which should be used or created. Level: This compression level to use. It can be from 0 to 9. The default value is 9. Mode: There are two supported modes. compress and deate. The default value is compress. All options can be set at initiation or by using a related method. For example, the related methods for Level are getLevel() and setLevel(). You can also use the setOptions() method which accepts all options as array.

Lzf Adapter

The Lzf Adapter can compress and decompress: Strings Note: Lzf supports only strings The Lzf adapter can not handle les and directories. This adapter makes use of PHPs Lzf extension. There are no options available to customize this adapter.
Rar Adapter

The Rar Adapter can compress and decompress: Files Directories

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Note: Rar does not support strings The Rar Adapter can not handle strings. This adapter makes use of PHPs Rar extension. Note: Rar compression not supported Due to restrictions with the Rar compression format, there is no compression available for free. When you want to compress les into a new Rar archive, you must provide a callback to the adapter that can invoke a Rar compression program. To customize the compression this adapter supports the following options: Archive: This parameter sets the archive le which should be used or created. Callback: A callback which provides compression support to this adapter. Password: The password which has to be used for decompression. Target: The target where the decompressed les will be written to. All options can be set at instantiation or by using a related method. For example, the related methods for Target are getTarget() and setTarget(). You can also use the setOptions() method which accepts all options as array.
Tar Adapter

The Tar Adapter can compress and decompress: Files Directories Note: Tar does not support strings The Tar Adapter can not handle strings. This adapter makes use of PEARs Archive_Tar component. To customize the compression this adapter supports the following options: Archive: This parameter sets the archive le which should be used or created. Mode: A mode to use for compression. Supported are either NULL which means no compression at all, Gz which makes use of PHPs Zlib extension and Bz2 which makes use of PHPs Bz2 extension. The default value is NULL. Target: The target where the decompressed les will be written to. All options can be set at instantiation or by using a related method. For example, the related methods for Target are getTarget() and setTarget(). You can also use the setOptions() method which accepts all options as array. Note: Directory usage When compressing directories with Tar then the complete le path is used. This means that created Tar les will not only have the subdirectory but the complete path for the compressed le. 109.6. Compress and Decompress 453

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Zip Adapter

The Zip Adapter can compress and decompress: Strings Files Directories Note: Zip does not support string decompression The Zip Adapter can not handle decompression to a string; decompression will always be written to a le. This adapter makes use of PHPs Zip extension. To customize the compression this adapter supports the following options: Archive: This parameter sets the archive le which should be used or created. Target: The target where the decompressed les will be written to. All options can be set at instantiation or by using a related method. For example, the related methods for Target are getTarget() and setTarget(). You can also use the setOptions() method which accepts all options as array.

109.7 Digits
Returns the string $value, removing all but digits.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Digits.


Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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This returns 2012.


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109.8 Dir
Given a string containing a path to a le, this function will return the name of the directory.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Dir.


Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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This returns /etc.


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This returns C:/Temp.

109.9 Encrypt and Decrypt


These lters allow to encrypt and decrypt any given string. Therefor they make use of Adapters. Actually there are adapters for the Zend\Crypt\BlockCipher class and the OpenSSL extension of PHP.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Encrypt and Zend\Filter\Decrypt: adapter: This sets the encryption adapter which should be used algorithm: Only BlockCipher. The algorithm which has to be used by the adapter Zend\Crypt\Symmetric\Mcrypt. It should be one of the algorithm ciphers supported by Zend\Crypt\Symmetric\Mcrypt (see the getSupportedAlgorithms() method). If not set it defaults to aes, the Advanced Encryption Standard (see Zend\Crypt\BlockCipher for more details). compression: If the encrypted value should be compressed. Default is no compression. envelope: Only OpenSSL. The encrypted envelope key from the user who encrypted the content. You can either provide the path and lename of the key le, or just the content of the key le itself. When the package option has been set, then you can omit this parameter. key: Only BlockCipher. The encryption key with which the input will be encrypted. You need the same key for decryption. mode: Only BlockCipher. The encryption mode which has to be used. It should be one of the modes which can be found under PHPs mcrypt modes. If not set it defaults to cbc.

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mode_directory: Only BlockCipher. The directory where the mode can be found. If not set it defaults to the path set within the Mcrypt extension. package: Only OpenSSL. If the envelope key should be packed with the encrypted value. Default is FALSE. private: Only OpenSSL. Your private key which will be used for encrypting the content. Also the private key can be either a lename with path of the key le, or just the content of the key le itself. public: Only OpenSSL. The public key of the user whom you want to provide the encrypted content. You can give multiple public keys by using an array. You can either provide the path and lename of the key le, or just the content of the key le itself. vector: Only BlockCipher. The initialization vector which shall be used. If not set it will be a random vector.
Adapter Usage

As these two encryption methodologies work completely different, also the usage of the adapters differ. You have to select the adapter you want to use when initiating the lter.
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// Use the BlockCipher adapter $filter1 = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array(adapter => BlockCipher)); // Use the OpenSSL adapter $filter2 = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array(adapter => openssl));

To set another adapter you can also use setAdapter(), and the getAdapter() method to receive the actual set adapter.
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// Use the OpenSSL adapter $filter = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(); $filter->setAdapter(openssl);

Note: When you do not supply the adapter option or do not use setAdapter(), then the BlockCipher adapter will be used per default.

Encryption with BlockCipher

To encrypt a string using the BlockCipher you have to specify the encryption key using the setKey() method or passing it during the constructor.
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// Use the default AES encryption algorithm $filter = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array(adapter => BlockCipher)); $filter->setKey(encryption key); var_dump($filter->getEncryption()); // Will print: //array(4) { // ["key_iteration"]=> // int(5000) // ["algorithm"]=> // string(3) "aes" // ["hash"]=> // string(6) "sha256" // ["key"]=> // string(14) "encryption key" //}

Note: The BlockCipher adapter uses the Mcrypt PHP extension by default. That means you will need to install the Mcrypt module in your PHP environment. If you dont specify an initialization Vector (salt or iv), the BlockCipher will generate a random value during each encryption. If you try to execute the following code the output will be always different (note that even if the output is always different you can decrypt it using the same key).
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$key = encryption key; $text = message to encrypt; // use the default adapter that is BlockCipher $filter = new \Zend\Filter\Encrypt(); $filter->setKey(encryption key); for ($i=0; $i < 10; $i++) { printf("%d) %s\n", $i, $filter->filter($text)); }

If you want to obtain the same output you need to specify a xed Vector, using the setVector() method. This script will produce always the same encryption output.
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// use the default adapter that is BlockCipher $filter = new \Zend\Filter\Encrypt(); $filter->setKey(encryption key); $filter->setVector(12345678901234567890); printf("%s\n", $filter->filter(message));

// output: // 04636a6cb8276fad0787a2e187803b6557f77825d5ca6ed4392be702b9754bb3MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NgZ+zPwTGpV6gQ

Note: For a security reason its always better to use a different Vector on each encryption. We suggest to use the setVector() method only if you really need it.

Decryption with BlockCipher

For decrypting content which was previously encrypted with BlockCipher you need to have the options with which the encryption has been called.

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If you used only the encryption key, you can just use it to decrypt the content. As soon as you have provided all options decryption is as simple as encryption.
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$content = 04636a6cb8276fad0787a2e187803b6557f77825d5ca6ed4392be702b9754bb3MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NgZ+z // use the default adapter that is BlockCipher $filter = new Zend\Filter\Decrypt(); $filter->setKey(encryption key); printf("Decrypt: %s\n", $filter->filter($content)); // output: // Decrypt: message

Note that even if we did not specify the same Vector, the BlockCipher is able to decrypt the message because the Vector is stored in the encryption string itself (note that the Vector can be stored in plaintext, it is not a secret, the Vector is only used to improve the randomness of the encryption algorithm). Note: You should also note that all settings which be checked when you create the instance or when you call setEncryption().

Encryption with OpenSSL

When you have installed the OpenSSL extension you can use the OpenSSL adapter. You can get or set the public keys also afterwards with the getPublicKey() and setPublicKey() methods. The private key can also be get and set with the related getPrivateKey() and setPrivateKey() methods.
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// Use openssl and provide a private key $filter = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array( adapter => openssl, private => /path/to/mykey/private.pem )); // of course you can also give the public keys at initiation $filter->setPublicKey(array( /public/key/path/first.pem, /public/key/path/second.pem ));

Note: Note that the OpenSSL adapter will not work when you do not provide valid keys. When you want to encode also the keys, then you have to provide a passphrase with the setPassphrase() method. When you want to decode content which was encoded with a passphrase you will not only need the public key, but also the passphrase to decode the encrypted key.
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// Use openssl and provide a private key $filter = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array( adapter => openssl, private => /path/to/mykey/private.pem )); // of course you can also give the public keys at initiation $filter->setPublicKey(array( /public/key/path/first.pem, /public/key/path/second.pem )); $filter->setPassphrase(mypassphrase);

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At last, when you use OpenSSL you need to give the receiver the encrypted content, the passphrase when have provided one, and the envelope keys for decryption. This means for you, that you have to get the envelope keys after the encryption with the getEnvelopeKey() method. So our complete example for encrypting content with OpenSSL look like this.
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// Use openssl and provide a private key $filter = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array( adapter => openssl, private => /path/to/mykey/private.pem )); // of course you can also give the public keys at initiation $filter->setPublicKey(array( /public/key/path/first.pem, /public/key/path/second.pem )); $filter->setPassphrase(mypassphrase); $encrypted = $filter->filter(text_to_be_encoded); $envelope = $filter->getEnvelopeKey(); print $encrypted; // For decryption look at the Decrypt filter

Simplied usage with Openssl

As seen before, you need to get the envelope key to be able to decrypt the previous encrypted value. This can be very annoying when you work with multiple values. To have a simplied usage you can set the package option to TRUE. The default value is FALSE.
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// Use openssl and provide a private key $filter = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array( adapter => openssl, private => /path/to/mykey/private.pem, public => /public/key/path/public.pem, package => true )); $encrypted = $filter->filter(text_to_be_encoded); print $encrypted; // For decryption look at the Decrypt filter

Now the returned value contains the encrypted value and the envelope. You dont need to get them after the compression. But, and this is the negative aspect of this feature, the encrypted value can now only be decrypted by using Zend\Filter\Encrypt.
Compressing Content

Based on the original value, the encrypted value can be a very large string. Zend\Filter\Encrypt allows the usage of compression.

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The compression option can either be set to the name of a compression adapter, or to an array which sets all wished options for the compression adapter.
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// Use basic compression adapter $filter1 = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array( adapter => openssl, private => /path/to/mykey/private.pem, public => /public/key/path/public.pem, package => true, compression => bz2 )); // Use basic compression adapter $filter2 = new Zend\Filter\Encrypt(array( adapter => openssl, private => /path/to/mykey/private.pem, public => /public/key/path/public.pem, package => true, compression => array(adapter => zip, target => \usr\tmp\tmp.zip) ));

Note: Decryption with same settings When you want to decrypt a value which is additionally compressed, then you need to set the same compression settings for decryption as for encryption. Otherwise the decryption will fail.

Decryption with OpenSSL

Decryption with OpenSSL is as simple as encryption. But you need to have all data from the person who encrypted the content. See the following example:
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// Use openssl and provide a private key $filter = new Zend\Filter\Decrypt(array( adapter => openssl, private => /path/to/mykey/private.pem )); // of course you can also give the envelope keys at initiation $filter->setEnvelopeKey(array( /key/from/encoder/first.pem, /key/from/encoder/second.pem ));

Note: Note that the OpenSSL adapter will not work when you do not provide valid keys. Optionally it could be necessary to provide the passphrase for decrypting the keys themself by using the setPassphrase() method.
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$filter->setEnvelopeKey(array( /key/from/encoder/first.pem, /key/from/encoder/second.pem )); $filter->setPassphrase(mypassphrase);

At last, decode the content. Our complete example for decrypting the previously encrypted content looks like this.
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// Use openssl and provide a private key $filter = new Zend\Filter\Decrypt(array( adapter => openssl, private => /path/to/mykey/private.pem )); // of course you can also give the envelope keys at initiation $filter->setEnvelopeKey(array( /key/from/encoder/first.pem, /key/from/encoder/second.pem )); $filter->setPassphrase(mypassphrase); $decrypted = $filter->filter(encoded_text_normally_unreadable); print $decrypted;

109.10 HtmlEntities
Returns the string $value, converting characters to their corresponding HTML entity equivalents where they exist.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\HtmlEntities: quotestyle: Equivalent to the PHP htmlentities native function parameter quote_style. This allows you to dene what will be done with single and double quotes. The following constants are accepted: ENT_COMPAT, ENT_QUOTES ENT_NOQUOTES with the default being ENT_COMPAT. charset: Equivalent to the PHP htmlentities native function parameter charset. This denes the character set to be used in ltering. Unlike the PHP native function the default is UTF-8. See http://php.net/htmlentities for a list of supported character sets. Note: This option can also be set via the $options parameter as a Traversable object or array. The option key will be accepted as either charset or encoding. doublequote: Equivalent to the PHP htmlentities native function parameter double_encode. If set to false existing html entities will not be encoded. The default is to convert everything (true). Note: This option must be set via the $options parameter or the setDoubleEncode() method.

Basic Usage

See the following example for the default behavior of this lter.

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$filter = new Zend\Filter\HtmlEntities(); print $filter->filter(<);

Quote Style

Zend\Filter\HtmlEntities allows changing the quote style used. This can be useful when you want to leave double, single, or both types of quotes un-ltered. See the following example:
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\HtmlEntities(array(quotestyle => ENT_QUOTES)); $input = "A single and " . "double"; print $filter->filter($input);

The above example returns A &#039;single&#039; and &quot;double&quot;. Notice that single as well as "double" quotes are ltered.
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The above example returns A single and &quot;double&quot;. Notice that "double" quotes are ltered while single quotes are not altered.
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The above example returns A single and "double". Notice that neither "double" or single quotes are altered.
Helper Methods

To change or retrieve the quotestyle after instantiation, the two methods setQuoteStyle() and getQuoteStyle() may be used respectively. setQuoteStyle() accepts one parameter $quoteStyle. The following constants are accepted: ENT_COMPAT, ENT_QUOTES, ENT_NOQUOTES
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To change or retrieve the charset after instantiation, the two methods setCharSet() and getCharSet() may be used respectively. setCharSet() accepts one parameter $charSet. See http://php.net/htmlentities for a list of supported character sets.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\HtmlEntities(); $filter->setQuoteStyle(ENT_QUOTES); print $filter->getQuoteStyle(ENT_QUOTES);

109.11 Int
Zend\Filter\Int allows you to transform a scalar value which contains into an integer.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Int.


Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Int(); print $filter->filter(-4 is less than 0);

This will return -4.

109.12 Null
This lter will change the given input to be NULL if it meets specic criteria. This is often necessary when you work with databases and want to have a NULL value instead of a boolean or any other type.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Null: type: The variable type which should be supported.
Default Behavior

Per default this lter works like PHPs empty() method; in other words, if empty() returns a boolean TRUE, then a NULL value will be returned.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Null(); $value = ; $result = $filter->filter($value); // returns null instead of the empty string

This means that without providing any conguration, Zend\Filter\Null will accept all input types and return NULL in the same cases as empty(). Any other value will be returned as is, without any changes.

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Sometimes its not enough to lter based on empty(). Therefor Zend\Filter\Null allows you to congure which type will be converted and which not. The following types can be handled: boolean: Converts a boolean FALSE value to NULL. integer: Converts an integer 0 value to NULL. empty_array: Converts an empty array to NULL. oat: Converts an oat 0.0 value to NULL. string: Converts an empty string to NULL. zero: Converts a string containing the single character zero (0) to NULL. all: Converts all above types to NULL. (This is the default behavior.) There are several ways to select which of the above types are ltered. You can give one or multiple types and add them, you can give an array, you can use constants, or you can give a textual string. See the following examples:
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// converts false to null $filter = new Zend\Filter\Null(Zend\Filter\Null::BOOLEAN); // converts false and 0 to null $filter = new Zend\Filter\Null( Zend\Filter\Null::BOOLEAN + Zend\Filter\Null::INTEGER ); // converts false and 0 to null $filter = new Zend\Filter\Null( array( Zend\Filter\Null::BOOLEAN, Zend\Filter\Null::INTEGER )); // converts false and 0 to null $filter = new Zend\Filter\Null(array( boolean, integer, ));

You can also give a Traversable or an array to set the wished types. To set types afterwards use setType().

109.13 NumberFormat
The NumberFormat lter can be used to return locale-specic number and percentage strings. It extends the NumberParse lter, which acts as wrapper for the NumberFormatter class within the Internationalization extension (Intl).
Supported Options for NumberFormat Filter

The following options are supported for NumberFormat: NumberFormat([ string $locale [, int $style [, int $type ]]])

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$locale: (Optional) Locale in which the number would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()) Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available: getLocale() and setLocale() $style: (Optional) Style of the formatting, one of the format style constants. NumberFormatter::DEFAULT_STYLE as the default style. If unset, it will use

Methods for getting/setting the format style are also available: getStyle() and setStyle() $type: (Optional) The formatting type to use. If unset, it will use NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE as the default type. Methods for getting/setting the format type are also available: getType() and setType()
NumberFormat Filter Usage $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat("de_DE"); echo $filter->filter(1234567.8912346); // Returns "1.234.567,891" $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat("en_US", NumberFormatter::PERCENT); echo $filter->filter(0.80); // Returns "80%" $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat("fr_FR", NumberFormatter::SCIENTIFIC); echo $filter->filter(0.00123456789); // Returns "1,23456789E-3"

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109.14 PregReplace
Zend\Filter\PregReplace performs a search using regular expressions and replaces all found elements.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\PregReplace: pattern: The pattern which will be searched for. replacement: The string which is used as replacement for the matches.
Basic Usage

To use this lter properly you must give two options: The option pattern has to be given to set the pattern which will be searched for. It can be a string for a single pattern, or an array of strings for multiple pattern. To set the pattern which will be used as replacement the option replacement has to be used. It can be a string for a single pattern, or an array of strings for multiple pattern.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\PregReplace(array( pattern => /bob/, replacement => john, ));

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$input

= Hy bob!";

$filter->filter($input); // returns Hy john!

You can use getPattern() and setPattern() to set the matching pattern afterwards. To set the replacement pattern you can use getReplacement() and setReplacement().
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\PregReplace(); $filter->setMatchPattern(array(bob, Hy)) ->setReplacement(array(john, Bye)); $input = Hy bob!"; $filter->filter($input); // returns Bye john!

For a more complex usage take a look into PHPs PCRE Pattern Chapter.

109.15 RealPath
This lter will resolve given links and pathnames and returns canonicalized absolute pathnames.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\RealPath: exists: This option defaults to TRUE which checks if the given path really exists.
Basic Usage

For any given link of pathname its absolute path will be returned. References to /./, /../ and extra / characters in the input path will be stripped. The resulting path will not have any symbolic link, /./ or /../ character. Zend\Filter\RealPath will return FALSE on failure, e.g. if the le does not exist. On BSD systems Zend\Filter\RealPath doesnt fail if only the last path component doesnt exist, while other systems will return FALSE.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\RealPath(); $path = /www/var/path/../../mypath; $filtered = $filter->filter($path); // returns /www/mypath

Non-Existing Paths

Sometimes it is useful to get also paths when they dont exist, f.e. when you want to get the real path for a path which you want to create. You can then either give a FALSE at initiation, or use setExists() to set it.
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// returns /www/non/existing/path // even when file_exists or realpath would return false

109.16 StringToLower
This lter converts any input to be lowercased.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\StringToLower: encoding: This option can be used to set an encoding which has to be used.
Basic Usage

This is a basic example:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StringToLower(); print $filter->filter(SAMPLE); // returns "sample"

Different Encoded Strings

Per default it will only handle characters from the actual locale of your server. Characters from other charsets would be ignored. Still, its possible to also lowercase them when the mbstring extension is available in your environment. Simply set the wished encoding when initiating the StringToLower lter. Or use the setEncoding() method to change the encoding afterwards.
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// using UTF-8 $filter = new Zend\Filter\StringToLower(UTF-8); // or give an array which can be useful when using a configuration $filter = new Zend\Filter\StringToLower(array(encoding => UTF-8)); // or do this afterwards $filter->setEncoding(ISO-8859-1);

Note: Setting wrong encodings Be aware that you will get an exception when you want to set an encoding and the mbstring extension is not available in your environment. Also when you are trying to set an encoding which is not supported by your mbstring extension you will get an exception.

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Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\StringToUpper: encoding: This option can be used to set an encoding which has to be used.
Basic Usage

This is a basic example for using the StringToUpper lter:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StringToUpper(); print $filter->filter(Sample); // returns "SAMPLE"

Different Encoded Strings

Like the StringToLower lter, this lter handles only characters from the actual locale of your server. Using different character sets works the same as with StringToLower.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StringToUpper(array(encoding => UTF-8)); // or do this afterwards $filter->setEncoding(ISO-8859-1);

109.18 StringTrim
This lter modies a given string such that certain characters are removed from the beginning and end.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\StringTrim: charlist: List of characters to remove from the beginning and end of the string. If this is not set or is null, the default behavior will be invoked, which is to remove only whitespace from the beginning and end of the string.
Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StringTrim(); print $filter->filter( This is (my) content: );

The above example returns This is (my) content:. Notice that the whitespace characters have been removed.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StringTrim(:); // or new Zend\Filter\StringTrim(array(charlist => :)); print $filter->filter( This is (my) content:);

The above example returns This is (my) content. Notice that the whitespace characters and colon are removed. You can also provide a Traversable or an array with a charlist key. To set the desired character list after instantiation, use the setCharList() method. The getCharList() return the values set for charlist.

109.19 StripNewLines
This lter modies a given string and removes all new line characters within that string.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\StripNewLines:


Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StripNewLines(); print $filter->filter( This is (my)\n\rcontent: );

The above example returns This is (my) content:. Notice that all newline characters have been removed.

109.20 StripTags
This lter can strip XML and HTML tags from given content. Warning: Be warned that Zend\Filter\StripTags should only be used to strip all available tags. Using Zend\Filter\StripTags to make your site secure by stripping some unwanted tags will lead to unsecure and dangerous code. Zend\Filter\StripTags must not be used to prevent XSS attacks. This lter is no replacement for using Tidy or HtmlPurier.

Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\StripTags: allowAttribs: This option sets the attributes which are accepted. All other attributes are stripped from the given content. allowTags: This option sets the tags which are accepted. All other tags will be stripped from the given content.

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Basic Usage

See the following example for the default behaviour of this lter:
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StripTags(); print $filter->filter(<B>My content</B>);

As result you will get the stripped content My content. When the content contains broken or partial tags then the complete following content will be erased. See the following example:
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StripTags(); print $filter->filter(This contains <a href="http://example.com">no ending tag);

The above will return This contains with the rest being stripped.
Allowing Dened Tags

Zend\Filter\StripTags allows stripping of all but dened tags. This can be used for example to strip all tags but links from a text.
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StripTags(array(allowTags => a)); $input = "A text with <br/> a <a href=link.com>link</a>"; print $filter->filter($input);

The above will return A text with a <a href=link.com>link</a> as result. It strips all tags but the link. By providing an array you can set multiple tags at once. Warning: Do not use this feature to get a probably secure content. This component does not replace the use of a proper congured html lter.

Allowing Dened Attributes

It is also possible to strip all but allowed attributes from a tag.


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\StripTags(array(allowAttribs => src)); $input = "A text with <br/> a <img src=picture.com width=100>picture</img>"; print $filter->filter($input);

The above will return A text with a <img src=picture.com>picture</img> as result. It strips all tags but img. Additionally from the img tag all attributes but src will be stripped. By providing an array you can set multiple attributes at once.

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Basic Usage

See the following example for the default behaviour of this lter:
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$filter = new Zend\Filter\UriNormalize(array( enforcedScheme => https )); echo $filter->filter(www.example.com);

As the result the string https://www.example.com will be output.

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In addition to the standard set of lters, there are several classes specic to ltering word strings.

110.1 CamelCaseToDash
This lter modies a given string such that CamelCaseWords are converted to Camel-Case-Words.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToDash:


Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToDash(); print $filter->filter(ThisIsMyContent);

The above example returns This-Is-My-Content.

110.2 CamelCaseToSeparator
This lter modies a given string such that CamelCaseWords are converted to Camel Case Words.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToSeparator: separator: A separator char. If this is not set the separator will be a space character.
Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:

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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToSeparator(:); // or new Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToSeparator(array(separator => :)); print $filter->filter(ThisIsMyContent);

The above example returns This:Is:My:Content.


Default Behavior $filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToSeparator(); print $filter->filter(ThisIsMyContent);

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The above example returns This Is My Content.

110.3 CamelCaseToUnderscore
This lter modies a given string such that CamelCaseWords are converted to Camel_Case_Words.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToUnderscore:


Basic usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToUnderscore(); print $filter->filter(ThisIsMyContent);

The above example returns This_Is_My_Content.

110.4 DashToCamelCase
This lter modies a given string such that words-with-dashes are converted to WordsWithDashes.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Word\DashToCamelCase:


Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\DashToCamelCase(); print $filter->filter(this-is-my-content);

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The above example returns ThisIsMyContent.

110.5 DashToSeparator
This lter modies a given string such that words-with-dashes are converted to words with dashes.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Word\DashToSeparator: separator: A separator char. If this is not set the separator will be a space character.
Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\DashToSeparator(+); // or new Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToSeparator(array(separator => +)); print $filter->filter(this-is-my-content);

The above example returns this+is+my+content.


Default Behavior $filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\DashToSeparator(); print $filter->filter(this-is-my-content);

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The above example returns this is my content.

110.6 DashToUnderscore
This lter modies a given string such that words-with-dashes are converted to words_with_dashes.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Word\DashToUnderscore:


Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\DashToUnderscore(); print $filter->filter(this-is-my-content);

The above example returns this_is_my_content.

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110.7 SeparatorToCamelCase
This lter modies a given string such that words with separators are converted to WordsWithSeparators.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToCamelCase: separator: A separator char. If this is not set the separator will be a space character.
Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToCamelCase(:); // or new Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToCamelCase(array(separator => :)); print $filter->filter(this:is:my:content);

The above example returns ThisIsMyContent.


Default Behavior $filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToCamelCase(); print $filter->filter(this is my content);

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The above example returns ThisIsMyContent.

110.8 SeparatorToDash
This lter modies a given string such that words with separators are converted to words-with-separators.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToDash: separator: A separator char. If this is not set the separator will be a space character.
Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToDash(:); // or new Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToDash(array(separator => :)); print $filter->filter(this:is:my:content);

The above example returns this-is-my-content.

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Default Behavior $filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToDash(); print $filter->filter(this is my content);

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The above example returns this-is-my-content.

110.9 SeparatorToSeparator
This lter modies a given string such that words with separators are converted to words-with-separators.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToSeparator: searchSeparator: The search separator char. If this is not set the separator will be a space character. replaceSeparator: The replace separator char. If this is not set the separator will be a dash.
Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToSeparator(:, +); print $filter->filter(this:is:my:content);

The above example returns this+is+my+content.


Default Behaviour $filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\SeparatorToSeparator(); print $filter->filter(this is my content);

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The above example returns this-is-my-content.

110.10 UnderscoreToCamelCase
This lter modies a given string such that words_with_underscores are converted to WordsWithUnderscores.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Word\UnderscoreToCamelCase:

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Basic Usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\UnderscoreToCamelCase(); print $filter->filter(this_is_my_content);

The above example returns ThisIsMyContent.

110.11 UnderscoreToSeparator
This lter modies a given string such that words_with_underscores are converted to words with underscores.
Supported Options

The following options are supported for Zend\Filter\Word\UnderscoreToSeparator: separator: A separator char. If this is not set the separator will be a space character.
Basic usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\UnderscoreToSeparator(+); // or new Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToSeparator(array(separator => +)); print $filter->filter(this_is_my_content);

The above example returns this+is+my+content.


Default Behavior $filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\UnderscoreToSeparator(); print $filter->filter(this_is_my_content);

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The above example returns this is my content.

110.12 UnderscoreToDash
This lter modies a given string such that words_with_underscores are converted to words-with-underscores.
Supported Options

There are no additional options for Zend\Filter\Word\UnderscoreToDash:

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Basic usage

A basic example of usage is below:


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$filter = new Zend\Filter\Word\UnderscoreToDash(); print $filter->filter(this_is_my_content);

The above example returns this-is-my-content.

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FILE FILTER CLASSES


Zend Framework comes with a set of classes for ltering le contents as well as performing other actions, such as le renaming. Note: All of the File Filter Classes filter() methods support both a le path string or a $_FILES array as the supplied argument. When a $_FILES array is passed in, the tmp_name is used for the le path.

111.1 Decrypt
TODO

111.2 Encrypt
TODO

111.3 Lowercase
TODO

111.4 Rename
Zend\Filter\File\Rename can be used to rename a le and/or move a le to a new path.
Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: target (string) default: source (string) default: "*" Target lename or directory, the new name of the source le. "*" Source lename or directory which will be renamed.

Used to match the ltered le with an options set.

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overwrite (boolean) default:

false Shall existing les be overwritten? target path, a

If the le is unable to be moved into the Zend\Filter\Exception\RuntimeException will be thrown.

randomize (boolean) default: false Shall target les have a random postx attached? The random postx will be a uniqid(_) after the le name and before the extension. For example, "file.txt" will be randomized to "file_4b3403665fea6.txt" An array of option sets is also supported, where a single Rename lter instance can lter several les using different options. The options used for the ltered le will be matched from the source option in the options set.
Usage Examples

Move all ltered les to a different directory:


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// target option is assumed if param is a string $filter = \Zend\Filter\File\Rename("/tmp/"); echo $filter->filter("./myfile.txt"); // File has been moved to "/tmp/myfile.txt"

Rename all ltered les to a new name:


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$filter = \Zend\Filter\File\Rename("/tmp/newfile.txt"); echo $filter->filter("./myfile.txt"); // File has been renamed to "/tmp/newfile.txt"

Move to a new path and randomize le names:


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$filter = \Zend\Filter\File\Rename(array( "target" => "/tmp/newfile.txt", "randomize" => true, )); echo $filter->filter("./myfile.txt"); // File has been renamed to "/tmp/newfile_4b3403665fea6.txt"

Congure different options for several possible source les:


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$filter = \Zend\Filter\File\Rename(array( array( "source" => "fileA.txt" "target" => "/dest1/newfileA.txt", "overwrite" => true, ), array( "source" => "fileB.txt" "target" => "/dest2/newfileB.txt", "randomize" => true, ), )); echo $filter->filter("fileA.txt"); // File has been renamed to "/dest1/newfileA.txt" echo $filter->filter("fileB.txt"); // File has been renamed to "/dest2/newfileB_4b3403665fea6.txt"

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Public Methods

The specic public methods for the Rename lter, besides the common filter() method, are as follows: getFile() Returns the les to rename and their new name and location Return type array setFile(string|array $options) Sets the le options for renaming. Removes any previously set le options. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information. addFile(string|array $options) Adds le options for renaming to the current list of le options. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information.

111.5 RenameUpload
Zend\Filter\File\RenameUpload can be used to rename or move an uploaded le to a new path.
Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: target (string) default: "*" Target directory or full lename path. false Shall existing les be overwritten? target path, a

overwrite (boolean) default:

If the le is unable to be moved into the Zend\Filter\Exception\RuntimeException will be thrown.

randomize (boolean) default: false Shall target les have a random postx attached? The random postx will be a uniqid(_) after the le name and before the extension. For example, "file.txt" will be randomized to "file_4b3403665fea6.txt" use_upload_name (boolean) default: false When true, this lter will use the $_FILES[name] as the target lename. Otherwise, the default target rules and the $_FILES[tmp_name] will be used. Warning: Be very careful when using the use_upload_name option. For instance, extremely bad things could happen if you were to allow uploaded .php les (or other CGI les) to be moved into the DocumentRoot. It is generally a better idea to supply an internal lename to avoid security risks. RenameUpload does not support an array of options like theRename lter. When ltering HTML5 le uploads with the multiple attribute set, all les will be ltered with the same option settings.
Usage Examples

Move all ltered les to a different directory:

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use Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Request; $request = new Request(); $files = $request->getFiles(); // i.e. $files[my-upload][tmp_name] === /tmp/php5Wx0aJ // i.e. $files[my-upload][name] === myfile.txt // target option is assumed if param is a string $filter = \Zend\Filter\File\RenameUpload("./data/uploads/"); echo $filter->filter($files[my-upload]); // File has been moved to "./data/uploads/php5Wx0aJ" // ... or retain the uploaded file name $filter->setUseUploadName(true); echo $filter->filter($files[my-upload]); // File has been moved to "./data/uploads/myfile.txt"

Rename all ltered les to a new name:


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use Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Request; $request = new Request(); $files = $request->getFiles(); // i.e. $files[my-upload][tmp_name] === /tmp/php5Wx0aJ $filter = \Zend\Filter\File\Rename("./data/uploads/newfile.txt"); echo $filter->filter($files[my-upload]); // File has been renamed to "./data/uploads/newfile.txt"

Move to a new path and randomize le names:


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use Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Request; $request = new Request(); $files = $request->getFiles(); // i.e. $files[my-upload][tmp_name] === /tmp/php5Wx0aJ $filter = \Zend\Filter\File\Rename(array( "target" => "./data/uploads/newfile.txt", "randomize" => true, )); echo $filter->filter($files[my-upload]); // File has been renamed to "./data/uploads/newfile_4b3403665fea6.txt"

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FILTER CHAINS
Often multiple lters should be applied to some value in a particular order. For example, a login form accepts a username that should be only lowercase, alphabetic characters. Zend\Filter\FilterChain provides a simple method by which lters may be chained together. The following code illustrates how to chain together two lters for the submitted username:
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// Create a filter chain and add filters to the chain $filterChain = new Zend\Filter\FilterChain(); $filterChain->attach(new Zend\Filter\Alpha()) ->attach(new Zend\Filter\StringToLower()); // Filter the username $username = $filterChain->filter($_POST[username]);

Filters are run in the order they were added to Zend\Filter\FilterChain. In the above example, the username is rst removed of any non-alphabetic characters, and then any uppercase characters are converted to lowercase. Any object that implements Zend\Filter\FilterInterface may be used in a lter chain.

112.1 Setting Filter Chain Order


For each lter added to the FilterChain you can set a priority to dene the chain order. The default value is 1000. In the following example, any uppercase characters are converted to lowercase before any non-alphabetic characters are removed.
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// Create a filter chain and add filters to the chain $filterChain = new Zend\Filter\FilterChain(); $filterChain->attach(new Zend\Filter\Alpha()) ->attach(new Zend\Filter\StringToLower(), 500);

112.2 Using the Plugin Manager


To every FilterChain object an instance of the FilterPluginManager is attached. Every lter that is used in a FilterChain must be know by this FilterPluginManager. To add a lter that is known by the FilterPluginManager you can use the attachByName() method. The rst parameter is the name of the lter within the FilterPluginManager. The second parameter takes any options for creating the lter instance. The third parameter is the priority.

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// Create a filter chain and add filters to the chain $filterChain = new Zend\Filter\FilterChain(); $filterChain->attachByName(alpha) ->attachByName(stringtolower, array(encoding => utf-8), 500);

The following example shows how to add a custom lter to the FilterPluginManager and the FilterChain.
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$filterChain = new Zend\Filter\FilterChain(); $filterChain->getPluginManager()->setInvokableClass( myNewFilter, MyCustom\Filter\MyNewFilter ); $filterChain->attachByName(alpha) ->attachByName(myNewFilter);

You can also add your own FilterPluginManager implementation.


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Zend\Filter\Inflector is a general purpose tool for rules-based inection of strings to a given target. As an example, you may nd you need to transform MixedCase or camelCasedWords into a path; for readability, OS policies, or other reasons, you also need to lower case this, and you want to separate the words using a dash (-). An inector can do this for you. Zend\Filter\Inflector implements Zend\Filter\FilterInterface; you perform inection by calling filter() on the object instance.
Transforming MixedCase and camelCaseText to another format $inflector = new Zend\Filter\Inflector(pages/:page.:suffix); $inflector->setRules(array( :page => array(Word\CamelCaseToDash, StringToLower), suffix => html, )); $string = camelCasedWords; $filtered = $inflector->filter(array(page => $string)); // pages/camel-cased-words.html $string = this_is_not_camel_cased; $filtered = $inflector->filter(array(page => $string)); // pages/this_is_not_camel_cased.html

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113.1 Operation
An inector requires a target and one or more rules. A target is basically a string that denes placeholders for variables you wish to substitute. These are specied by prexing with a :: :script. When calling filter(), you then pass in an array of key and value pairs corresponding to the variables in the target. Each variable in the target can have zero or more rules associated with them. Rules may be either static or refer to a Zend\Filter class. Static rules will replace with the text provided. Otherwise, a class matching the rule provided will be used to inect the text. Classes are typically specied using a short name indicating the lter name stripped of any common prex. As an example, you can use any Zend\Filter concrete implementations; however, instead of referring to them as Zend\Filter\Alpha or Zend\Filter\StringToLower, youd specify only Alpha or StringToLower.

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113.2 Using Custom Filters


Zend\Filter\Inflector uses Zend\Filter\FilterPluginManager to manage loading lters to use with inection. By default, lters registered with Zend\Filter\FilterPluginManager are available. To access lters with that prex but which occur deeper in the hierarchy, such as the various Word lters, simply strip off the Zend\Filter prex:
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// use Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToDash as a rule $inflector->addRules(array(script => Word\CamelCaseToDash));

To use custom lters, you have two choices: reference them by fully qualied class name (e.g., My\Custom\Filter\Mungify), or manipulate the composed FilterPluginManager instance.
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113.3 Setting the Inector Target


The inector target is a string with some placeholders for variables. Placeholders take the form of an identier, a colon (:) by default, followed by a variable name: :script, :path, etc. The filter() method looks for the identier followed by the variable name being replaced. You can change the identier using the setTargetReplacementIdentifier() method, or passing it as the third argument to the constructor:
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// Via constructor: $inflector = new Zend\Filter\Inflector(#foo/#bar.#sfx, null, #); // Via accessor: $inflector->setTargetReplacementIdentifier(#);

Typically, you will set the target via the constructor. However, you may want to re-set the target later. setTarget() can be used for this purpose:
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Additionally, you may wish to have a class member for your class that you can use to keep the inector target updated without needing to directly update the target each time (thus saving on method calls). setTargetReference() allows you to do this:
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class Foo { /** * @var string Inflector target */ protected $_target = foo/:bar/:baz.:suffix; /** * Constructor * @return void */ public function __construct() { $this->_inflector = new Zend\Filter\Inflector(); $this->_inflector->setTargetReference($this->_target); }

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/** * Set target; updates target in inflector * * @param string $target * @return Foo */ public function setTarget($target) { $this->_target = $target; return $this; } }

113.4 Inection Rules


As mentioned in the introduction, there are two types of rules: static and lter-based. Note: It is important to note that regardless of the method in which you add rules to the inector, either one-byone, or all-at-once; the order is very important. More specic names, or names that might contain other rule names, must be added before least specic names. For example, assuming the two rule names moduleDir and module, the moduleDir rule should appear before module since module is contained within moduleDir. If module were added before moduleDir, module will match part of moduleDir and process it leaving Dir inside of the target uninected.

113.4.1 Static Rules


Static rules do simple string substitution; use them when you have a segment in the target that will typically be static, but which you want to allow the developer to modify. Use the setStaticRule() method to set or modify the rule:
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$inflector = new Zend\Filter\Inflector(:script.:suffix); $inflector->setStaticRule(suffix, phtml); // change it later: $inflector->setStaticRule(suffix, php);

Much like the target itself, you can also bind a static rule to a reference, allowing you to update a single variable instead of require a method call; this is often useful when your class uses an inector internally, and you dont want your users to need to fetch the inector in order to update it. The setStaticRuleReference() method is used to accomplish this:
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class Foo { /** * @var string Suffix */ protected $_suffix = phtml; /** * Constructor * @return void */ public function __construct()

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{ $this->_inflector = new Zend\Filter\Inflector(:script.:suffix); $this->_inflector->setStaticRuleReference(suffix, $this->_suffix); } /** * Set suffix; updates suffix static rule in inflector * * @param string $suffix * @return Foo */ public function setSuffix($suffix) { $this->_suffix = $suffix; return $this; } }

113.4.2 Filter Inector Rules


Zend\Filter lters may be used as inector rules as well. Just like static rules, these are bound to a target variable; unlike static rules, you may dene multiple lters to use when inecting. These lters are processed in order, so be careful to register them in an order that makes sense for the data you receive. Rules may be added using setFilterRule() (which overwrites any previous rules for that variable) or addFilterRule() (which appends the new rule to any existing rule for that variable). Filters are specied in one of the following ways: String. The string may be a lter class name, or a class name segment minus any prex set in the inectors plugin loader (by default, minus the Zend\Filter prex). Filter object. Any object instance implementing Zend\Filter\FilterInterface may be passed as a lter. Array. An array of one or more strings or lter objects as dened above.
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$inflector = new Zend\Filter\Inflector(:script.:suffix); // Set rule to use Zend\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToDash filter $inflector->setFilterRule(script, Word\CamelCaseToDash); // Add rule to lowercase string $inflector->addFilterRule(script, new Zend\Filter\StringToLower()); // Set rules en-masse $inflector->setFilterRule(script, array( Word\CamelCaseToDash, new Zend\Filter\StringToLower() ));

113.4.3 Setting Many Rules At Once


Typically, its easier to set many rules at once than to congure a single variable and its inection rules at a time. Zend\Filter\Inflectors addRules() and setRules() method allow this.

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Each method takes an array of variable and rule pairs, where the rule may be whatever the type of rule accepts (string, lter object, or array). Variable names accept a special notation to allow setting static rules and lter rules, according to the following notation: : prex: lter rules. No prex: static rule.
Setting Multiple Rules at Once // Could also use setRules() with this notation: $inflector->addRules(array( // filter rules: :controller => array(CamelCaseToUnderscore,StringToLower), :action => array(CamelCaseToUnderscore,StringToLower), // Static rule: suffix => phtml ));

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113.5 Utility Methods


Zend\Filter\Inflector has a number of utility methods for retrieving and setting the plugin loader, manipulating and retrieving rules, and controlling if and when exceptions are thrown. setPluginManager() can be used when you have congured your own Zend\Filter\FilterPluginManager instance and wish to use it with Zend\Filter\Inflector; getPluginManager() retrieves the currently set one. setThrowTargetExceptionsOn() can be used to control whether or not filter() throws an exception when a given replacement identier passed to it is not found in the target. By default, no exceptions are thrown. isThrowTargetExceptionsOn() will tell you what the current value is. getRules($spec = null) can be used to retrieve all registered rules for all variables, or just the rules for a single variable. getRule($spec, $index) fetches a single rule for a given variable; this can be useful for fetching a specic lter rule for a variable that has a lter chain. $index must be passed. clearRules() will clear all currently registered rules.

113.6 Using a Traversable or an array with Zend\Filter\Inector


You can use a Traversable or an array to set rules and other object state in your inectors, either by passing a Traversable object or an array to the constructor or setOptions(). The following settings may be specied: target species the inection target. pluginManager species the Zend\Filter\FilterPluginManager instance or extension to use for obtaining plugins; alternately, you may specify a class name of a class that extends the FilterPluginManager. throwTargetExceptionsOn should be a boolean indicating whether or not to throw exceptions when a replacement identier is still present after inection.

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targetReplacementIdentifier species the character to use when identifying replacement variables in the target string. rules species an array of inection rules; it should consist of keys that specify either values or arrays of values, consistent with addRules().
Using a Traversable or an array with Zend\Filter\Inflector // With the constructor: $options; // implements Traversable $inflector = new Zend\Filter\Inflector($options); // Or with setOptions(): $inflector = new Zend\Filter\Inflector(); $inflector->setOptions($options);

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Zend\Filter supplies a set of commonly needed lters, but developers will often need to write custom lters for their particular use cases. The task of writing a custom lter is facilitated by implementing Zend\Filter\FilterInterface. Zend\Filter\FilterInterface denes a single method, filter(), that may be implemented by user classes. The following example demonstrates how to write a custom lter:
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namespace Application\Filter; use Zend\Filter\FilterInterface; class MyFilter implements FilterInterface { public function filter($value) { // perform some transformation upon $value to arrive on $valueFiltered return $valueFiltered; } }

To attach an instance of the lter dened above to a lter chain:


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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\FORM
Zend\Form is intended primarily as a bridge between your domain models and the View Layer. It composes a thin layer of objects representing form elements, an InputFilter, and a small number of methods for binding data to and from the form and attached objects. The Zend\Form component consists of the following objects: Elements, which simply consist of a name and attributes. Fieldsets, which extend from Elements, but allow composing other eldsets and elements. Forms, which extend from Fieldsets (and thus Elements). They provide data and object binding, and compose InputFilters. Data binding is done via ZendStdlibHydrator. To facilitate usage with the view layer, the Zend\Form component also aggregates a number of form-specic view helpers. These accept elements, eldsets, and/or forms, and use the attributes they compose to render markup. A small number of specialized elements are provided for accomplishing application-centric tasks. These include the Csrf element, used to prevent Cross Site Request Forgery attacks, and the Captcha element, used to display and validate CAPTCHAs. A Factory is provided to facilitate creation of elements, eldsets, forms, and the related input lter. The default Form implementation is backed by a factory to facilitate extension and ease the process of form creation. The code related to forms can often spread between a variety of concerns: a form denition, an input lter definition, a domain model class, and one or more hydrator implementations. As such, nding the various bits of code and how they relate can become tedious. To simplify the situation, you can also annotate your domain model class, detailing the various input lter denitions, attributes, and hydrators that should all be used together. Zend\Form\Annotation\AnnotationBuilder can then be used to build the various objects you need.

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Forms are relatively easy to create. At the bare minimum, each element or eldset requires a name; typically, youll also provide some attributes to hint to the view layer how it might render the item. The form itself will also typically compose an InputFilter which you can also conveniently create directly in the form via a factory. Individual elements can hint as to what defaults to use when generating a related input for the input lter. Form validation is as easy as providing an array of data to the setData() method. If you want to simplify your work even more, you can bind an object to the form; on successful validation, it will be populated from the validated values.

116.1 Programmatic Form Creation


If nothing else, you can simply start creating elements, eldsets, and forms and wiring them together.
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use use use use use use

Zend\Captcha; Zend\Form\Element; Zend\Form\Fieldset; Zend\Form\Form; Zend\InputFilter\Input; Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter;

$name = new Element(name); $name->setLabel(Your name); $name->setAttributes(array( type => text )); $email = new Element\Email(email); $email->setLabel(Your email address); $subject = new Element(subject); $subject->setLabel(Subject); $subject->setAttributes(array( type => text )); $message = new Element\Textarea(message); $message->setLabel(Message); $captcha = new Element\Captcha(captcha); $captcha->setCaptcha(new Captcha\Dumb()); $captcha->setLabel(Please verify you are human);

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$csrf = new Element\Csrf(security); $send = new Element(send); $send->setValue(Submit); $send->setAttributes(array( type => submit ));

$form = new Form(contact); $form->add($name); $form->add($email); $form->add($subject); $form->add($message); $form->add($captcha); $form->add($csrf); $form->add($send); $nameInput = new Input(name); // configure input... and all others $inputFilter = new InputFilter(); // attach all inputs $form->setInputFilter($inputFilter);

As a demonstration of eldsets, lets alter the above slightly. Well create two eldsets, one for the sender information, and another for the message details.
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$sender = new Fieldset(sender); $sender->add($name); $sender->add($email); $details = new Fieldset(details); $details->add($subject); $details->add($message); $form = new Form(contact); $form->add($sender); $form->add($details); $form->add($captcha); $form->add($csrf); $form->add($send);

Regardless of approach, as you can see, this can be tedious.

116.2 Creation via Factory


You can create the entire form, and input lter, using the Factory. This is particularly nice if you want to store your forms as pure conguration; you can simply pass the conguration to the factory and be done.
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array( spec => array( name => name, options => array( label => Your name, ), type => Text, ) ), array( spec => array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Email, name => email, options => array( label => Your email address, ) ), ), array( spec => array( name => subject, options => array( label => Subject, ), type => Text, ), ), array( spec => array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Textarea, name => message, options => array( label => Message, ) ), ), array( spec => array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Captcha, name => captcha, options => array( label => Please verify you are human., captcha => array( class => Dumb, ), ), ), ), array( spec => array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Csrf, name => security, ), ), array( spec => array( name => send, type => Submit,

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attributes => array( value => Submit, ), ), ), ), /* If we had fieldsets, theyd go here; fieldsets contain * "elements" and "fieldsets" keys, and potentially a "type" * key indicating the specific FieldsetInterface * implementation to use. fieldsets => array( ), */ // Configuration to pass on to // Zend\InputFilter\Factory::createInputFilter() input_filter => array( /* ... */ ), ));

If we wanted to use eldsets, as we demonstrated in the previous example, we could do the following:
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use Zend\Form\Factory; $factory = new Factory(); $form = $factory->createForm(array( hydrator => Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ArraySerializable fieldsets => array( array( name => sender, elements => array( array( name => name, options => array( label => Your name, ), type => Text ), array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Email, name => email, options => array( label => Your email address, ), ), ), ), array( name => details, elements => array( array( name => subject, options => array( label => Subject, ), type => Text, ), array(

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name => message, type => Zend\Form\Element\Textarea, options => array( label => Message, ), ), ), ), ), elements => array( array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Captcha, name => captcha, options => array( label => Please verify you are human. , captcha => array( class => Dumb, ), ), ), array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Csrf, name => security, ), array( name => send, type => Submit, attributes => array( value => Submit, ), ), ), // Configuration to pass on to // Zend\InputFilter\Factory::createInputFilter() input_filter => array( /* ... */ ), ));

Note that the chief difference is nesting; otherwise, the information is basically the same. The chief benets to using the Factory are allowing you to store denitions in conguration, and usage of signicant whitespace.

116.3 Factory-backed Form Extension


The default Form implementation is backed by the Factory. This allows you to extend it, and dene your form internally. This has the benet of allowing a mixture of programmatic and factory-backed creation, as well as dening a form for re-use in your application.
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namespace Contact; use Zend\Captcha\AdapterInterface as CaptchaAdapter; use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form;

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class ContactForm extends Form { protected $captcha; public function __construct(CaptchaAdapter $captcha) { $this->captcha = $captcha; // add() can take either an Element/Fieldset instance, // or a specification, from which the appropriate object // will be built. $this->add(array( name => name, options => array( label => Your name, ), type => Text, )); $this->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Email, name => email, options => array( label => Your email address, ), )); $this->add(array( name => subject, options => array( label => Subject, ), type => Text, )); $this->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Textarea, name => message, options => array( label => Message, ), )); $this->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Captcha, name => captcha, options => array( label => Please verify you are human., captcha => $this->captcha, ), )); $this->add(new Element\Csrf(security)); $this->add(array( name => send, type => Submit, attributes => array( value => Submit, ), )); // We could also define the input filter here, or

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// lazy-create it in the getInputFilter() method. } }

Youll note that this example, the elements are added in the constructor. This is done to allow altering and/or conguring either the form or input lter factory instances, which could then have bearing on how elements, inputs, etc. are created. In this case, it also allows injection of the CAPTCHA adapter, allowing us to congure it elsewhere in our application and inject it into the form.

116.4 Validating Forms


Validating forms requires three steps. First, the form must have an input lter attached. Second, you must inject the data to validate into the form. Third, you validate the form. If invalid, you can retrieve the error messages, if any.
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$form = new Contact\ContactForm(); // If the form doesnt define an input filter by default, inject one. $form->setInputFilter(new Contact\ContactFilter()); // Get the data. In an MVC application, you might try: $data = $request->getPost(); // for POST data $data = $request->getQuery(); // for GET (or query string) data $form->setData($data); // Validate the form if ($form->isValid()) { $validatedData = $form->getData(); } else { $messages = $form->getMessages(); }

You can get the raw data if you want, by accessing the composed input lter.
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$filter = $form->getInputFilter(); $rawValues = $filter->getRawValues(); $nameRawValue = $filter->getRawValue(name);

116.5 Hinting to the Input Filter


Often, youll create elements that you expect to behave in the same way on each usage, and for which youll want specic lters or validation as well. Since the input lter is a separate object, how can you achieve these latter points? Because the default form implementation composes a factory, and the default factory composes an input lter factory, you can have your elements and/or eldsets hint to the input lter. If no input or input lter is provided in the input lter for that element, these hints will be retrieved and used to create them. To do so, one of the following must occur. For elements, they must implement Zend\InputFilter\InputProviderInterface, which denes a getInputSpecification() method; for eldsets, they must implement Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterProviderInterface, which denes a getInputFilterSpecification() method.

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In the case of an element, the getInputSpecification() method should return data to be used by the input lter factory to create an input. Every HTML5 (email, url, color. . . ) elements have a built-in element that use this logic. For instance, here is how the Zend\Form\Element\Color element is dened:
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namespace Zend\Form\Element; use use use use Zend\Form\Element; Zend\InputFilter\InputProviderInterface; Zend\Validator\Regex as RegexValidator; Zend\Validator\ValidatorInterface;

/** Zend * @category Zend_Form * @package * @subpackage Element */ class Color extends Element implements InputProviderInterface { /** * Seed attributes * * @var array */ protected $attributes = array( type => color, ); /** * @var ValidatorInterface */ protected $validator; /** * Get validator * * @return ValidatorInterface */ protected function getValidator() { if (null === $this->validator) { $this->validator = new RegexValidator(/^#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/); } return $this->validator; } /** * Provide default input rules for this element * * Attaches an email validator. * * @return array */ public function getInputSpecification() { return array( name => $this->getName(), required => true, filters => array( array(name => Zend\Filter\StringTrim),

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array(name => Zend\Filter\StringToLower), ), validators => array( $this->getValidator(), ), ); } }

The above would hint to the input lter to create and attach an input named after the element, marking it as required, and giving it a StringTrim and StringToLower lters and a Regex validator. Note that you can either rely on the input lter to create lters and validators, or directly instantiate them. For eldsets, you do very similarly; the difference is that getInputFilterSpecification() must return conguration for an input lter.
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namespace Contact\Form; use Zend\Form\Fieldset; use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterProviderInterface; use Zend\Validator; class SenderFieldset extends Fieldset implements InputFilterProviderInterface { public function getInputFilterSpecification() { return array( name => array( required => true, filters => array( array(name => Zend\Filter\StringTrim), ), ), email => array( required => true, filters => array( array(name => Zend\Filter\StringTrim), ), validators => array( new Validator\EmailAddress(), ), ), ); } }

Specications are a great way to make forms, eldsets, and elements re-usable trivially in your applications. In fact, the Captcha and Csrf elements dene specications in order to ensure they can work without additional user conguration!

116.6 Binding an object


As noted in the intro, forms in Zend Framework bridge the domain model and the view layer. Lets see that in action. When you bind() an object to the form, the following happens: The composed Hydrator calls extract() on the object, and uses the values returned, if any, to populate

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the value attributes of all elements. If a form contains a eldset that itself contains another eldset, the form will recursively extract the values. When isValid() is called, if setData() has not been previously set, the form uses the composed Hydrator to extract values from the object, and uses those during validation. If isValid() is successful (and the bindOnValidate ag is enabled, which is true by default), then the Hydrator will be passed the validated values to use to hydrate the bound object. (If you do not want this behavior, call setBindOnValidate(FormInterface::BIND_MANUAL)). If the object implements Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterAwareInterface, the input lter it composes will be used instead of the one composed on the form. This is easier to understand in practice.
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$contact = new ArrayObject; $contact[subject] = [Contact Form] ; $contact[message] = Type your message here; $form = new Contact\ContactForm;

$form->bind($contact); // form now has default values for // subject and message $data = array( name => John Doe, email => j.doe@example.tld, subject => [Contact Form] \sup?, ); $form->setData($data); if ($form->isValid()) { // $contact now looks like: // array( // name => John Doe, // email => j.doe@example.tld, // subject => [Contact Form] \sup?, // message => Type your message here, // ) // only as an ArrayObject }

When an object is bound to the form, calling getData() will return that object by default. If you want to return an associative array instead, you can pass the FormInterface::VALUES_AS_ARRAY ag to the method.
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Zend Framework ships several standard hydrators, and implementation is as simple as implementing Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\HydratorInterface, which looks like this:
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116.7 Rendering
As noted previously, forms are meant to bridge the domain model and view layer. Weve discussed the domain model binding, but what about the view? The form component ships a set of form-specic view helpers. These accept the various form objects, and introspect them in order to generate markup. Typically, they will inspect the attributes, but in special cases, they may look at other properties and composed objects. When preparing to render, you will likely want to call prepare(). This method ensures that certain injections are done, and will likely in the future munge names to allow for scoped[array][notation]. The simplest view helpers available are Form, FormElement, FormLabel, and FormElementErrors. Lets use them to display the contact form.
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<?php // within a view script $form = $this->form; $form->prepare(); // Assuming the "contact/process" route exists... $form->setAttribute(action, $this->url(contact/process)); // Set the method attribute for the form $form->setAttribute(method, post); // Get the form label plugin $formLabel = $this->plugin(formLabel); // Render the opening tag echo $this->form()->openTag($form); ?> <div class="form_element"> <?php $name = $form->get(name); echo $formLabel->openTag() . $name->getOption(label); echo $this->formInput($name); echo $this->formElementErrors($name); echo $formLabel->closeTag(); ?></div> <div class="form_element"> <?php $subject = $form->get(subject); echo $formLabel->openTag() . $subject->getOption(label); echo $this->formInput($subject); echo $this->formElementErrors($subject); echo $formLabel->closeTag(); ?></div> <div class="form_element"> <?php $message = $form->get(message); echo $formLabel->openTag() . $message->getOption(label); echo $this->formTextarea($message); echo $this->formElementErrors($message); echo $formLabel->closeTag(); ?></div>

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<div class="form_element"> <?php $captcha = $form->get(captcha); echo $formLabel->openTag() . $captcha->getOption(label); echo $this->formCaptcha($captcha); echo $this->formElementErrors($captcha); echo $formLabel->closeTag(); ?></div> <?php echo $this->formElement($form->get(security)) ?> <?php echo $this->formElement($form->get(send)) ?> <?php echo $this->form()->closeTag() ?>

There are a few things to note about this. First, to prevent confusion in IDEs and editors when syntax highlighting, we use helpers to both open and close the form and label tags. Second, theres a lot of repetition happening here; we could easily create a partial view script or a composite helper to reduce boilerplate. Third, note that not all elements are created equal the CSRF and submit elements dont need labels or error messages necessarily. Finally, note that the FormElement helper tries to do the right thing it delegates actual markup generation to other view helpers; however, it can only guess what specic form helper to delegate to based on the list it has. If you introduce new form view helpers, youll need to extend the FormElement helper, or create your own. However, your view les can quickly become long and repetitive to write. While we do not currently provide a singleline form view helper (as this reduces the form customization), the simplest and most recommended way to render your form is by using the FormRow view helper. This view helper automatically renders a label (if present), the element itself using the FormElement helper, as well as any errors that could arise. Here is the previous form, rewritten to take advantage of this helper :
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<?php // within a view script $form = $this->form; $form->prepare(); // Assuming the "contact/process" route exists... $form->setAttribute(action, $this->url(contact/process)); // Set the method attribute for the form $form->setAttribute(method, post); // Render the opening tag echo $this->form()->openTag($form); ?> <div class="form_element"> <?php $name = $form->get(name); echo $this->formRow($name); ?></div> <div class="form_element"> <?php $subject = $form->get(subject); echo $this->formRow($subject); ?></div> <div class="form_element"> <?php $message = $form->get(message); echo $this->formRow($message);

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?></div> <div class="form_element"> <?php $captcha = $form->get(captcha); echo $this->formRow($captcha); ?></div> <?php echo $this->formElement($form->get(security)) ?> <?php echo $this->formElement($form->get(send)) ?> <?php echo $this->form()->closeTag() ?>

Note that FormRow helper automatically prepends the label. If you want it to be rendered after the element itself, you can pass an optional parameter to the FormRow view helper :
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<div class="form_element"> <?php $name = $form->get(name); echo $this->formRow($name, **append**); ?></div>

116.7.1 Taking advantage of HTML5 input attributes


HTML5 brings a lot of exciting features, one of them being a simplied client form validations. Adding HTML5 attributes is simple as you just need to add specify the attributes. However, please note that adding those attributes does not automatically add Zend validators to the forms input lter. You still need to manually add them.
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$form->add(array( name => phoneNumber, options => array( label => Your phone number ), attributes => array( type => tel required => required, pattern => ^0[1-68]([-. ]?[0-9]{2}){4}$ ) ));

View helpers will automatically render those attributes, and hence allowing modern browsers to perform automatic validation. Note: Although client validation is nice from a user experience point of view, it has to be used in addition with server validation, as client validation can be easily fooled.

116.8 Validation Groups


Sometimes you want to validate only a subset of form elements. As an example, lets say were re-using our contact form over a web service; in this case, the Csrf, Captcha, and submit button elements are not of interest, and shouldnt be validated. Zend\Form provides a proxy method to the underlying InputFilters setValidationGroup() method, allowing us to perform this operation. 116.8. Validation Groups 509

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$form->setValidationGroup(name, email, subject, message); $form->setData($data); if ($form->isValid()) { // Contains only the "name", "email", "subject", and "message" values $data = $form->getData(); }

If you later want to reset the form to validate all, simply pass the FormInterface::VALIDATE_ALL ag to the setValidationGroup() method.
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When your form contains nested eldsets, you can use an array notation to validate only a subset of the eldsets :
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$form->setValidationGroup(array( profile => array( firstname, lastname ) )); $form->setData($data); if ($form->isValid()) { // Contains only the "firstname" and "lastname" values from the // "profile" fieldset $data = $form->getData(); }

116.9 Using Annotations


Creating a complete forms solution can often be tedious: youll create some domain model object, an input lter for validating it, a form object for providing a representation for it, and potentially a hydrator for mapping the form elements and eldsets to the domain model. Wouldnt it be nice to have a central place to dene all of these? Annotations allow us to solve this problem. You can dene the following behaviors with the shipped annotations in Zend\Form: AllowEmpty: mark an input as allowing an empty value. This annotation does not require a value. Attributes: specify the form, eldset, or element attributes. This annotation requires an associative array of values, in a JSON object format: @Attributes({"class":"zend_form","type":"text"}). ComposedObject: specify another object with annotations to parse. Typically, this is used if a property references another object, which will then be added to your form as an additional eldset. Expects a string value indicating the class for the object being composed. ErrorMessage: specify the error message to return for an element in the case of a failed validation. Expects a string value. Exclude: mark a property to exclude from the form or eldset. This annotation does not require a value. Filter: provide a specication for a lter to use on a given element. Expects an associative array of values, with a name key pointing to a string lter name, and an options key pointing to an associative array of lter options for the constructor: @Filter({"name": "Boolean", "options": {"casting":true}}). This annotation may be specied multiple times. Flags: ags to pass to the eldset or form composing an element or eldset; these are usually used to specify the name or priority. The annotation expects an associative array: @Flags({"priority": 100}).

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Hydrator: specify the hydrator class to use for this given form or eldset. A string value is expected. InputFilter: specify the input lter class to use for this given form or eldset. A string value is expected. Input: specify the input class to use for this given element. A string value is expected. Name: specify the name of the current element, eldset, or form. A string value is expected. Options: options to pass to the eldset or form that are used to inform behavior things that are not attributes; e.g. labels, CAPTCHA adapters, etc. The annotation expects an associative array: @Options({"label": "Username:"}). Required: indicate whether an element is required. A boolean value is expected. By default, all elements are required, so this annotation is mainly present to allow disabling a requirement. Type: indicate the class to use for the current element, eldset, or form. A string value is expected. Validator: provide a specication for a validator to use on a given element. Expects an associative array of values, with a name key pointing to a string validator name, and an options key pointing to an associative array of validator options for the constructor: @Validator({"name": "StringLength", "options": {"min":3, "max": 25}}). This annotation may be specied multiple times. To use annotations, you simply include them in your class and/or property docblocks. Annotation names will be resolved according to the import statements in your class; as such, you can make them as long or as short as you want depending on what you import. Note: Form annotations require Doctrine\Common, which contains an annotation parsering engine. The simplest way to install Doctrine\Common is if you are using Composer; simply update your composer.json and add the following line to the require section:
"doctrine/common": ">=2.1",

Then run php composer.phar update to install the dependency. If youre not using Composer, visit the Doctrine project website for more details on installation. Heres a simple example.
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use Zend\Form\Annotation; /** * @Annotation\Name("user") * @Annotation\Hydrator("Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ObjectProperty") */ class User { /** * @Annotation\Exclude() */ public $id;

/** * @Annotation\Filter({"name":"StringTrim"}) * @Annotation\Validator({"name":"StringLength", "options":{"min":1, "max":25}}) * @Annotation\Validator({"name":"Regex", "options":{"pattern":"/^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]{0,24}$/"} * @Annotation\Attributes({"type":"text"}) * @Annotation\Options({"label":"Username:"}) */ public $username;

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/** * @Annotation\Type("Zend\Form\Element\Email") * @Annotation\Options({"label":"Your email address:"}) */ public $email; }

The above will hint to the annotation build to create a form with name user, which uses the hydrator Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ObjectProperty. That form will have two elements, username and email. The username element will have an associated input that has a StringTrim lter, and two validators: a StringLength validator indicating the username is between 1 and 25 characters, and a Regex validator asserting it follows a specic accepted pattern. The form element itself will have an attribute type with value text (a text element), and a label Username:. The email element will be of type Zend\Form\Element\Email, and have the label Your email address:. To use the above, we need Zend\Form\Annotation\AnnotationBuilder:
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use Zend\Form\Annotation\AnnotationBuilder; $builder = new AnnotationBuilder(); $form = $builder->createForm(User);

At this point, you have a form with the appropriate hydrator attached, an input lter with the appropriate inputs, and all elements. Note: Youre not done In all likelihood, youll need to add some more elements to the form you construct. For example, youll want a submit button, and likely a CSRF-protection element. We recommend creating a eldset with common elements such as these that you can then attach to the form you build via annotations.

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FORM COLLECTIONS
Often, eldsets or elements in your forms will correspond to other domain objects. In some cases, they may correspond to collections of domain objects. In this latter case, in terms of user interfaces, you may want to add items dynamically in the user interface a great example is adding tasks to a task list. This document is intended to demonstrate these features. To do so, we rst need to dene some domain objects that well be using.
namespace Application\Entity; class Product { /** * @var string */ protected $name; /** * @var int */ protected $price; /** * @var Brand */ protected $brand; /** * @var array */ protected $categories; /** * @param string $name * @return Product */ public function setName($name) { $this->name = $name; return $this; } /** * @return string */

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public function getName() { return $this->name; } /** * @param int $price * @return Product */ public function setPrice($price) { $this->price = $price; return $this; } /** * @return int */ public function getPrice() { return $this->price; } /** * @param Brand $brand * @return Product */ public function setBrand(Brand $brand) { $this->brand = $brand; return $this; } /** * @return Brand */ public function getBrand() { return $this->brand; } /** * @param array $categories * @return Product */ public function setCategories(array $categories) { $this->categories = $categories; return $this; } /** * @return array */ public function getCategories() { return $this->categories; }

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} class Brand { /** * @var string */ protected $name; /** * @var string */ protected $url; /** * @param string $name * @return Brand */ public function setName($name) { $this->name = $name; return $this; } /** * @return string */ public function getName() { return $this->name; } /** * @param string $url * @return Brand */ public function setUrl($url) { $this->url = $url; return $this; } /** * @return string */ public function getUrl() { return $this->url; } } class Category { /** * @var string */ protected $name;

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/** * @param string $name * @return Category */ public function setName($name) { $this->name = $name; return $this; } /** * @return string */ public function getName() { return $this->name; } }

As you can see, this is really simple code. A Product has two scalar properties (name and price), a OneToOne relationship (one product has one brand), and a OneToMany relationship (one product has many categories).

117.1 Creating Fieldsets


The rst step is to create three eldsets. Each eldset will contain all the elds and relationships for a specic entity. Here is the Brand eldset:
namespace Application\Form; use use use use Application\Entity\Brand; Zend\Form\Fieldset; Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterProviderInterface; Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ClassMethods as ClassMethodsHydrator;

class BrandFieldset extends Fieldset implements InputFilterProviderInterface { public function __construct() { parent::__construct(brand); $this->setHydrator(new ClassMethodsHydrator(false)) ->setObject(new Brand()); $this->add(array( name => name, options => array( label => Name of the brand ), attributes => array( required => required ) )); $this->add(array( name => url, type => Zend\Form\Element\Url, options => array(

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label => Website of the brand ), attributes => array( required => required ) )); } /** * @return array */ public function getInputFilterSpecification() { return array( name => array( required => true, ) ); } }

We can discover some new things here. As you can see, the eldset calls the method setHydrator(), giving it a ClassMethods hydrator, and the setObject() method, giving it an empty instance of a concrete Brand object. When the data will be validated, the Form will automatically iterate through all the eld sets it contains, and automatically populate the sub-objects, in order to return a complete entity. Also notice that the Url element has a type of Zend\Form\Element\Url. This information will be used to validate the input eld. You dont need to manually add lters or validators for this input as that element provides a reasonable input specication. Finally, getInputFilterSpecification() gives the specication for the remaining input (name), indicating that this input is required. Note that required in the array attributes (when elements are added) is only meant to add the required attribute to the form markup (and therefore has semantic meaning only). Here is the Category eldset:
namespace Application\Form; use use use use Application\Entity\Category; Zend\Form\Fieldset; Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterProviderInterface; Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ClassMethods as ClassMethodsHydrator;

class CategoryFieldset extends Fieldset implements InputFilterProviderInterface { public function __construct() { parent::__construct(category); $this->setHydrator(new ClassMethodsHydrator(false)) ->setObject(new Category()); $this->setLabel(Category); $this->add(array( name => name, options => array( label => Name of the category ),

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attributes => array( required => required ) )); } /** * @return array */ public function getInputFilterSpecification() { return array( name => array( required => true, ) ); } }

Nothing new here. And nally the Product eldset:


namespace Application\Form; use use use use Application\Entity\Product; Zend\Form\Fieldset; Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterProviderInterface; Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ClassMethods as ClassMethodsHydrator;

class ProductFieldset extends Fieldset implements InputFilterProviderInterface { public function __construct() { parent::__construct(product); $this->setHydrator(new ClassMethodsHydrator(false)) ->setObject(new Product()); $this->add(array( name => name, options => array( label => Name of the product ), attributes => array( required => required ) )); $this->add(array( name => price, options => array( label => Price of the product ), attributes => array( required => required ) )); $this->add(array(

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type => Application\Form\BrandFieldset, name => brand, options => array( label => Brand of the product ) )); $this->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Collection, name => categories, options => array( label => Please choose categories for this product, count => 2, should_create_template => true, allow_add => true, target_element => array( type => Application\Form\CategoryFieldset ) ) )); } /** * Should return an array specification compatible with * {@link Zend\InputFilter\Factory::createInputFilter()}. * * @return array */ public function getInputFilterSpecification() { return array( name => array( required => true, ), price => array( required => true, validators => array( array( name => Float ) ) ) ); } }

We have a lot of new things here! First, notice how the brand element is added: we specify it to be of type Application\Form\BrandFieldset. This is how you handle a OneToOne relationship. When the form is validated, the BrandFieldset will rst be populated, and will return a Brand entity (as we have specied a ClassMethods hydrator, and bound the eldset to a Brand entity using the setObject() method). This Brand entity will then be used to populate the Product entity by calling the setBrand() method. The next element shows you how to handle OneToMany relationship. The type is Zend\Form\Element\Collection, which is a specialized element to handle such cases. As you can see, the name of the element (categories) perfectly matches the name of the property in the Product entity. This element has a few interesting options:

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count: this is how many times the element (in this case a category) has to be rendered. Weve set it to two in this examples. should_create_template: if set to true, it will generate a template markup in a <span> element, in order to simplify adding new element on the y (we will speak about this one later). allow_add: if set to true (which is the default), dynamically added elements will be retrieved and validated; otherwise, they will be completely ignored. This, of course, depends on what you want to do. target_element: this is either an element or, as this is the case in this example, an array that describes the element or eldset that will be used in the collection. In this case, the target_element is a Category eldset.

117.2 The Form Element


So far, so good. We now have our eld sets in place. But those are eld sets, not forms. And only Form instances can be validated. So here is the form :
namespace Application\Form; use Zend\Form\Form; use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter; use Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ClassMethods as ClassMethodsHydrator; class CreateProduct extends Form { public function __construct() { parent::__construct(create_product); $this->setAttribute(method, post) ->setHydrator(new ClassMethodsHydrator(false)) ->setInputFilter(new InputFilter()); $this->add(array( type => Application\Form\ProductFieldset, options => array( use_as_base_fieldset => true ) )); $this->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Csrf, name => csrf )); $this->add(array( name => submit, attributes => array( type => submit, value => Send ) )); } }

CreateProduct is quite simple, as it only denes a Product eldset, as well as some other useful elds (CSRF

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for security, and a Submit button). Notice the use_as_base_fieldset option. This option is here to say to the form: hey, the object I bind to you is, in fact, bound to the eldset that is the base eldset. This will be to true most of the times. Whats cool with this approach is that each entity can have its own Fieldset and can be reused. You describe the elements, the lters, and validators for each entity only once, and the concrete Form instance will only compose those eldsets. You no longer have to add the username input to every form that deals with users!

117.3 The Controller


Now, lets create the action in the controller:
/** * @return array */ public function indexAction() { $form = new CreateProduct(); $product = new Product(); $form->bind($product); $request = $this->getRequest(); if ($request->isPost()) { $form->setData($request->getPost()); if ($form->isValid()) { var_dump($product); } } return array( form => $form ); }

This is super easy. Nothing to do in the controllers. All the magic is done behind the scene.

117.4 The View


And nally, the view:
<?php $form->setAttribute(action, $this->url(home)) ->prepare(); echo $this->form()->openTag($form); $product = $form->get(product); echo $this->formRow($product->get(name)); echo $this->formRow($product->get(price)); echo $this->formCollection($product->get(categories)); $brand = $product->get(brand);

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echo $this->formRow($brand->get(name)); echo $this->formRow($brand->get(url)); echo $this->formHidden($form->get(csrf)); echo $this->formElement($form->get(submit)); echo $this->form()->closeTag();

A few new things here : the prepare() method. You must call it prior to rendering anything in the view (this function is only meant to be called in views, not in controllers). the FormRow helper renders a label (if present), the input itself, and errors. the FormCollection helper will iterate through every element in the collection, and render every element with the FormRow helper (you may specify an alternate helper if desired, using the setElementHelper() method on that FormCollection helper instance). If you need more control about the way you render your forms, you can iterate through the elements in the collection, and render them manually one by one. Here is the result: As you can see, collections are wrapped inside a eldset, and every item in the collection is itself wrapped in the eldset. In fact, the Collection element uses label for each item in the collection, while the label of the Collection element itself is used as the legend of the eldset. You must have a label on every element in order to use this feature. If you dont want the eldset created, but just the elements within it, simply add a boolean false as the second parameter of the FormCollection view helper. If you validate, all elements will show errors (this is normal, as weve marked them as required). As soon as the form is valid, this is what we get : As you can see, the bound object is completely lled, not with arrays, but with objects! But thats not all.

117.5 Adding New Elements Dynamically


Remember the should_create_template? We are going to use it now. Often, forms are not completely static. In our case, lets say that we dont want only two categories, but we want the user to be able to add other ones at runtime. Zend\Form has this capability. First, lets see what it generates when we ask it to create a template: As you can see, the collection generates two eldsets (the two categories) plus a span with a data-template attribute that contains the full HTML code to copy to create a new element in the collection. Of course __index__ (this is the placeholder generated) has to be changed to a valid value. Currently, we have 2 elements (categories[0] and categories[1], so __index__ has to be changed to 2. If you want, this placeholder (__index__ is the default) can be changed using the template_placeholder option key:
$this->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Collection, name => categories, options => array( label => Please choose categories for this product, count => 2, should_create_template => true,

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template_placeholder => __placeholder__, target_element => array( type => Application\Form\CategoryFieldset ) ) ));

First, lets add a small button Add new category anywhere in the form:
<button onclick="return add_category()">Add a new category</button>

The add_category function is fairly simple: 1. First, count the number of elements we already have. 2. Get the template from the spans data-template attribute. 3. Change the placeholder to a valid index. 4. Add the element to the DOM. Here is the code:
<script> function add_category() { var currentCount = $(form > fieldset > fieldset).length; var template = $(form > fieldset > span).data(template); template = template.replace(/__index__/g, currentCount); $(form > fieldset).append(template); return false; } </script>

(Note: the above example assumes $() is dened, and equivalent to jQuerys $() function, Dojos dojo.query, etc.) One small remark about the template.replace: the example uses currentCount and not currentCount + 1, as the indices are zero-based (so, if we have two elements in the collection, the third one will have the index 2). Now, if we validate the form, it will automatically take into account this new element by validating it, ltering it and retrieving it: Of course, if you dont want to allow adding elements in a collection, you must set the option allow_add to false. This way, even if new elements are added, they wont be validated and hence, not added to the entity. Also, if we dont want elements to be added, we dont need the data template, either. Heres how you do it:
$this->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Collection, name => categories, options => array( label => Please choose categories for this product, count => 2, should_create_template => false, allow_add => false, target_element => array( type => Application\Form\CategoryFieldset ) ) ));

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There are some limitations to this capability: Although you can add new elements and remove them, you CANNOT remove more elements in a collection than the initial count (for instance, if your code species count == 2, you will be able to add a third one and remove it, but you wont be able to remove any others. If the initial count is 2, you must have at least two elements. Dynamically added elements have to be added at the end of the collection. They can be added anywhere (these elements will still be validated and inserted into the entity), but if the validation fails, this newly added element will be automatically be replaced at the end of the collection.

117.6 Validation groups for eldsets and collection


Validation groups allow you to validate a subset of elds. As an example, although the Brand entity has a URL property, we dont want the user to specify it in the creation form (but may wish to later in the Edit Product form, for instance). Lets update the view to remove the URL input:
<?php $form->setAttribute(action, $this->url(home)) ->prepare(); echo $this->form()->openTag($form); $product = $form->get(product); echo $this->formRow($product->get(name)); echo $this->formRow($product->get(price)); echo $this->formCollection($product->get(categories)); $brand = $product->get(brand); echo $this->formRow($brand->get(name)); echo $this->formHidden($form->get(csrf)); echo $this->formElement($form->get(submit)); echo $this->form()->closeTag();

This is what we get: The URL input has disappeared, but even if we ll every input, the form wont validate. In fact, this is normal. We specied in the input lter that the URL is a required eld, so if the form does not have it, it wont validate, even though we didnt add it to the view! Of course, you could create a BrandFieldsetWithoutURL eldset, but of course this is not recommended, as a lot of code will be duplicated. The solution: validation groups. A validation group is specied in a Form object (hence, in our case, in the CreateProduct form) by giving an array of all the elements we want to validate. Our CreateProduct now looks like this:
namespace Application\Form; use Zend\Form\Form; use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter; use Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ClassMethods as ClassMethodsHydrator;

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class CreateProduct extends Form { public function __construct() { parent::__construct(create_product); $this->setAttribute(method, post) ->setHydrator(new ClassMethodsHydrator()) ->setInputFilter(new InputFilter()); $this->add(array( type => Application\Form\ProductFieldset, options => array( use_as_base_fieldset => true ) )); $this->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Csrf, name => csrf )); $this->add(array( name => submit, attributes => array( type => submit, value => Send ) )); $this->setValidationGroup(array( csrf, product => array( name, price, brand => array( name ), categories => array( name ) ) )); } }

Of course, dont forget to add the CSRF element, as we want it to be validated too (but notice that I didnt write the submit element, as we dont care about it). You can recursively select the elements you want. There is one simple limitation currently: validation groups for collections are set on a per-collection basis, not perelement in a collection basis. This means you cannot say, validate the name input for the rst element of the categories collection, but dont validate it for the second one. But, honestly, this is really an edge-case. Now, the form validates (and the URL is set to null as we didnt specify it).

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FILE UPLOADING
Zend Framework provides support for le uploading by using features in Zend\Form, Zend\InputFilter, Zend\Validator, Zend\Filter, and Zend\ProgressBar. These reusable framework components provide a convenient and secure way for handling le uploads in your projects. Note: If the reader has experience with le uploading in Zend Framework v1.x, he/she will notice some major differences. Zend_File_Transfer has been deprecated in favor of using the standard ZF2 Zend\Form and Zend\InputFilter features.

Note: The le upload features described here are specically for forms using the POST method. Zend Framework itself does not currently provide specic support for handling uploads via the PUT method, but it is possible with PHP. See the PUT Method Support in the PHP documentation for more information.

118.1 Standard Example


Handling le uploads is essentially the same as how you would use Zend\Form for form processing, but with some slight caveats that will be described below. In this example we will: Dene a Form for backend validation and ltering. Create a view template with a <form> containing a le input. Process the form within a Controller action.

118.1.1 The Form and InputFilter


Here we dene a Zend\Form\Element\File input in a Form class named UploadForm.
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parent::__construct($name, $options); $this->addElements(); } public function addElements() { // File Input $file = new Element\File(image-file); $file->setLabel(Avatar Image Upload) ->setAttribute(id, image-file); $this->add($file); } }

The File element provides some automatic features that happen behind the scenes: The forms enctype will automatically be set to multipart/form-data when the form prepare() method is called. The le elements default input specication will create the correct Input type: Zend\InputFilter\FileInput. The FileInput will automatically prepend an UploadFile Validator, to securely validate that the le is actually an uploaded le, and to report other types of upload errors to the user.

118.1.2 The View Template


In the view template we render the <form>, a le input (with label and errors), and a submit button.
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// File: upload-form.phtml <?php $form->prepare(); // The correct enctype is set here ?> <?php echo $this->form()->openTag($form); ?> <div class="form-element"> <?php $fileElement = $form->get(image-file); ?> <?php echo $this->formLabel($fileElement); ?> <?php echo $this->formFile($fileElement); ?> <?php echo $this->formElementErrors($fileElement); ?> </div> <button>Submit</button> <?php echo $this->form()->closeTag(); ?>

When rendered, the HTML should look similar to:


<form name="upload-form" id="upload-form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <div class="form-element"> <label for="image-file">Avatar Image Upload</label> <input type="file" name="image-file" id="image-file"> </div> <button>Submit</button> </form>

118.1.3 The Controller Action


For the nal step, we will instantiate the UploadForm and process any postbacks in a Controller action.

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The form processing in the controller action will be similar to normal forms, except that you must merge the $_FILES information in the request with the other post data.
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// File: MyController.php public function uploadFormAction() { $form = new UploadForm(upload-form); $request = $this->getRequest(); if ($request->isPost()) { // Make certain to merge the files info! $post = array_merge_recursive( $request->getPost()->toArray(), $request->getFiles()->toArray() ); $form->setData($post); if ($form->isValid()) { $data = $form->getData(); // Form is valid, save the form! return $this->redirect()->toRoute(upload-form/success); } } return array(form => $form); }

Upon a successful le upload, $form->getData() would return:


array(1) { ["image-file"] => array(5) { ["name"] => string(11) "myimage.png" ["type"] => string(9) "image/png" ["tmp_name"] => string(22) "/private/tmp/phpgRXd58" ["error"] => int(0) ["size"] => int(14908679) } }

Note: It is suggested that you always use the Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Request object to retrieve and merge the $_FILES information with the form, instead of using $_FILES directly. This is due to how the le information is mapped in the $_FILES array:
// A $_FILES array with single input and multiple files: array(1) { ["image-file"]=>array(2) { ["name"]=>array(2) { [0]=>string(9)"file0.txt" [1]=>string(9)"file1.txt" } ["type"]=>array(2) { [0]=>string(10)"text/plain" [1]=>string(10)"text/html" } } }

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// How Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Request remaps the $_FILES array: array(1) { ["image-file"]=>array(2) { [0]=>array(2) { ["name"]=>string(9)"file0.txt" ["type"]=>string(10)"text/plain" }, [1]=>array(2) { ["name"]=>string(9)"file1.txt" ["type"]=>string(10)"text/html" } } }

Zend\InputFilter\FileInput expects the le data be in this re-mapped array format.

118.2 File Post-Redirect-Get Plugin


When using other standard form inputs (i.e. text, checkbox, select, etc.) along with le inputs in a Form, you can encounter a situation where some inputs may become invalid and the user must re-select the le and re-upload. PHP will delete uploaded les from the temporary directory at the end of the request if it has not been moved away or renamed. Re-uploading a valid le each time another form input is invalid is inefcient and annoying to users. One strategy to get around this is to split the form into multiple forms. One form for the le upload inputs and another for the other standard inputs. When you cannot separate the forms, the File Post-Redirect-Get Controller Plugin can be used to manage the le inputs and save off valid uploads until the entire form is valid. Changing our earlier example to use the fileprg plugin will require two changes. 1. Adding a RenameUpload lter to our forms le input, with details on where the valid les should be stored:
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// File: UploadForm.php use Zend\InputFilter; use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; class UploadForm extends Form { public function __construct($name = null, $options = array()) { parent::__construct($name, $options); $this->addElements(); $this->addInputFilter(); } public function addElements() { // File Input $file = new Element\File(image-file); $file->setLabel(Avatar Image Upload) ->setAttribute(id, image-file); $this->add($file); }

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public function addInputFilter() { $inputFilter = new InputFilter\InputFilter(); // File Input $fileInput = new InputFilter\FileInput(image-file); $fileInput->setRequired(true); $fileInput->getFilterChain()->attachByName( filerenameupload, array( target => ./data/tmpuploads/avatar.png, randomize => true, ) ); $inputFilter->add($fileInput); $this->setInputFilter($inputFilter); } }

The filerenameupload options above would cause an uploaded le to be renamed and moved to: ./data/tmpuploads/avatar_4b3403665fea6.png. See the RenameUpload lter documentation for more information on its supported options. 2. And, changing the Controller action to use the fileprg plugin:
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// File: MyController.php public function uploadFormAction() { $form = new UploadForm(upload-form); $tempFile = null; $prg = $this->fileprg($form); if ($prg instanceof \Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Response) { return $prg; // Return PRG redirect response } elseif (is_array($prg)) { if ($form->isValid()) { $data = $form->getData(); // Form is valid, save the form! return $this->redirect()->toRoute(upload-form/success); } else { // Form not valid, but file uploads might be valid... // Get the temporary file information to show the user in the view $fileErrors = $form->get(image-file)->getMessages(); if (empty($fileErrors)) { $tempFile = $form->get(image-file)->getValue(); } } } return array( form => $form, tempFile => $tempFile, ); }

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Run the Forms lters, namely the RenameUpload lter, to move the les out of temporary storage. Store the valid POST data in the session across requests. Change the required ag of any le inputs that had valid uploads to false. This is so that form resubmissions without uploads will not cause validation errors. Note: In the case of a partially valid form, it is up to the developer whether to notify the user that les have been uploaded or not. For example, you may wish to hide the form input and/or display the le information. These things would be implementation details in the view or in a custom view helper. Just note that neither the FilePRG plugin nor the formFile view helper will do any automatic notications or view changes when les have been successfully uploaded.

118.3 HTML5 Multi-File Uploads


With HTML5 we are able to select multiple les from a single le input using the multiple attribute. Not all browsers support multiple le uploads, but the le input will safely remain a single le upload for those browsers that do not support the feature. To enable multiple le uploads in Zend Framework, just set the le elements multiple attribute to true:
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// File: UploadForm.php use Zend\InputFilter; use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; class UploadForm extends Form { public function __construct($name = null, $options = array()) { parent::__construct($name, $options); $this->addElements(); $this->addInputFilter(); } public function addElements() { // File Input $file = new Element\File(image-file); $file->setLabel(Avatar Image Upload) ->setAttribute(id, image-file) ->setAttribute(multiple, true); $this->add($file); }

// Thats it

public function addInputFilter() { $inputFilter = new InputFilter\InputFilter(); // File Input $fileInput = new InputFilter\FileInput(image-file); $fileInput->setRequired(true); // You only need to define validators and filters // as if only one file was being uploaded. All files

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// will be run through the same validators and filters // automatically. $fileInput->getValidatorChain() ->attachByName(filesize, array(max => 204800)) ->attachByName(filemimetype, array(mimeType => image/png,image/x-png)) ->attachByName(fileimagesize, array(maxWidth => 100, maxHeight => 100)); // All files will be renamed, i.e.: // ./data/tmpuploads/avatar_4b3403665fea6.png, // ./data/tmpuploads/avatar_5c45147660fb7.png $fileInput->getFilterChain()->attachByName( filerenameupload, array( target => ./data/tmpuploads/avatar.png, randomize => true, ) ); $inputFilter->add($fileInput); $this->setInputFilter($inputFilter); } }

You do not need to do anything special with the validators and lters to support multiple le uploads. All of the les that are uploaded will have the same validators and lters run against them automatically (from logic within FileInput). You only need to dene them as if one le was being uploaded.

118.4 Upload Progress


While pure client-based upload progress meters are starting to become available with HTML5s Progress Events, not all browsers have XMLHttpRequest level 2 support. For upload progress to work in a greater number of browsers (IE9 and below), you must use a server-side progress solution. Zend\ProgressBar\Upload provides handlers that can give you the actual state of a le upload in progress. To use this feature you need to choose one of the Upload Progress Handlers (APC, uploadprogress, or Session) and ensure that your server setup has the appropriate extension or feature enabled. Note: For this example we will use PHP 5.4s Session progress handler PHP 5.4 is required and you may need to verify these php.ini settings for it to work:
file_uploads = On post_max_size = 50M upload_max_filesize = 50M session.upload_progress.enabled = On session.upload_progress.freq = "1%" session.upload_progress.min_freq = "1" ; Also make certain upload_tmp_dir is writable

When uploading a le with a form POST, you must also include the progress identier in a hidden input. The File Upload Progress View Helpers provide a convenient way to add the hidden input based on your handler type.
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<?php echo $this->formFileSessionProgress(); // Must come before the file input! ?> <div class="form-element"> <?php $fileElement = $form->get(image-file); ?> <?php echo $this->formLabel($fileElement); ?> <?php echo $this->formFile($fileElement); ?> <?php echo $this->formElementErrors($fileElement); ?> </div> <button>Submit</button> <?php echo $this->form()->closeTag(); ?>

When rendered, the HTML should look similar to:


<form name="upload-form" id="upload-form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <input type="hidden" id="progress_key" name="PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS" value="12345abcde"> <div class="form-element"> <label for="image-file">Avatar Image Upload</label> <input type="file" name="image-file" id="image-file"> </div> <button>Submit</button> </form>

There are a few different methods for getting progress information to the browser (long vs. short polling). Here we will use short polling since it is simpler and less taxing on server resources, though keep in mind it is not as responsive as long polling. When our form is submitted via AJAX, the browser will continuously poll the server for upload progress. The following is an example Controller action which provides the progress information:
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// File: MyController.php public function uploadProgressAction() { $id = $this->params()->fromQuery(id, null); $progress = new \Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\SessionProgress(); return new \Zend\View\Model\JsonModel($progress->getProgress($id)); } // Returns JSON //{ // "total" // "current" // "rate" // "message" // "done" //}

: : : : :

204800, 10240, 1024, "10kB / 200kB", false

Warning: This is not the most efcient way of providing upload progress, since each polling request must go through the Zend Framework bootstrap process. A better example would be to use a standalone php le in the public folder that bypasses the MVC bootstrapping and only uses the essential Zend\ProgressBar adapters. Back in our view template, we will add the JavaScript to perform the AJAX POST of the form data, and to start a timeout interval for the progress polling. To keep the example code relatively short, we are using the jQuery Form

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// File: upload-form.phtml // ...after the form... <!-- Twitter Bootstrap progress bar styles: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/components.html#progress --> <div id="progress" class="help-block"> <div class="progress progress-info progress-striped"> <div class="bar"></div> </div> <p></p> </div> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/js/jquery.form.js"></script> <script> var progressInterval; function getProgress() { // Poll our controller action with the progress id var url = /upload-form/upload-progress?id= + $(#progress_key).val(); $.getJSON(url, function(data) { if (data.status && !data.status.done) { var value = Math.floor((data.status.current / data.status.total) * 100); showProgress(value, Uploading...); } else { showProgress(100, Complete!); clearInterval(progressInterval); } }); } function startProgress() { showProgress(0, Starting upload...); progressInterval = setInterval(getProgress, 900); } function showProgress(amount, message) { $(#progress).show(); $(#progress .bar).width(amount + %); $(#progress > p).html(message); if (amount < 100) { $(#progress .progress) .addClass(progress-info active) .removeClass(progress-success); } else { $(#progress .progress) .removeClass(progress-info active) .addClass(progress-success); } } $(function() { // Register a submit event listener on the form to perform the AJAX POST $(#upload-form).on(submit, function(e) { e.preventDefault();

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if ($(#image-file).val() == ) { // No files selected, abort return; } // Perform the submit //$.fn.ajaxSubmit.debug = true; $(this).ajaxSubmit({ beforeSubmit: function(arr, $form, options) { // Notify backend that submit is via ajax arr.push({ name: "isAjax", value: "1" }); }, success: function (response, statusText, xhr, $form) { clearInterval(progressInterval); showProgress(100, Complete!); // TODO: Youll need to do some custom logic here to handle a successful // form post, and when the form is invalid with validation errors. if (response.status) { // TODO: Do something with a successful form post, like redirect // window.location.replace(response.redirect); } else { // Clear the file input, otherwise the same file gets re-uploaded // http://stackoverflow.com/a/1043969 var fileInput = $(#image-file); fileInput.replaceWith( fileInput.val().clone( true ) ); // TODO: Do something with these errors // showErrors(response.formErrors); } }, error: function(a, b, c) { // NOTE: This callback is *not* called when the form is invalid. // It is called when the browser is unable to initiate or complete the ajax submit. // You will need to handle validation errors in the success callback. console.log(a, b, c); } }); // Start the progress polling startProgress(); }); }); </script>

And nally, our Controller action can be modied to return form status and validation messages in JSON format if we see the isAjax post parameter (which was set in the JavaScript just before submit):
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$request->getFiles()->toArray() ); $form->setData($post); if ($form->isValid()) { $data = $form->getData(); // Form is valid, save the form! if (!empty($post[isAjax])) { return new JsonModel(array( status => true, redirect => $this->url()->fromRoute(upload-form/success), formData => $data, )); } else { // Fallback for non-JS clients return $this->redirect()->toRoute(upload-form/success); } } else { if (!empty($post[isAjax])) { // Send back failure information via JSON return new JsonModel(array( status => false, formErrors => $form->getMessages(), formData => $form->getData(), )); } } } return array(form => $form); }

118.5 Additional Info


Related documentation: Form File Element Form File View Helper List of File Validators List of File Filters File Post-Redirect-Get Controller Plugin Zend\InputFilter\FileInput Upload Progress Handlers Upload Progress View Helpers External resources and blog posts from the community: ZF2FileUploadExamples : A ZF2 module with several le upload examples.

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ADVANCED USE OF FORMS


Beginning with Zend Framework 2.1, forms elements can be registered using a designated plugin manager of Zend\ServiceManager. This is similar to how view helpers, controller plugins, and lters are registered. This new feature has a number of benets, especially when you need to handle complex dependencies in forms/eldsets. This section describes all the benets of this new architecture in ZF 2.1.

119.1 Short names


The rst advantage of pulling form elements from the service manager is that now you can use short names to create new elements through the factory. Therefore, this code:
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Each element provided out-of-the-box by Zend Framework 2 support this natively, so you can now make your initialization code more compact.

119.2 Creating custom elements


Zend\Form also supports custom form elements. To create a custom form element, make it extend the Zend\Form\Element class, or if you need a more specic one, extend one of the Zend\Form\Element classes. In the following we will show how to create a custom Phone element for entering phone numbers. It will extend Zend\Form\Element class and provide some default input rules. Our custom phone element could look something like this:
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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\InputFilter\InputProviderInterface; use Zend\Validator\Regex as RegexValidator; class Phone extends Element implements InputProviderInterface { /** * @var ValidatorInterface */ protected $validator; /** * Get a validator if none has been set. * * @return ValidatorInterface */ public function getValidator() { if (null === $this->validator) { $validator = new RegexValidator(/^\+?\d{11,12}$/); $validator->setMessage(Please enter 11 or 12 digits only!, RegexValidator::NOT_MATCH); $this->validator = $validator; } return $this->validator; } /** * Sets the validator to use for this element * * @param ValidatorInterface $validator * @return Application\Form\Element\Phone */ public function setValidator(ValidatorInterface $validator) { $this->validator = $validator; return $this; } /** * Provide default input rules for this element * * Attaches a phone number validator. * * @return array */ public function getInputSpecification() { return array( name => $this->getName(), required => true, filters => array( array(name => Zend\Filter\StringTrim), ), validators => array(

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$this->getValidator(), ), ); } }

By implementing the Zend\InputFilter\InputProviderInterface interface, we are hinting to our form object that this element provides some default input rules for ltering and/or validating values. In this example the default input specication provides a Zend\Filter\StringTrim lter and a Zend\Validator\Regex validator that validates that the value optionally has a + sign at the beginning and is followed by 11 or 12 digits. The easiest way of start using your new custom element in your forms is to use the custom elements FCQN:
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Or, if you are extending Zend\Form\Form:


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If you dont want to use the custom elements FCQN, but rather a short name, as of Zend Framework 2.1 you can do so by adding them to the Zend\Form\FormElementManager plugin manager by utilising the getFormElementConfig function. Warning: To use custom elements with the FormElementManager needs a bit more work and most likely a change in how you write and use your forms. First, add the custom element to the plugin manager, in your Module.php class:
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) ); } }

Or, you can do the same in your module.config.php le:


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You can use a factory instead of an invokable in order to handle dependencies in your elements/eldsets/forms. And now comes the rst catch. If you are creating your form class by extending Zend\Form\Form, you must not add the custom element in the __construct-or (as we have done in the previous example where we used the custom elements FCQN), but rather in the init() method:
namespace Application\Form; use Zend\Form\Form; class MyForm extends Form { public function init() { $this->add(array( name => phone, type => Phone, )) } }

The second catch is that you must not directly instantiate your form class, but rather get an instance of it through the Zend\Form\FormElementManager:
namespace Application\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; class IndexController extends AbstractActionController { public function indexAction() { $sl = $this->getServiceLocator(); $form = $sl->get(FormElementManager)->get(\Application\Form\MyForm); return array(form => $form); } }

The biggest gain of this is that you can easily override any built-in Zend Framework form elements if they do not t your needs. For instance, if you want to create your own Email element instead of the standard one, you can simply create your element and add it to the form element cong with the same key as the element you want to replace:

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namespace Application; use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\FormElementProviderInterface; class Module implements FormElementProviderInterface { public function getFormElementConfig() { return array( invokables => array( Email => Application\Form\Element\MyEmail ) ); } }

Now, whenever youll create an element whose type is Email, it will create the custom Email element instead of the built-in one. Note: if you want to be able to use both the built-in one and your own one, you can still provide the FQCN of the element, i.e. Zend\Form\Element\Email. As you can see here, we rst get the form manager (that we modied in our Module.php class), and create the form by specifying the fully qualied class name of the form. Please note that you dont need to add ApplicationFormMyForm to the invokables array. If it is not specied, the form manager will just instantiate it directly. In short, to create your own form elements (or even reusable eldsets !) and be able to use them in your form using the short-name notation, you need to: 1. Create your element (like you did before). 2. Add it to the form element manager by dening the getFormElementConfig, exactly like using getServiceConfig() and getControllerConfig. 3. Make sure the custom form element is not added in the forms __construct-or, but rather in its init() method, or after getting an instance of the form. 4. Create your form through the form element manager instead of directly instantiating it.

119.3 Handling dependencies


One of the most complex issues in Zend\\Form 2.0 was dependency management. For instance, a very frequent use case is a form that creates a eldset, that itself need access to the database to populate a Select element. Previously in such a situation, you would either rely on the Registry using the Singleton pattern, or either you would transfer the dependency from controller to form, and from form to eldset (and even from eldset to another eldset if you have a complex form). This was ugly and not easy to use. Hopefully, Zend\\ServiceManager solves this use case in an elegant manner. For instance, lets say that a form create a eldset called AlbumFieldset:
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public function __construct() { $this->add(array( name => album, type => AlbumFieldset )); } }

Lets now create the AlbumFieldset that depends on an AlbumTable object that allows you to fetch albums from the database.
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namespace Application\Form; use Album\Model; use Zend\Form\Fieldset; class AlbumFieldset extends Fieldset { public function __construct(AlbumTable $albumTable) { // Add any elements that need to fetch data from database // using the album table ! } }

For this to work, you need to add a line to the form element manager by adding an element to your Module.php class:
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namespace Application; use Application\Form\AlbumFieldset; use Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\FormElementProviderInterface; class Module implements FormElementProviderInterface { public function getFormElementConfig() { return array( factories => array( AlbumFieldset => function($sm) { // I assume here that the Album\Model\AlbumTable // dependency have been defined too $serviceLocator = $sm->getServiceLocator(); $albumTable = $serviceLocator->get(Album\Model\AlbumTable); $fieldset = new AlbumFieldset($albumTable); } ) ); } }

Finally, create your form using the form element manager instead of directly instantiating it:
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Et voil! The dependency will be automatically handled by the form element manager, and you dont need to create the AlbumTable in your controller, transfer it to the form, which itself passes it over to the eldset.

119.4 The specic case of initializers


In the previous example, we explicitly dened the dependency in the constructor of the AlbumFieldset class. However, in some cases, you may want to use an initializer (like Zend\\ServiceManager\\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface) to inject a specic object to all your forms/eldsets/elements. The problem with initializers is that they are injected AFTER the construction of the object, which means that if you need this dependency when you create elements, it wont be available yet. For instance, this example wont work:
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namespace Application\Form; use use use use Album\Model; Zend\Form\Fieldset; Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface; Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;

class AlbumFieldset extends Fieldset implements ServiceLocatorAwareInterface { protected $serviceLocator; public function __construct() { // Here, $this->serviceLocator is null because it has not been // injected yet, as initializers are run after __construct } public function setServiceLocator(ServiceLocatorInterface $sl) { $this->serviceLocator = $sl; } public function getServiceLocator() { return $this->serviceLocator; } }

Thankfully, there is an easy workaround: every form element now implements the new interface Zend\\Stdlib\\InitializableInterface, that denes a single init() function. In the context of form elements, this init() function is automatically called once all the dependencies (including all initializers) are resolved. Therefore, the previous example can be rewritten as such:
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class AlbumFieldset extends Fieldset implements ServiceLocatorAwareInterface { protected $serviceLocator;

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public function init() { // Here, we have $this->serviceLocator !! } public function setServiceLocator(ServiceLocatorInterface $sl) { $this->serviceLocator = $sl; } public function getServiceLocator() { return $this->serviceLocator; } }

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FORM ELEMENTS
120.1 Introduction
A set of specialized elements are provided for accomplishing application-centric tasks. These include several HTML5 input elements with matching server-side validators, the Csrf element (to prevent Cross Site Request Forgery attacks), and the Captcha element (to display and validate CAPTCHAs). A Factory is provided to facilitate creation of elements, eldsets, forms, and the related input lter. See the Zend\Form Quick Start for more information.

120.2 Element Base Class


Zend\Form\Element is a base class for all specialized elements and Zend\Form\Fieldset.
Basic Usage

At the bare minimum, each element or eldset requires a name. You will also typically provide some attributes to hint to the view layer how it might render the item.
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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $username = new Element\Text(username); $username ->setLabel(Username) ->setAttributes(array( class => username, size => 30, )); $password = new Element\Password(password); $password ->setLabel(Password) ->setAttributes(array( size => 30, )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form ->add($username) ->add($password);

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Public Methods

setName(string $name) Set the name for this element. getName() Return the name for this element. Return type string setValue(string $value) Set the value for this element. getValue() Return the value for this element. Return type string setLabel(string $label) Set the label content for this element. getLabel() Return the label content for this element. Return type string setLabelAttributes(array $labelAttributes) Set the attributes to use with the label. getLabelAttributes() Return the attributes to use with the label. Return type array setOptions(array $options) Set options for an element. Accepted options are: "label" and "label_attributes", which call setLabel and setLabelAttributes, respectively. getOptions() Get dened options for an element Return type array getOption(string $option) Return the specied option, if dened. If its not dened, returns null. Return type null|mixed setAttribute(string $key, mixed $value) Set a single element attribute. getAttribute(string $key) Retrieve a single element attribute. Return type mixed removeAttribute(string $key) Remove a single attribute hasAttribute(string $key) Check if a specic attribute exists for this element. Return type boolean

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setAttributes(array|Traversable $arrayOrTraversable) Set many attributes at once. Implementation will decide if this will overwrite or merge. getAttributes() Retrieve all attributes at once. Return type array|Traversable removeAttributes(array $keys) Remove many attributes at once clearAttributes() Clear all attributes for this element. setMessages(array|Traversable $messages) Set a list of messages to report when validation fails. getMessages() Returns a list of validation failure messages, if any. Return type array|Traversable

120.3 Standard Elements


120.3.1 Button
Zend\Form\Element\Button represents a button Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormButton view helper. form input. It can be used with the

Zend\Form\Element\Button extends from ZendFormElement.


Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a type attribute of value button.


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $button = new Element\Button(my-button); $button->setLabel(My Button) ->setValue(foo); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($button);

120.3.2 Captcha
Zend\Form\Element\Captcha can be used with forms where authenticated users are not necessary, but you want to prevent spam submissions. It is paired with one of the Zend\Form\View\Helper\Captcha\* view helpers that matches the type of CAPTCHA adapter in use.

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Basic Usage

A CAPTCHA adapter must be attached in order for validation to be included in the elements input lter specication. See the section on Zend CAPTCHA Adapters for more information on what adapters are available.
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use Zend\Captcha; use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $captcha = new Element\Captcha(captcha); $captcha ->setCaptcha(new Captcha\Dumb()) ->setLabel(Please verify you are human); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($captcha);

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use Zend\Captcha; use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Captcha, name => captcha, options => array( label => Please verify you are human, captcha => new Captcha\Dumb(), ), ));

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element. setCaptcha(array|Zend\Captcha\AdapterInterface $captcha) Set the CAPTCHA adapter for this element. If $captcha is an array, Zend\Captcha\Factory::factory() will be run to create the adapter from the array conguration. getCaptcha() Return the CAPTCHA adapter for this element. Return type Zend\Captcha\AdapterInterface getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes a Zend\Filter\StringTrim lter, and a CAPTCHA validator. Return type array

120.3.3 Checkbox
Zend\Form\Element\Checkbox is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormCheckbox for HTML inputs with type checkbox. This element adds an InArray validator to its input lter specication in order to validate on the server if the checkbox contains either the checked value or the unchecked value. 550 Chapter 120. Form Elements

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This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "checkbox".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $checkbox = new Element\Checkbox(checkbox); $checkbox->setLabel(A checkbox); $checkbox->setUseHiddenElement(true); $checkbox->setCheckedValue("good"); $checkbox->setUncheckedValue("bad"); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($checkbox);

Using the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Checkbox, name => checkbox, options => array( label => A checkbox, use_hidden_element => true, checked_value => good, unchecked_value => bad ) ));

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element . setOptions(array $options) Set options for an element of type Checkbox. Accepted options, in addition to the inherited options of Zend\Form\Element , are: "use_hidden_element", "checked_value" and "unchecked_value" , which call setUseHiddenElement, setCheckedValue and setUncheckedValue , respectively. setUseHiddenElement(boolean $useHiddenElement) If set to true (which is default), the view helper will generate a hidden element that contains the unchecked value. Therefore, when using custom unchecked value, this option have to be set to true. useHiddenElement() Return if a hidden element is generated. Return type boolean setCheckedValue(string $checkedValue) Set the value to use when the checkbox is checked. getCheckedValue() Return the value used when the checkbox is checked. Return type string

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setUncheckedValue(string $uncheckedValue) Set the value to use when the checkbox is unchecked. use_hidden_element is set to true. getUncheckedValue() Return the value used when the checkbox is unchecked. Return type string

For this to work, you must make sure that

getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes a Zend\Validator\InArray to validate if the value is either checked value or unchecked value. Return type array isChecked() Checks if the checkbox is checked. Return type boolean setChecked(bool $value) Checks or unchecks the checkbox.

120.3.4 Collection
Sometimes, you may want to add input (or a set of inputs) multiple times, either because you dont want to duplicate code, or because you do not know in advance how many elements you will need (in the case of elements dynamically added to a form using JavaScript, for instance). For more information about Collection, please refer to the Form Collections tutorial. Zend\Form\Element\Collection is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormCollection.

Basic Usage use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $colors = new Element\Collection(collection); $colors->setLabel(Colors); $colors->setCount(2); $colors->setTargetElement(new Element\Color()); $colors->setShouldCreateTemplate(true); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($colors);

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should_create_template => true, target_element => new Element\Color() ) ));

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element . setOptions(array $options) Set options for an element of type Collection. Accepted options, in addition to the inherited options of Zend\Form\Element , are: "target_element", "count", "allow_add", "allow_remove", "should_create_template" and "template_placeholder". Those option keys respectively call call setTargetElement, setCount, setAllowAdd, setAllowRemove, setShouldCreateTemplate and setTemplatePlaceholder. allowObjectBinding(object $object) Checks if the object can be set in this eldset. Return type bool setObject(array|Traversable $object) Set the object used by the hydrator. In this case the object is a collection of objects. populateValues(array|Traversable $data) Populate values allowValueBinding() Checks if this eldset can bind data Return type bool setCount($count) Denes how many times the target element will Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormCollection view helper. getCount() Return the number of times the target element will Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormCollection view helper. Return type integer setTargetElement($elementOrFieldset) This function either takes an Zend\Form\ElementInterface, Zend\Form\FieldsetInterface instance or an array to pass to the form factory. When the Collection element will be validated, the input lter will be retrieved from this target element and be used to validate each element in the collection. getTargetElement() Return the target element used by the collection. Return type ElementInterface | null setAllowAdd($allowAdd) If allowAdd is set to true (which is the default), new elements added dynamically in the form (using JavaScript, for instance) will also be validated and retrieved. allowAdd() Return if new elements can be dynamically added in the collection. Return type boolean be initially rendered by the

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setAllowRemove($allowRemove) If allowRemove is set to true (which is the default), new elements added dynamically in the form (using JavaScript, for instance) will be allowed to be removed. allowRemove() Return if new elements can be dynamically removed from the collection. Return type boolean setShouldCreateTemplate($shouldCreateTemplate) If shouldCreateTemplate is set to true (defaults to false), a <span> element will be generated by the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormCollection view helper. This non-semantic span element contains a single data-template HTML5 attribute whose value is the whole HTML to copy to create a new element in the form. The template is indexed using the templatePlaceholder value. shouldCreateTemplate() Return if a template should be created. Return type boolean setTemplatePlaceholder($templatePlaceholder) Set the template placeholder (defaults to __index__) used to index element in the template. getTemplatePlaceholder() Returns the template placeholder used to index element in the template. Return type string getTemplateElement() Get a template element used for rendering purposes only Return type null|ElementInterface|FieldsetInterface prepareElement() Prepare the collection by adding a dummy template element if the user want one prepareFieldset() If both count and targetElement are set, add them to the eldset

120.3.5 Csrf
Zend\Form\Element\Csrf pairs with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormHidden to provide protection from CSRF attacks on forms, ensuring the data is submitted by the user session that generated the form and not by a rogue script. Protection is achieved by adding a hash element to a form and verifying it when the form is submitted.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "hidden".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $csrf = new Element\Csrf(csrf); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($csrf);

You can change the options of the CSRF validator using the setCsrfValidatorOptions function, or by using the "csrf_options" key. Here is an example using the array notation:

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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Csrf, name => csrf, options => array( csrf_options => array( timeout => 600 ) ) ));

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes a Zend\Filter\StringTrim lter and a Zend\Validator\Csrf to validate the CSRF value. Return type array setCsrfValidatorOptions(array $options) Set the options that are used by the CSRF validator. getCsrfValidatorOptions() Get the options that are used by the CSRF validator. Return type array setCsrfValidator(ZendValidatorCsrf $validator) Override the default CSRF validator by setting another one. getCsrfValidator() Get the CSRF validator. Return type ZendValidatorCsrf

120.3.6 File
Zend\Form\Element\File represents a form le input and provides a default input specication with a type of FileInput (important for handling validators and lters correctly). It can be used with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormFile view helper. Zend\Form\Element\File extends from Zend\Form\Element.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "file". It will also set the forms enctype to multipart/form-data during $form->prepare().
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$file->setLabel(Single file input); // HTML5 multiple file upload $multiFile = new Element\File(multi-file); $multiFile->setLabel(Multi file input) ->setAttribute(multiple, true); $form = new Form(my-file); $form->add($file) ->add($multiFile);

120.3.7 Hidden
Zend\Form\Element\Hidden represents a hidden Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormHidden view helper. form input. It can be used with the

Zend\Form\Element\Hidden extends from Zend\Form\Element.


Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "hidden".


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Hidden, name => my-hidden, attributes => array( value => foo ) ));

120.3.8 Image
Zend\Form\Element\Image represents a image button form input. Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormImage view helper. Zend\Form\Element\Image extends from Zend\Form\Element.
Basic Usage

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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $image = new Element\Image(my-image); $image->setAttribute(src, http://my.image.url); // Src attribute is required $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($image);

120.3.9 Month Select


Zend\Form\Element\MonthSelect is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormMonthSelect. This element creates two select elements, where the rst one is populated with months and the second is populated with years. By default, it sets 100 years in the past for the year element, starting with the current year.
Basic Usage use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $monthYear = new Element\MonthSelect(monthyear); $monthYear->setLabel(Select a month and a year); $monthYear->setMinYear(1986); $form = new Form(dateselect); $form->add($monthYear);

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setMonthAttributes(array $monthAttributes) Set attributes on the Select element that is used for the months part. getMonthAttributes() Get attributes on the Select element that is used for the months part. Return type array setYearAttributes(array $yearAttributes) Set attributes on the Select element that is used for the years part. getYearAttributes() Get attributes on the Select element that is used for the years part. Return type array setMinYear(int $minYear) Set the minimum year. getMinYear() Get the minimum year. setMaxYear(int $maxYear) Set the maximum year. getMaxYear() Get the maximum year. setValue(mixed $value) Set the value for the MonthSelect element. If the value is an instance of \DateTime, it will use the month and year values from that date. Otherwise, the value should be an associative array with the month key for the month value, and with the year key for the year value.

120.3.10 MultiCheckbox
Zend\Form\Element\MultiCheckbox is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormMultiCheckbox for HTML inputs with type checkbox. This element adds an InArray validator to its input lter specication in order to validate on the server if the checkbox contains values from the multiple checkboxes.
Basic Usage

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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $multiCheckbox = new Element\MultiCheckbox(multi-checkbox); $multiCheckbox->setLabel(What do you like ?); $multiCheckbox->setValueOptions(array( 0 => Apple, 1 => Orange, 2 => Lemon )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($multiCheckbox);

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Using the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\MultiCheckbox, name => multi-checkbox, options => array( label => What do you like ?, value_options => array( 0 => Apple, 1 => Orange, 2 => Lemon, ), ) ));

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element\Checkbox . setOptions(array $options) Set options for an element of type Checkbox. Accepted options, in addition to the inherited options of Zend\Form\Element\Checkbox , are: "value_options", which call setValueOptions. setValueOptions(array $options) Set the value options for every checkbox of the multi-checkbox. The array must contain a key => value for every checkbox. getValueOptions() Return the value options. Return type array

120.3.11 Password
Zend\Form\Element\Password represents a password form input. Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormPassword view helper. Zend\Form\Element\Password extends from Zend\Form\Element.
Basic Usage

It can be used with the

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "password".


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120.3.12 Radio
Zend\Form\Element\Radio is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormRadio for HTML inputs with type radio. This element adds an InArray validator to its input lter specication in order to validate on the server if the value is contains within the radio value elements.
Basic Usage

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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $radio = new Element\Radio(gender); $radio->setLabel(What is your gender ?); $radio->setValueOptions(array( 0 => Female, 1 => Male, )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($radio);

Using the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Radio, name => gender, options => array( label => What is your gender ?, value_options => array( 0 => Female, 1 => Male, ), ) ));

Public Methods

All the methods from the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element\MultiCheckbox are also available for this element.

120.3.13 Select
Zend\Form\Element\Select is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormSelect for HTML inputs with type select. This element adds an InArray validator to its input lter specication in order to validate on the server if the selected value belongs to the values. This element can be used as a multi-select element by adding the multiple HTML attribute to the element.

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Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "select".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $select = new Element\Select(language); $select->setLabel(Which is your mother tongue?); $select->setValueOptions(array( 0 => French, 1 => English, 2 => Japanese, 3 => Chinese, )); $form = new Form(language); $form->add($select);

Using the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Select, name => language, options => array( label => Which is your mother tongue?, value_options => array( 0 => French, 1 => English, 2 => Japanese, 3 => Chinese, ), ) ));

You can add an empty option (option with no value) using the "empty_option" option:
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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Select, name => language, options => array( label => Which is your mother tongue?, empty_option => Please choose your language, value_options => array( 0 => French, 1 => English, 2 => Japanese, 3 => Chinese, ), ) ));

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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $select = new Element\Select(language); $select->setLabel(Which is your mother tongue?); $select->setValueOptions(array( european => array( label => European languages, options => array( 0 => French, 1 => Italian, ), ), asian => array( label => Asian languages, options => array( 2 => Japanese, 3 => Chinese, ), ), )); $form = new Form(language); $form->add($select);

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element . setOptions(array $options) Set options for an element of type Checkbox. Accepted options, in addition to the inherited options of Zend\Form\Element\Checkbox , are: "value_options" and "empty_option", which call setValueOptions and setEmptyOption, respectively. setValueOptions(array $options) Set the value options for the select element. The array must contain key => value pairs. getValueOptions() Return the value options. Return type array setEmptyOption($emptyOption) Optionally set a label for an empty option (option with no value). It is set to null by default, which means that no empty option will be rendered. getEmptyOption() Get the label for the empty option (null if none). Return type string|null

120.3.14 Submit
Zend\Form\Element\Submit represents a submit button form input. Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormSubmit view helper. Zend\Form\Element\Submit extends from Zend\Form\Element. It can be used with the

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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $submit = new Element\Submit(my-submit); $submit->setValue(Submit Form); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($submit);

120.3.15 Text
Zend\Form\Element\Text represents a text Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormText view helper. form input. It can be used with the

Zend\Form\Element\Text extends from Zend\Form\Element.


Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "text".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $text = new Element\Text(my-text); $text->setLabel(Enter your name); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($text);

120.3.16 Textarea
Zend\Form\Element\Textarea represents a textarea form input. Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormTextarea view helper. Zend\Form\Element\Textarea extends from Zend\Form\Element.
Basic Usage

It can be used with the

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "textarea".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $textarea = new Element\Textarea(my-textarea); $textarea->setLabel(Enter a description); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($textarea);

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120.4.1 Color
Zend\Form\Element\Color is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormColor for HTML5 inputs with type color. This element adds lters and a Regex validator to its input lter specication in order to validate a HTML5 valid simple color value on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "color".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $color = new Element\Color(color); $color->setLabel(Background color); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($color);

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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Color, name => color, options => array( label => Background color ) ));

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and Zend\Filter\StringToLower lters, and a Zend\Validator\Regex to validate the RGB hex format. Return type array

120.4.2 Date
Zend\Form\Element\Date is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDate for HTML5 inputs with type date. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 date input values on the server.

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This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "date".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $date = new Element\Date(appointment-date); $date ->setLabel(Appointment Date) ->setAttributes(array( min => 2012-01-01, max => 2020-01-01, step => 1, // days; default step interval is 1 day )) ->setOptions(array( format => Y-m-d )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($date);

Here is with the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Date, name => appointment-date, options => array( label => Appointment Date, format => Y-m-d ), attributes => array( min => 2012-01-01, max => 2020-01-01, step => 1, // days; default step interval is 1 day ) ));

Note: Note: the min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element\DateTime. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes and format option. See getInputSpecication in Zend\Form\Element\DateTime for more information. One difference from Zend\Form\Element\DateTime is that the Zend\Validator\DateStep validator will expect the step attribute to use an interval of days (default is 1 day).

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Return type array

120.4.3 DateTime
Zend\Form\Element\DateTime is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTime for HTML5 inputs with type datetime. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 datetime input values on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "datetime".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $dateTime = new Element\DateTime(appointment-date-time); $dateTime ->setLabel(Appointment Date/Time) ->setAttributes(array( min => 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z, max => 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z, step => 1, // minutes; default step interval is 1 min )) ->setOptions(array( format => Y-m-d\TH:iP )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($dateTime);

Here is with the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\DateTime, name => appointment-date-time, options => array( label => Appointment Date/Time, format => Y-m-d\TH:iP ), attributes => array( min => 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z, max => 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z, step => 1, // minutes; default step interval is 1 min ) ));

Note: Note: the min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

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Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes and format option. If the min attribute is set, a Zend\Validator\GreaterThan validator will be added to ensure the date value is greater than the minimum value. If the max attribute is set, a Zend\Validator\LessThanValidator validator will be added to ensure the date value is less than the maximum value. If the step attribute is set to any, step validations will be skipped. Otherwise, a Zend\Validator\DateStep validator will be added to ensure the date value is within a certain interval of minutes (default is 1 minute). The input lter specication also includes a Zend\Validator\Date validator to ensure the format of the value. If the format option is set, that format will be used. Otherwise the default format will be used. Return type array setOptions(array $options) Set options for an element of type DateTime. The accepted option, in addition to the inherited options of Zend\Form\Element , is: "format", which calls setFormat. setFormat(string $format) Sets the format used to validate the value. Accepts a \DateTime compatible string. getFormat() Return the DateTime format used to validate the value. Return type String

120.4.4 DateTimeLocal
Zend\Form\Element\DateTimeLocal is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTimeLocal for HTML5 inputs with type datetime-local. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 a local datetime input values on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "datetime-local".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $dateTimeLocal = new Element\DateTimeLocal(appointment-date-time); $dateTimeLocal ->setLabel(Appointment Date) ->setAttributes(array( min => 2010-01-01T00:00:00, max => 2020-01-01T00:00:00, step => 1, // minutes; default step interval is 1 min )) ->setOptions(array(

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format => Y-m-d\TH:i )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($dateTimeLocal);

Here is with the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\DateTimeLocal, name => appointment-date-time, options => array( label => Appointment Date, format => Y-m-d\TH:i ), attributes => array( min => 2010-01-01T00:00:00, max => 2020-01-01T00:00:00, step => 1, // minutes; default step interval is 1 min ) ));

Note: Note: the min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element\DateTime. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes and format option. See getInputSpecication in Zend\Form\Element\DateTime for more information. Return type array

120.4.5 Email
Zend\Form\Element\Email is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormEmail for HTML5 inputs with type email. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 valid email address on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "email".


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// Single email address $email = new Element\Email(email); $email->setLabel(Email Address) $form->add($email); // Comma separated list of emails $emails = new Element\Email(emails); $emails ->setLabel(Email Addresses) ->setAttribute(multiple, true); $form->add($emails);

Here is with the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Email, name => email, options => array( label => Email Address ), )); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Email, name => emails, options => array( label => Email Addresses ), attributes => array( multiple => true ) ));

Note: Note: the multiple attribute should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes a Zend\Filter\StringTrim lter, and a validator based on the multiple attribute. If the multiple attribute is unset or false, a Zend\Validator\Regex validator will be added to validate a single email address. If the multiple attribute is true, a Zend\Validator\Explode validator will be added to ensure the input string value is split by commas before validating each email address with Zend\Validator\Regex. Return type array

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setValidator(ValidatorInterface $validator) Sets the primary validator to use for this element getValidator() Get the primary validator Return type ValidatorInterface setEmailValidator(ValidatorInterface $validator) Sets the email validator to use for multiple or single email addresses. getEmailValidator() Get the email validator to use for multiple or single email addresses. The default Regex validator in use is to match that of the browser validation, but you are free to set a different (more strict) email validator such as Zend\Validator\Email if you wish.

120.4.6 Month
Zend\Form\Element\Month is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormMonth for HTML5 inputs with type month. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 month input values on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "month".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $month = new Element\Month(month); $month ->setLabel(Month) ->setAttributes(array( min => 2012-01, max => 2020-01, step => 1, // months; default step interval is 1 month )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($month);

Here is with the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Month, name => month, options => array( label => Month ), attributes => array( min => 2012-12, max => 2020-01, step => 1, // months; default step interval is 1 month

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) ));

Note: Note: the min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element\DateTime. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes. See getInputSpecication in Zend\Form\Element\DateTime for more information. One difference from Zend\Form\Element\DateTime is that the Zend\Validator\DateStep validator will expect the step attribute to use an interval of months (default is 1 month). Return type array

120.4.7 Number
Zend\Form\Element\Number is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormNumber for HTML5 inputs with type number. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 number input values on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "number".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $number = new Element\Number(quantity); $number ->setLabel(Quantity) ->setAttributes(array( min => 0, max => 10, step => 1, // default step interval is 1 )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($number);

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options => array( label => Quantity ), attributes => array( min => 0, max => 10, step => 1, // default step interval is 1 ) ));

Note: Note: the min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes. If the min attribute is set, a Zend\Validator\GreaterThan validator will be added to ensure the number value is greater than the minimum value. The min value should be a valid oating point number. If the max attribute is set, a Zend\Validator\LessThan validator will be added to ensure the number value is less than the maximum value. The max value should be a valid oating point number. If the step attribute is set to any, step validations will be skipped. Otherwise, a Zend\Validator\Step validator will be added to ensure the number value is within a certain interval (default is 1). The step value should be either any or a valid oating point number. Return type array

120.4.8 Range
Zend\Form\Element\Range is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormRange for HTML5 inputs with type range. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 range values on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "range".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $range = new Element\Range(range); $range ->setLabel(Minimum and Maximum Amount) ->setAttributes(array( min => 0, // default minimum is 0 max => 100, // default maximum is 100 step => 1, // default interval is 1 ));

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$form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($range);

Here is with the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Range, name => range, options => array( label => Minimum and Maximum Amount ), attributes => array( min => 0, // default minimum is 0 max => 100, // default maximum is 100 step => 1 // default interval is 1 ) ));

Note: Note: the min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element\Number. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes. See getInputSpecication in Zend\Form\Element\Number for more information. The Range element differs from Zend\Form\Element\Number in that the Zend\Validator\GreaterThan and Zend\Validator\LessThan validators will always be present. The default minimum is 1, and the default maximum is 100. Return type array

120.4.9 Time
Zend\Form\Element\Time is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormTime for HTML5 inputs with type time. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 time input values on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "time".


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$time ->setLabel(Time) ->setAttributes(array( min => 00:00:00, max => 23:59:59, step => 60, // seconds; default step interval is 60 seconds )) ->setOptions(array( format => H:i:s )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($time);

Here is the same example using the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Time, name => time, options=> array( label => Time, format => H:i:s ), attributes => array( min => 00:00:00, max => 23:59:59, step => 60, // seconds; default step interval is 60 seconds ) ));

Note: The min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Note: The default date format for the validator is H:i:s. A valid time string is however not required to have a seconds part. In fact some user agent UIs such as Google Chrome and Opera submits a value on the H:i format (i.e. without a second part). You might therefore want to set the date format accordingly.

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element\DateTime. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes and format option. See getInputSpecication in Zend\Form\Element\DateTime for more information. One difference from Zend\Form\Element\DateTime is that the Zend\Validator\DateStep validator will expect the step attribute to use an interval of seconds (default is 60 seconds). Return type array

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120.4.10 Url
Zend\Form\Element\Url is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormUrl for HTML5 inputs with type url. This element adds lters and a Zend\Validator\Uri validator to its input lter specication for validating HTML5 URL input values on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "url".


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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $url = new Element\Url(webpage-url); $url->setLabel(Webpage URL); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($url);

Here is the same example using the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Url, name => webpage-url, options => array( label => Webpage URL ) ));

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes a Zend\Filter\StringTrim lter, and a Zend\Validator\Uri to validate the URI string. Return type array

120.4.11 Week
Zend\Form\Element\Week is meant to be paired with the Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormWeek for HTML5 inputs with type week. This element adds lters and validators to its input lter specication in order to validate HTML5 week input values on the server.
Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a "type" attribute of value "week".

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use Zend\Form\Element; use Zend\Form\Form; $week = new Element\Week(week); $week ->setLabel(Week) ->setAttributes(array( min => 2012-W01, max => 2020-W01, step => 1, // weeks; default step interval is 1 week )); $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add($week);

Here is the same example using the array notation:


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use Zend\Form\Form; $form = new Form(my-form); $form->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Week, name => week, options => array( label => Week ), attributes => array( min => 2012-W01, max => 2020-W01, step => 1, // weeks; default step interval is 1 week ) ));

Note: Note: the min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specication for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Public Methods

The following methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\Form\Element\DateTime. getInputSpecification() Returns a input lter specication, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes. See getInputSpecication in Zend\Form\Element\DateTime for more information. One difference from Zend\Form\Element\DateTime is that the Zend\Validator\DateStep validator will expect the step attribute to use an interval of weeks (default is 1 week). Return type array

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121.1 Introduction
Zend Framework comes with an initial set of helper classes related to Forms: e.g., rendering a text input, selection box, or form labels. You can use helper, or plugin, classes to perform these behaviors for you. See the section on view helpers for more information.

121.2 Standard Helpers


121.2.1 Form
The Form view helper is used to render a <form> HTML element and its attributes. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Form; use Zend\Form\Element; // Within your view... $form = new Form(); // ...add elements and input filter to form... // Set attributes $form->setAttribute(action, $this->url(contact/process)); $form->setAttribute(method, post); // Prepare the form elements $form->prepare(); // Render the opening tag echo $this->form()->openTag($form); // <form action="/contact/process" method="post"> // ...render the form elements... // Render the closing tag echo $this->form()->closeTag(); // </form>

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openTag(FormInterface $form = null) Renders the <form> open tag for the $form instance. Return type string closeTag() Renders a </form> closing tag. Return type string

121.2.2 FormButton
The FormButton view helper is used to render a <button> HTML element and its attributes. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Button(my-button); $element->setLabel("Reset"); // Within your view... /** * Example #1: Render entire button in one shot... */ echo $this->formButton($element); // <button name="my-button" type="button">Reset</button> /** * Example #2: Render button in 3 steps */ // Render the opening tag echo $this->formButton()->openTag($element); // <button name="my-button" type="button"> echo <span class="inner"> . $element->getLabel() . </span>; // Render the closing tag echo $this->formButton()->closeTag(); // </button> /** * Example #3: Override the element label */ echo $this->formButton()->render($element, My Content); // <button name="my-button" type="button">My Content</button>

The following public methods are in addition to those inherited from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. openTag($element = null) Renders the <button> open tag for the $element instance. Return type string closeTag() Renders a </button> closing tag. Return type string

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render(ElementInterface $element[, $buttonContent = null ]) Renders a buttons opening tag, inner content, and closing tag. Parameters $element The button element. $buttonContent (optional) The inner content to render. If null, will default to the $elements label. Return type string

121.2.3 FormCaptcha
TODO Basic usage:
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use Zend\Captcha; use Zend\Form\Element; $captcha = new Element\Captcha(captcha); $captcha ->setCaptcha(new Captcha\Dumb()) ->setLabel(Please verify you are human); // Within your view... echo $this->formCaptcha($captcha); // TODO

121.2.4 FormCheckbox
The FormCheckbox view helper can be used to render a <input type="checkbox"> HTML form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Checkbox element, which provides a default input specication for validating the checkbox values. FormCheckbox extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Checkbox(my-checkbox); // Within your view... /** * Example #1: Default options */ echo $this->formCheckbox($element); // <input type="hidden" name="my-checkbox" value="0"> // <input type="checkbox" name="my-checkbox" value="1"> /** * Example #2: Disable hidden element */ $element->setUseHiddenElement(false); echo $this->formCheckbox($element); // <input type="checkbox" name="my-checkbox" value="1">

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/** * Example #3: Change checked/unchecked values */ $element->setUseHiddenElement(true) ->setUncheckedValue(no) ->setCheckedValue(yes); echo $this->formCheckbox($element); // <input type="hidden" name="my-checkbox" value="no"> // <input type="checkbox" name="my-checkbox" value="yes">

121.2.5 FormCollection
TODO Basic usage: TODO

121.2.6 FormElement
The FormElement view helper proxies the rendering to specic form view helpers depending on the type of the Zend\Form\Element that is passed in. For instance, if the passed in element had a type of text, the FormElement helper will retrieve and use the FormText helper to render the element. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Form; use Zend\Form\Element; // Within your view... /** * Example #1: Render different types of form elements */ $textElement = new Element\Text(my-text); $checkboxElement = new Element\Checkbox(my-checkbox); echo $this->formElement($textElement); // <input type="text" name="my-text" value=""> echo $this->formElement($checkboxElement); // <input type="hidden" name="my-checkbox" value="0"> // <input type="checkbox" name="my-checkbox" value="1"> /** * Example #2: Loop through form elements and render them */ $form = new Form(); // ...add elements and input filter to form... $form->prepare(); // Render the opening tag echo $this->form()->openTag($form); // ...loop through and render the form elements... foreach ($form as $element) { echo $this->formElement($element); // <-- Magic! echo $this->formElementErrors($element);

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} // Render the closing tag echo $this->form()->closeTag();

121.2.7 FormElementErrors
The FormElementErrors view helper is used to render the validation error messages of an element. Basic usage:
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Zend\Form\Form; Zend\Form\Element; Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter; Zend\InputFilter\Input;

// Create a form $form = new Form(); $element = new Element\Text(my-text); $form->add($element); // Create a input $input = new Input(my-text); $input->setRequired(true); $inputFilter = new InputFilter(); $inputFilter->add($input); $form->setInputFilter($inputFilter); // Force a failure $form->setData(array()); // Empty data $form->isValid(); // Not valid // Within your view... /** * Example #1: Default options */ echo $this->formElementErrors($element); // <ul><li>Value is required and can&#039;t be empty</li></ul> /** * Example #2: Add attributes to open format */ echo $this->formElementErrors($element, array(class => help-inline)); // <ul class="help-inline"><li>Value is required and can&#039;t be empty</li></ul> /** * Example #3: Custom format */ echo $this->formElementErrors() ->setMessageOpenFormat(<div class="help-inline">) ->setMessageSeparatorString(</div><div class="help-inline">) ->setMessageCloseString(</div>) ->render($element); // <div class="help-inline">Value is required and can&#039;t be empty</div>

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The following public methods are in addition to those inherited from Zend\Form\View\Helper\AbstractHelper. setMessageOpenFormat(string $messageOpenFormat) Set the formatted string used to open message representation. Parameters $messageOpenFormat The formatted string to use to open the messages. Uses <ul%s><li> by default. Attributes are inserted here. getMessageOpenFormat() Returns the formatted string used to open message representation. Return type string setMessageSeparatorString(string $messageSeparatorString) Sets the string used to separate messages. Parameters $messageSeparatorString The string to use to separate the messages. </li><li> by default. getMessageSeparatorString() Returns the string used to separate messages. Return type string setMessageCloseString(string $messageCloseString) Sets the string used to close message representation. Parameters $messageCloseString The string to use to close the messages. </li></ul> by default. getMessageCloseString() Returns the string used to close message representation. Return type string setAttributes(array $attributes) Set the attributes that will go on the message open format. Parameters $attributes Key value pairs of attributes. getAttributes() Returns the attributes that will go on the message open format. Return type array render(ElementInterface $element[, array $attributes = array() ]) Renders validation errors for the provided $element. Parameters $element The element. $attributes Additional attributes that will go on the message open format. These are merged with those set via setAttributes(). Return type string Uses Uses

121.2.8 FormFile
The FormFile view helper can be used to render a <input type="file"> form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\File element. FormFile extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:

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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\File(my-file); // Within your view... echo $this->formFile($element); // <input type="file" name="my-file">

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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\File(my-file); $element->setAttribute(multiple, true); // Within your view... echo $this->formFile($element); // <input type="file" name="my-file" multiple="multiple">

121.2.9 FormHidden
The FormHidden view helper can be used to render a <input type="hidden"> HTML form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Hidden element. FormHidden extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Hidden(my-hidden); $element->setValue(foo); // Within your view... echo $this->formHidden($element); // <input type="hidden" name="my-hidden" value="foo">

121.2.10 FormImage
The FormImage view helper can be used to render a <input type="image"> HTML form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Image element. FormImage extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Image(my-image); $element->setAttribute(src, /img/my-pic.png); // Within your view... echo $this->formImage($element); // <input type="image" name="my-image" src="/img/my-pic.png">

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121.2.11 FormInput
The FormInput view helper is used to render a <input> HTML form input tag. It acts as a base class for all of the specically typed form input helpers (FormText, FormCheckbox, FormSubmit, etc.), and is not suggested for direct use. It contains a general map of valid tag attributes and types for attribute ltering. Each subclass of FormInput implements its own specic map of valid tag attributes. The following public methods are in addition to those inherited from Zend\Form\View\Helper\AbstractHelper. render(ElementInterface $element) Renders the <input> tag for the $element. Return type string

121.2.12 FormLabel
The FormLabel view helper is used to render a <label> HTML element and its attributes. If you have a Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator attached, FormLabel will translate the label contents during its rendering. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Text(my-text); $element->setLabel(Label) ->setAttribute(id, text-id) ->setLabelAttributes(array(class => control-label)); // Within your view... /** * Example #1: Render label in one shot */ echo $this->formLabel($element); // <label class="control-label" for="text-id">Label</label> echo $this->formLabel($element, $this->formText($element)); // <label class="control-label" for="text-id">Label<input type="text" name="my-text"></label> echo $this->formLabel($element, $this->formText($element), append); // <label class="control-label" for="text-id"><input type="text" name="my-text">Label</label> /** * Example #2: Render label in separate steps */ // Render the opening tag echo $this->formLabel()->openTag($element); // <label class="control-label" for="text-id"> // Render the closing tag echo $this->formLabel()->closeTag(); // </label>

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// Setting a translator $this->formLabel()->setTranslator($translator); // Setting a text domain $this->formLabel()->setTranslatorTextDomain(my-text-domain); // Setting both $this->formLabel()->setTranslator($translator, my-text-domain);

Note: Note: If you have a translator in the Service Manager under the key, translator, the view helper plugin manager will automatically attach the translator to the FormLabel view helper. See Zend\\View\\HelperPluginManager::injectTranslator() for more information. The following public methods are in addition to those inherited from Zend\Form\View\Helper\AbstractHelper. __invoke(ElementInterface $element = null, string $labelContent = null, string $position = null) Render a form label, optionally with content. Always generates a for statement, as we cannot assume the form input will be provided in the $labelContent. Parameters $element A form element. $labelContent If null, will attempt to use the elements label value. $position Append or prepend the elements label value to the $labelContent. One of FormLabel::APPEND or FormLabel::PREPEND (default) Return type string openTag(array|ElementInterface $attributesOrElement = null) Renders the <label> open tag and attributes. Parameters $attributesOrElement An array of key value attributes or a ElementInterface instance. Return type string closeTag() Renders a </label> closing tag. Return type string

121.2.13 FormMultiCheckbox
The FormMultiCheckbox view helper can be used to render a group <input type="checkbox"> HTML form inputs. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\MultiCheckbox element, which provides a default input specication for validating a multi checkbox. FormMultiCheckbox extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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)); // Within your view... /** * Example #1: using the default label placement */ echo $this->formMultiCheckbox($element); // <label><input type="checkbox" name="my-multicheckbox[]" value="0">Apple</label> // <label><input type="checkbox" name="my-multicheckbox[]" value="1">Orange</label> // <label><input type="checkbox" name="my-multicheckbox[]" value="2">Lemon</label> /** * Example #2: using the prepend label placement */ echo $this->formMultiCheckbox($element, prepend); // <label>Apple<input type="checkbox" name="my-multicheckbox[]" value="0"></label> // <label>Orange<input type="checkbox" name="my-multicheckbox[]" value="1"></label> // <label>Lemon<input type="checkbox" name="my-multicheckbox[]" value="2"></label>

121.2.14 FormPassword
TODO Basic usage: TODO

121.2.15 FormRadio
The FormRadio view helper can be used to render a group <input type="radio"> HTML form inputs. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Radio element, which provides a default input specication for validating a radio. FormRadio extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormMultiCheckbox. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Radio(gender); $element->setValueOptions(array( 0 => Male, 1 => Female, )); // Within your view... /** * Example #1: using the default label placement */ echo $this->formRadio($element); // <label><input type="radio" name="gender[]" value="0">Male</label> // <label><input type="radio" name="gender[]" value="1">Female</label> /** * Example #2: using the prepend label placement */ echo $this->formRadio($element, prepend);

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// <label>Male<input type="checkbox" name="gender[]" value="0"></label> // <label>Female<input type="checkbox" name="gender[]" value="1"></label>

121.2.16 FormReset
TODO Basic usage: TODO

121.2.17 FormRow
TODO Basic usage: TODO

121.2.18 FormSelect
The FormSelect view helper can be used to render a group <input type="select"> HTML form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Select element, which provides a default input specication for validating a select. FormSelect extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Select(language); $element->setValueOptions(array( 0 => French, 1 => English, 2 => Japanese, 3 => Chinese )); // Within your view... /** * Example */ echo $this->formSelect($element);

121.2.19 FormSubmit
TODO Basic usage: TODO

121.2.20 FormText
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121.2.21 FormTextarea
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121.2.22 AbstractHelper
The AbstractHelper is used as a base abstract class for Form view helpers, providing methods for validating form HTML attributes, as well as controlling the doctype and character encoding. AbstractHelper also extends from Zend\I18n\View\Helper\AbstractTranslatorHelper which provides an implementation for the Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorAwareInterface that allows setting a translator and text domain. The following public methods are in addition to the inherited methods of Zend\I18n\View\Helper\AbstractTranslatorHelper. setDoctype(string $doctype) Sets a doctype to use in the helper. getDoctype() Returns the doctype used in the helper. Return type string setEncoding(string $encoding) Set the translation text domain to use in helper when translating. getEncoding() Returns the character encoding used in the helper. Return type string getId() Returns the element id. If no ID attribute present, attempts to use the name attribute. If name attribute is also not present, returns null. Return type string or null

121.3 HTML5 Helpers


121.3.1 FormColor
The FormColor view helper can be used to render a <input type="color"> HTML5 form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Color element, which provides a default input specication for validating HTML5 color values. FormColor extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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121.3.2 FormDate
The FormDate view helper can be used to render a <input type="date"> HTML5 form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Date element, which provides a default input specication for validating HTML5 date values. FormDate extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTime. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Date(my-date); // Within your view... echo $this->formDate($element); // <input type="date" name="my-date" value="">

121.3.3 FormDateTime
The FormDateTime view helper can be used to render a <input type="datetime"> HTML5 form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\DateTime element, which provides a default input specication for validating HTML5 datetime values. FormDateTime extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\DateTime(my-datetime); // Within your view... echo $this->formDateTime($element); // <input type="datetime" name="my-datetime" value="">

121.3.4 FormDateTimeLocal
The FormDateTimeLocal view helper can be used to render a <input type="datetime-local"> HTML5 form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\DateTimeLocal element, which provides a default input specication for validating HTML5 datetime values. FormDateTimeLocal extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTime. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\DateTimeLocal(my-datetime); // Within your view... echo $this->formDateTimeLocal($element); // <input type="datetime-local" name="my-datetime" value="">

121.3.5 FormEmail
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Email(my-email); // Within your view... echo $this->formEmail($element); // <input type="email" name="my-email" value="">

121.3.6 FormMonth
The FormMonth view helper can be used to render a <input type="month"> HTML5 form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Month element, which provides a default input specication for validating HTML5 date values. FormMonth extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTime. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Month(my-month); // Within your view... echo $this->formMonth($element); // <input type="month" name="my-month" value="">

121.3.7 FormNumber
TODO Basic usage: TODO

121.3.8 FormRange
TODO Basic usage: TODO

121.3.9 FormSearch
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121.3.10 FormTel
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121.3.11 FormTime
The FormTime view helper can be used to render a <input type="time"> HTML5 form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Time element, which provides a default input specication for validating HTML5 time values. FormTime extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTime. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Time(my-time); // Within your view... echo $this->formTime($element); // <input type="time" name="my-time" value="">

121.3.12 FormUrl
TODO Basic usage: TODO

121.3.13 FormWeek
The FormWeek view helper can be used to render a <input type="week"> HTML5 form input. It is meant to work with the Zend\Form\Element\Week element, which provides a default input specication for validating HTML5 week values. FormWeek extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTime. Basic usage:
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use Zend\Form\Element; $element = new Element\Week(my-week); // Within your view... echo $this->formWeek($element); // <input type="week" name="my-week" value="">

121.4 File Upload Progress Helpers


121.4.1 FormFileApcProgress
The FormFileApcProgress view helper can be used to render a <input type="hidden" ...> with a progress ID value used by the APC File Upload Progress feature. The APC php module is required for this view helper to work. Unlike other Form view helpers, the FormFileSessionProgress helper does not accept a Form Element as a parameter. An id attribute with a value of "progress_key" will automatically be added. Warning: The view helper must be rendered before the le input in the form, or upload progress will not work correctly.

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Best used with the Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\ApcProgress handler. See the apc.rfc1867 ini setting in the APC Conguration documentation for more information. FormFileApcProgress extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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// Within your view... echo $this->formFileApcProgress(); // <input type="hidden" id="progress_key" name="APC_UPLOAD_PROGRESS" value="12345abcde">

121.4.2 FormFileSessionProgress
The FormFileSessionProgress view helper can be used to render a <input type="hidden" ...> which can be used by the PHP 5.4 File Upload Session Progress feature. PHP 5.4 is required for this view helper to work. Unlike other Form view helpers, the FormFileSessionProgress helper does not accept a Form Element as a parameter. An id attribute with a value of "progress_key" will automatically be added. Warning: The view helper must be rendered before the le input in the form, or upload progress will not work correctly. Best used with the Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\SessionProgress handler. See the Session Upload Progress in the PHP documentation for more information. FormFileSessionProgress extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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// Within your view... echo $this->formFileSessionProgress(); // <input type="hidden" id="progress_key" name="PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS" value="12345abcde">

121.4.3 FormFileUploadProgress
The FormFileUploadProgress view helper can be used to render a <input type="hidden" ...> which can be used by the PECL uploadprogress extension. Unlike other Form view helpers, the FormFileUploadProgress helper does not accept a Form Element as a parameter. An id attribute with a value of "progress_key" will automatically be added. Warning: The view helper must be rendered before the le input in the form, or upload progress will not work correctly. Best used with the Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\UploadProgress handler. See the PECL uploadprogress extension for more information. FormFileUploadProgress extends from Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput. Basic usage:
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122.1 Overview
Zend\Http is a primary foundational component of Zend Framework. Since much of what PHP does is web-based, specically HTTP, it makes sense to have a performant, extensible, concise and consistent API to do all things HTTP. In nutshell, there are several parts of Zend\Http: Context-less Request and Response classes that expose a uent API for introspecting several aspects of HTTP messages: Request line information and response status information Parameters, such as those found in POST and GET Message Body Headers A Client implementation with various adapters that allow for sending requests and introspecting responses.

122.2 Zend\Http Request, Response and Headers


The Request, Response and Headers portion of the Zend\Http component provides a uent, object-oriented interface for introspecting information from all the various parts of an HTTP request or HTTP response. The two main objects are Zend\Http\Request and Zend\Http\Response. These two classes are context-less, meaning that they model a request or response in the same way whether it is presented by a client (to send a request and receive a response) or by a server (to receive a request and send a response). In other words, regardless of the context, the API remains the same for introspecting their various respective parts. Each attempts to fully model a request or response so that a developer can create these objects from a factory, or create and populate them manually.

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123.1 Overview
The Zend\Http\Request object is responsible for providing a uent API that allows a developer to interact with all the various parts of an HTTP request. A typical HTTP request looks like this:
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In simplied terms, the request consists of a method, URI and HTTP version number which together make up the Request Line. Next come the HTTP headers, of which there can be 0 or more. After that is the request body, which is typically used when a client wishes to send data to the server in the form of an encoded le, or include a set of POST parameters, for example. More information on the structure and specication of a HTTP request can be found in RFC-2616 on the W3.org site.

123.2 Quick Start


Request objects can either be created from the provided fromString() factory, or, if you wish to have a completely empty object to start with, by simply instantiating the Zend\Http\Request class.
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use Zend\Http\Request; $request = Request::fromString(<<<EOS POST /foo HTTP/1.1 \r\n HeaderField1: header-field-value1 HeaderField2: header-field-value2 \r\n\r\n foo=bar& EOS ); // OR, the completely equivalent $request = new Request();

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$request->setMethod(Request::METHOD_POST); $request->setUri(/foo); $request->getHeaders()->addHeaders(array( HeaderField1 => header-field-value1, HeaderField2 => header-field-value2, )); $request->getPost()->set(foo, bar);

123.3 Conguration Options


No conguration options are available.

123.4 Available Methods


Request::fromString Request::fromString(string $string) A factory that produces a Request object from a well-formed HTTP Request string. Returns Zend\Http\Request setMethod setMethod(string $method) Set the method for this request. Returns Zend\Http\Request getMethod getMethod() Return the method for this request. Returns string setUri setUri(string|Zend\Uri\Http $uri) Set the URI/URL for this request; this can be a string or an instance of Zend\Uri\Http. Returns Zend\Http\Request getUri getUri() Return the URI for this request object. Returns Zend\Uri\Http getUriString getUriString() Return the URI for this request object as a string. Returns string setVersion setVersion(string $version) Set the HTTP version for Request::VERSION_11). Returns Zend\Http\Request getVersion getVersion() Return the HTTP version for this request. Returns string 596 Chapter 123. The Request Class this object, one of 1.0 or 1.1 (Request::VERSION_10,

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setQuery setQuery(Zend\Stdlib\ParametersInterface $query) Provide an alternate Parameter Container implementation for query parameters in this object. (This is NOT the primary API for value setting; for that, see getQuery()). Returns Zend\Http\Request getQuery getQuery(string|null $name, mixed|null $default) Return the parameter container responsible for query parameters or a single query parameter. Returns string, Zend\Stdlib\ParametersInterface, or null depending on value of $name argument. setPost setPost(Zend\Stdlib\ParametersInterface $post) Provide an alternate Parameter Container implementation for POST parameters in this object. (This is NOT the primary API for value setting; for that, see getPost()). Returns Zend\Http\Request getPost getPost(string|null $name, mixed|null $default) Return the parameter container responsible for POST parameters or a single POST parameter. Returns string, Zend\Stdlib\ParametersInterface, or null depending on value of $name argument. getCookie getCookie() Return the Cookie header, this is the same as calling $request->getHeaders()->get(Cookie);. Returns Zend\Http\Header\Cookie setFiles setFiles(Zend\Stdlib\ParametersInterface $files) Provide an alternate Parameter Container implementation for le parameters in this object, (This is NOT the primary API for value setting; for that, see getFiles()). Returns Zend\Http\Request getFiles getFiles(string|null $name, mixed|null $default) Return the parameter container responsible for le parameters or a single le parameter. Returns string, Zend\Stdlib\ParametersInterface, or null depending on value of $name argument. setHeaders setHeaders(Zend\Http\Headers $headers) Provide an alternate Parameter Container implementation for headers in this object, (this is NOT the primary API for value setting, for that see getHeaders()). Returns Zend\Http\Request getHeaders getHeaders(string|null $name, mixed|null $default) Return the container responsible for storing HTTP headers. This container exposes the primary API for manipulating headers set in the HTTP request. See the section on Zend\Http\Headers for more information. Returns Zend\Http\Headers if $name is null. Returns Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface or ArrayIterator if $name matches one or more stored headers, respectively. setMetadata setMetadata(string|int|array|Traversable $spec, mixed $value) Set message metadata.

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Non-destructive setting of message metadata; always adds to the metadata, never overwrites the entire metadata container. Returns Zend\Http\Request getMetadata getMetadata(null|string|int $key, null|mixed $default) Retrieve all metadata or a single metadatum as specied by key. Returns mixed setContent setContent(mixed $value) Set request body (content). Returns Zend\Http\Request getContent getContent() Get request body (content). Returns mixed isOptions isOptions() Is this an OPTIONS method request? Returns bool isGet isGet() Is this a GET method request? Returns bool isHead isHead() Is this a HEAD method request? Returns bool isPost isPost() Is this a POST method request? Returns bool isPut isPut() Is this a PUT method request? Returns bool isDelete isDelete() Is this a DELETE method request? Returns bool isTrace isTrace() Is this a TRACE method request? Returns bool isConnect isConnect() Is this a CONNECT method request? Returns bool

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isPatch isPatch() Is this a PATCH method request? Returns bool isXmlHttpRequest isXmlHttpRequest() Is this a Javascript XMLHttpRequest? Returns bool isFlashRequest isFlashRequest() Is this a Flash request? Returns bool renderRequestLine renderRequestLine() Return the formatted request line (rst line) for this HTTP request. Returns string toString toString() Returns string __toString __toString() Allow PHP casting of this object. Returns string

123.5 Examples
Generating a Request object from a string use Zend\Http\Request; $string = "GET /foo HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\nSome Content"; $request = Request::fromString($string); $request->getMethod(); $request->getUri(); $request->getUriString(); $request->getVersion(); $request->getContent(); // // // // // returns returns returns returns returns Request::METHOD_GET Zend\Uri\Http object /foo Request::VERSION_11 or 1.1 Some Content

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Retrieving and setting headers use Zend\Http\Request; use Zend\Http\Header\Cookie; $request = new Request(); $request->getHeaders()->get(Content-Type); // return content type $request->getHeaders()->addHeader(new Cookie(array(foo => bar))); foreach ($request->getHeaders() as $header) { echo $header->getFieldName() . with value . $header->getFieldValue(); }

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Retrieving and setting GET and POST values use Zend\Http\Request; $request = new Request(); // getPost() and getQuery() both return, by default, a Parameters object, which extends ArrayObject $request->getPost()->foo = Foo value; $request->getQuery()->bar = Bar value; $request->getPost(foo); // returns Foo value $request->getQuery()->offsetGet(bar); // returns Bar value

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Generating a formatted HTTP Request from a Request object use Zend\Http\Request; $request = new Request(); $request->setMethod(Request::METHOD_POST); $request->setUri(/foo); $request->getHeaders()->addHeaders(array( HeaderField1 => header-field-value1, HeaderField2 => header-field-value2, )); $request->getPost()->set(foo, bar); echo $request->toString(); /** Will produce: POST /foo HTTP/1.1 HeaderField1: header-field-value1 HeaderField2: header-field-value2 foo=bar */

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124.1 Overview
The Zend\Http\Response class is responsible for providing a uent API that allows a developer to interact with all the various parts of an HTTP response. A typical HTTP Response looks like this:
--------------------------| VERSION | CODE | REASON | --------------------------| HEADERS | --------------------------| BODY | ---------------------------

The rst line of the response consists of the HTTP version, status code, and the reason string for the provided status code; this is called the Response Line. Next is a set of headers; there can be 0 or an unlimited number of headers. The remainder of the response is the response body, which is typically a string of HTML that will render on the clients browser, but which can also be a place for request/response payload data typical of an AJAX request. More information on the structure and specication of an HTTP response can be found in RFC-2616 on the W3.org site.

124.2 Quick Start


Response objects can either be created from the provided fromString() factory, or, if you wish to have a completely empty object to start with, by simply instantiating the Zend\Http\Response class.
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use Zend\Http\Response; $response = Response::fromString(<<<EOS HTTP/1.0 200 OK HeaderField1: header-field-value HeaderField2: header-field-value2 <html> <body> Hello World </body> </html> EOS); // OR

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$response = new Response(); $response->setStatusCode(Response::STATUS_CODE_200); $response->getHeaders()->addHeaders(array( HeaderField1 => header-field-value, HeaderField2 => header-field-value2, )); $response->setContent(<<<EOS <html> <body> Hello World </body> </html> EOS);

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No conguration options are available.

124.4 Available Methods


Response::fromString Response::fromString(string $string) Populate object from string Returns Zend\Http\Response renderStatusLine renderStatusLine() Render the status line header Returns string setHeaders setHeaders(Zend\Http\Headers $headers) Provide an alternate Parameter Container implementation for headers in this object. (This is NOT the primary API for value setting; for that, see getHeaders().) Returns Zend\Http\Request getHeaders getHeaders() Return the container responsible for storing HTTP headers. This container exposes the primary API for manipulating headers set in the HTTP response. See the section on Zend\Http\Headers for more information. Returns Zend\Http\Headers setVersion setVersion(string $version) Set the HTTP version for Request::VERSION_11). Returns Zend\Http\Request. getVersion getVersion() Return the HTTP version for this request Returns string this object, one of 1.0 or 1.1 (Request::VERSION_10,

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setStatusCode setStatusCode(numeric $code) Set HTTP status code Returns Zend\Http\Response getStatusCode getStatusCode() Retrieve HTTP status code Returns int setReasonPhrase setReasonPhrase(string $reasonPhrase) Set custom HTTP status message Returns Zend\Http\Response getReasonPhrase getReasonPhrase() Get HTTP status message Returns string isClientError isClientError() Does the status code indicate a client error? Returns bool isForbidden isForbidden() Is the request forbidden due to ACLs? Returns bool isInformational isInformational() Is the current status informational? Returns bool isNotFound isNotFound() Does the status code indicate the resource is not found? Returns bool isOk isOk() Do we have a normal, OK response? Returns bool isServerError isServerError() Does the status code reect a server error? Returns bool isRedirect isRedirect() Do we have a redirect? Returns bool isSuccess isSuccess() Was the response successful? Returns bool

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decodeChunkedBody decodeChunkedBody(string $body) Decode a chunked transfer-encoded body and return the decoded text Returns string decodeGzip decodeGzip(string $body) Decode a gzip encoded message (when Content-encoding = gzip) Currently requires PHP with zlib support Returns string decodeDeate decodeDeflate(string $body) Decode a zlib deated message (when Content-encoding = deate) Currently requires PHP with zlib support Returns string setMetadata setMetadata(string|int|array|Traversable $spec, mixed $value) Set message metadata Non-destructive setting of message metadata; always adds to the metadata, never overwrites the entire metadata container. Returns Zend\Stdlib\Message getMetadata getMetadata(null|string|int $key, null|mixed $default) Retrieve all metadata or a single metadatum as specied by key Returns mixed setContent setContent(mixed $value) Set message content Returns Zend\Stdlib\Message getContent getContent() Get message content Returns mixed toString toString() Returns string

124.5 Examples
Generating a Response object from a string use Zend\Http\Response; $request = Response::fromString(<<<EOS HTTP/1.0 200 OK HeaderField1: header-field-value HeaderField2: header-field-value2 <html> <body>

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Hello World </body> </html> EOS);

Generating a formatted HTTP Response from a Response object use Zend\Http\Response; $response = new Response(); $response->setStatusCode(Response::STATUS_CODE_200); $response->getHeaders()->addHeaders(array( HeaderField1 => header-field-value, HeaderField2 => header-field-value2, )); $response->setContent(<<<EOS <html> <body> Hello World </body> </html> EOS);

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125.1 Overview
The Zend\Http\Headers class is a container for HTTP headers. It is typically accessed as part of a Zend\Http\Request or Zend\Http\Response getHeaders() call. The Headers container will lazily load actual Header objects as to reduce the overhead of header specic parsing. The Zend\Http\Header\* classes are the domain specic implementations for the various types of Headers that one might encounter during the typical HTTP request. If a header of unknown type is encountered, it will be implemented as a Zend\Http\Header\GenericHeader instance. See the below table for a list of the various HTTP headers and the API that is specic to each header type.

125.2 Quick Start


The quickest way to get started interacting with header objects is by getting an already populated Headers container from a request or response object.
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Zend\Http\Headers can also extract headers from a string:


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$headerString = <<<EOB Host: www.example.com Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 1337 EOB; $headers = Zend\Http\Headers::fromString($headerString); // $headers is now populated with three objects // (1) Zend\Http\Header\Host // (2) Zend\Http\Header\ContentType // (3) Zend\Http\Header\ContentLength

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No conguration options are available.

125.4 Available Methods


Headers::fromString Headers::fromString(string $string) Populates headers from string representation Parses a string for headers, and aggregates them, in order, in the current instance, primarily as strings until they are needed (they will be lazy loaded). Returns Zend\Http\Headers setPluginClassLoader setPluginClassLoader(Zend\Loader\PluginClassLocator $pluginClassLoader) Set an alternate implementation for the plugin class loader Returns Zend\Http\Headers getPluginClassLoader getPluginClassLoader() Return an instance of a Zend\Loader\PluginClassLocator, lazyload and inject map if necessary. Returns Zend\Loader\PluginClassLocator addHeaders addHeaders(array|Traversable $headers) Add many headers at once Expects an array (or Traversable object) of type/value pairs. Returns Zend\Http\Headers addHeaderLine addHeaderLine(string $headerFieldNameOrLine, string $fieldValue) Add a raw header line, either in name => value, or as a single string name: value This method allows for lazy-loading in that the parsing and instantiation of Header object will be delayed until they are retrieved by either get() or current(). Returns Zend\Http\Headers addHeader addHeader(Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface $header) Add a Header to this container, for raw values see addHeaderLine() and addHeaders(). Returns Zend\Http\Headers removeHeader removeHeader(Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface $header) Remove a Header from the container Returns bool clearHeaders clearHeaders() Clear all headers Removes all headers from queue Returns Zend\Http\Headers

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get get(string $name) Get all headers of a certain name/type Returns false| Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface| ArrayIterator has has(string $name) Test for existence of a type of header Returns bool next next() Advance the pointer for this object as an iterator Returns void key key() Return the current key for this object as an iterator Returns mixed valid valid() Is this iterator still valid? Returns bool rewind rewind() Reset the internal pointer for this object as an iterator Returns void current current() Return the current value for this iterator, lazy loading it if need be Returns Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface count count() Return the number of headers in this container. If all headers have not been parsed, actual count could increase if MultipleHeader objects exist in the Request/Response. If you need an exact count, iterate. Returns int toString toString() Render all headers at once This method handles the normal iteration of headers; it is up to the concrete classes to prepend with the appropriate status/request line. Returns string toArray toArray() Return the headers container as an array Returns array forceLoading forceLoading() By calling this, it will force parsing and loading of all headers, after this count() will be accurate Returns bool

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fromString fromString(string $headerLine) Factory to generate a header object from a string Returns Zend\Http\Header\GenericHeader getFieldName getFieldName() Retrieve header eld name Returns string getFieldValue getFieldValue() Retrieve header eld value Returns string toString toString() Cast to string as a well formed HTTP header line Returns in form of NAME: VALUE\r\n Returns string

125.6 List of HTTP Header Types

Class Name Accept AcceptCharset AcceptEncoding AcceptLanguage AcceptRanges Age Allow AuthenticationInfo Authorization CacheControl Connection ContentDisposition ContentEncoding ContentLanguage ContentLength ContentLocation ContentMD5 ContentRange ContentType Cookie Date Etag

Additional Methods N/A N/A N/A N/A getRangeUnit() / setRangeUnit() - The range unit of the accept ranges header getDeltaSeconds() / setDeltaSeconds() - The age in delta seconds getAllowedMethods() / setAllowedMethods() - An array of allowed methods N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Extends \ArrayObject setEncodeValue() / getEncodeValue() - Whether or not to encode values N/A N/A

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Class Name Expect Expires From Host IfMatch IfModiedSince IfNoneMatch IfRange IfUnmodiedSince KeepAlive LastModied Location MaxForwards Pragma ProxyAuthenticate ProxyAuthorization Range Referer Refresh RetryAfter Server SetCookie TE Trailer TransferEncoding Upgrade UserAgent Vary Via Warning WWWAuthenticate

Additional Methods N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A getName() / setName() - The cookie name getValue() / setValue() - The cookie value getExpires() / setExpires() N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

125.7 Examples
Retrieving headers from a Zend\Http\Headers object // $client is an instance of Zend\Http\Client $response = $client->send(); $headers = $response->getHeaders(); // We can check if the Request contains a specific header by // using the has method. Returns boolean TRUE if at least // one matching header found, and FALSE otherwise $headers->has(Content-Type); // We can retrieve all instances of a specific header by using // the get method: $contentTypeHeaders = $headers->get(Content-Type);

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If more than one Content-Type header was set in the Request, get will return an ArrayIterator containing one Zend\Http\Header\ContentType instance per header.
Adding headers to a Zend\Http\Headers object $headers = new Zend\Http\Headers(); // We can directly add any object that implements Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface $typeHeader = Zend\Http\Header\ContentType::fromString(Content-Type: text/html); $headers->addHeader($typeHeader); // We can add headers using the raw string representation, either // passing the header name and value as separate arguments... $headers->addHeaderLine(Content-Type, text/html); // .. or we can pass the entire header as the only argument $headers->addHeaderLine(Content-Type: text/html); // We can also add headers in bulk using addHeaders, which accepts // an array of individual header definitions that can be in any of // the accepted formats outlined below: $headers->addHeaders(array( // An object implementing Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface Zend\Http\Header\ContentType::fromString(Content-Type: text/html), // A raw header string Content-Type: text/html, // We can also pass the header name as the array key and the // header content as that array keys value Content-Type => text/html); ));

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Removing headers from a Zend\Http\Headers object

We can remove all headers of a specic type using the removeHeader method, which accepts a single object implementing Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface
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// $headers is a pre-configured instance of Zend\Http\Headers // We can also delete individual headers or groups of headers $matches = $headers->get(Content-Type); // If more than one header was found, iterate over the collection // and remove each one individually if ($matches instanceof ArrayIterator) { foreach ($headers as $header) { $headers->removeHeader($header); }

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// If only a single header was found, remove it directly } elseif ($matches instanceof Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface) { $headers->removeHeader($header); } // In addition to this, we can clear all the headers currently stored in // the container by calling the clearHeaders() method $matches->clearHeaders();

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126.1 Overview
Zend\Http\Client provides an easy interface for performing Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests. Zend\Http\Client supports the most simple features expected from an HTTP client, as well as some more complex features such as HTTP authentication and le uploads. Successful requests (and most unsuccessful ones too) return a Zend\Http\Response object, which provides access to the responses headers and body (see this section).

126.2 Quick Start


The class constructor optionally accepts a URL as its rst parameter (can be either a string or a Zend\Uri\Http object), and an array or Zend\Config\Config object containing conguration options. Both can be left out, and set later using the setUri() and setCong() methods.
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use Zend\Http\Client; $client = new Client(http://example.org, array( maxredirects => 0, timeout => 30 )); // This is actually exactly the same: $client = new Client(); $client->setUri(http://example.org); $client->setOptions(array( maxredirects => 0, timeout => 30 )); // You can also pass a Zend\Config\Config object to set the clients configuration $config = Zend\Config\Factory::fromFile(httpclient.ini); $client->setOptions($config);

Note: Zend\Http\Client uses Zend\Uri\Http to validate URLs. See the Zend\Uri manual page for more information on the validation process.

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The constructor and setOptions() method accept an associative array of conguration parameters, or a Zend\Config\Config object. Setting these parameters is optional, as they all have default values. Table 126.1: Zend\Http\Client conguration parameters PaDescription rameter maxredi-Maximum number of redirections to follow (0 = none) rects stric- Whether to strictly follow the RFC when redirecting (see this tredi- section) rects userUser agent identier string (sent in request headers) agent time- Connection timeout (seconds) out httpver- HTTP protocol version (usually 1.1 or 1.0) sion adapter Connection adapter class to use (see this section) keepalive Whether to enable keep-alive connections with the server. Useful and might improve performance if several consecutive requests to the same server are performed. storWhether to store last response for later retrieval with eregetLastResponse(). If set to FALSEgetLastResponse() will return sponse NULL. enWhether to pass the cookie value through urlencode/urldecode. code- Enabling this breaks support with some web servers. Disabling cook- this limits the range of values the cookies can contain. ies outDestination for streaming of received data (options: string put(lename), true for temp le, false/null to disable streaming) stream rfc3986strict Whether to strictly adhere to RFC 3986 (in practice, this means replacing + with %20) Expected Values integer Default Value 5

boolean FALSE

string integer string

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mixed Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket boolean FALSE

boolean TRUE

boolean TRUE

boolean FALSE

boolean FALSE

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__construct __construct(string $uri, array|Traversable $config) Constructor Returns void setOptions setOptions(array|Traversable $config = array ()) Set conguration parameters for this HTTP client Returns Zend\Http\Client setAdapter setAdapter(Zend\Http\Client\Adapter|string $adapter) Load the connection adapter

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While this method is not called more than once for a client, it is separated from ->send() to preserve logic and readability Returns Zend\Http\Client getAdapter getAdapter() Retrieve the connection adapter Returns Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\AdapterInterface setRequest setRequest(Zend\Http\Request $request) Set request object Returns void getRequest getRequest() Get Request object Returns Zend\Http\Request getLastRawRequest getLastRawRequest() Get the last request (as a string) Returns string setResponse setResponse(Zend\Http\Response $response) Set response Returns Zend\Http\Client getResponse getResponse() Get Response object Returns Zend\Http\Response getLastRawResponse getLastRawResponse() Get the last response (as a string) Returns string getRedirectionsCount getRedirectionsCount() Get the redirections count Returns integer setUri setUri(string|Zend\Http\Zend\Uri\Http $uri) Set Uri (to the request) Returns Zend\Http\Client getUri getUri() Get uri (from the request) Returns Zend\Uri\Http setMethod setMethod(string $method) Set the HTTP method (to the request) Returns Zend\Http\Client

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getMethod getMethod() Get the HTTP method Returns string setEncType setEncType(string $encType, string $boundary) Set the encoding type and the boundary (if any) Returns void getEncType getEncType() Get the encoding type Returns type setRawBody setRawBody(string $body) Set raw body (for advanced use cases) Returns Zend\Http\Client setParameterPost setParameterPost(array $post) Set the POST parameters Returns Zend\Http\Client setParameterGet setParameterGet(array $query) Set the GET parameters Returns Zend\Http\Client getCookies getCookies() Return the current cookies Returns array addCookie addCookie(ArrayIterator|SetCookie|string $cookie, string $value = null, string $expire = null, string $path = null, string $domain = null, boolean $secure = false, boolean $httponly = true, string $maxAge = null, string $version = null) Add a cookie Returns Zend\Http\Client setCookies setCookies(array $cookies) Set an array of cookies Returns Zend\Http\Client clearCookies clearCookies() Clear all the cookies Returns void setHeaders setHeaders(Zend\Http\Headers|array $headers) Set the headers (for the request) Returns Zend\Http\Client

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hasHeader hasHeader(string $name) Check if exists the header type specied Returns boolean getHeader getHeader(string $name) Get the header value of the request Returns string|boolean setStream setStream(string|boolean $streamfile = true) Set streaming for received data Returns Zend\Http\Client getStream getStream() Get status of streaming for received data Returns boolean|string setAuth setAuth(string $user, string $password, string $type = basic) Create a HTTP authentication Authorization: header according to the specied user, password and authentication method. Returns Zend\Http\Client resetParameters resetParameters() Reset all the HTTP parameters (auth,cookies,request, response, etc) Returns void dispatch dispatch(Zend\Stdlib\RequestInterface $request, Zend\Stdlib\ResponseInterface $response= null) Dispatch HTTP request Returns Response send send(Zend\Http\Request $request) Send HTTP request Returns Response setFileUpload setFileUpload(string $filename, string $formname, string $data = null, string $ctype = null) Set a le to upload (using a POST request) Can be used in two ways: 1. $data is null (default): $lename is treated as the name if a local le which will be read and sent. Will try to guess the content type using mime_content_type(). 2. $data is set - $lename is sent as the le name, but $data is sent as the le contents and no le is read from the le system. In this case, you need to manually set the Content-Type ($ctype) or it will default to application/octet-stream. Returns Zend\Http\Client removeFileUpload removeFileUpload(string $filename) Remove a le to upload Returns boolean

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encodeFormData encodeFormData(string $boundary, string $name, mixed $value, string $filename = null, array $headers = array ( )) Encode data to a multipart/form-data part suitable for a POST request. Returns string

126.5 Examples
126.5.1 Performing a Simple GET Request
Performing simple HTTP requests is very easily done using the setRequest() and dispatch() methods:
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The request object can be congured using his methods as shown in the Zend\Http\Request manual page. One of these methods is setMethod which refers to the HTTP Method. This can be either GET, POST, PUT, HEAD, DELETE, TRACE, OPTIONS or CONNECT as dened by the HTTP protocol 1 .

126.5.2 Using Request Methods Other Than GET


For convenience, these are all dened Zend\Http\Request::METHOD_POST and so on. as class constants: Zend\Http\Request::METHOD_GET,

If no method is specied, the method set by the last setMethod() call is used. If setMethod() was never called, the default request method is GET (see the above example).
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use Zend\Http\Client; use Zend\Http\Request; $request = new Request(); $request->setUri(http://example.org); $client = new Client(); // Performing a POST request $request->setMethod(Request::METHOD_POST); $client->setRequest($request); $response = $client->dispatch();

126.5.3 Setting GET parameters


Adding GET parameters to an HTTP request is quite simple, and can be done either by specifying them as part of the URL, or by using the setParameterGet() method. This method takes the GET parameters as an associative array of name => value GET variables.
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use Zend\Http\Client; $client = new Client(); // This is equivalent to setting a URL in the Clients constructor: $client->setUri(http://example.com/index.php?knight=lancelot); // Adding several parameters with one call $client->setParameterGet(array( first_name => Bender, middle_name => Bending, last_name => Rodrguez, made_in => Mexico, ));

126.5.4 Setting POST Parameters


While GET parameters can be sent with every request method, POST parameters are only sent in the body of POST requests. Adding POST parameters to a request is very similar to adding GET parameters, and can be done with the setParameterPost() method, which is identical to the setParameterGet() method in structure.
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use Zend\Http\Client; $client = new Client(); // Setting several POST parameters, one of them with several values $client->setParameterPost(array( language => es, country => ar, selection => array(45, 32, 80) ));

Note that when sending POST requests, you can set both GET and POST parameters. On the other hand, setting POST parameters on a non-POST request will not trigger an error, rendering it useless. Unless the request is a POST request, POST parameters are simply ignored.

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use Zend\Http\Request; use Zend\Http\Client; $request = new Request(); $request->setUri(http://www.test.com); $request->setMethod(POST); $request->getPost()->set(foo, bar); $client = new Client(); $response = $client->dispatch($request); if ($response->isSuccess()) { // the POST was successful }

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127.1 Overview
Zend\Http\Client is based on a connection adapter design. The connection adapter is the object in charge of performing the actual connection to the server, as well as writing requests and reading responses. This connection adapter can be replaced, and you can create and extend the default connection adapters to suite your special needs, without the need to extend or replace the entire HTTP client class, and with the same interface. Currently, the Zend\Http\Client class provides four built-in connection adapters: Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket (default) Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Proxy Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Curl Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Test The Zend\Http\Client objects adapter connection adapter is set using the adapter conguration option. When instantiating the client object, you can set the adapter conguration option to a string containing the adapters name (eg. Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket) or to a variable holding an adapter object (eg. new Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket). You can also set the adapter later, using the Zend\Http\Client->setAdapter() method.

127.2 The Socket Adapter


The default connection adapter is the Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket adapter - this adapter will be used unless you explicitly set the connection adapter. The Socket adapter is based on PHPs built-in fsockopen() function, and does not require any special extensions or compilation ags. The Socket adapter allows several extra conguration options Zend\Http\Client->setOptions() or passed to the client constructor. that can be set using

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Table 127.1: Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket conguration parameters Parameter Description Expected Type boolean string string string string string string boolean Default Value FALSE ssl NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL FALSE

persistent Whether to use persistent TCP connections ssltransSSL transport layer (eg. sslv2, tls) port sslcert Path to a PEM encoded SSL certicate sslpassphrase Passphrase for the SSL certicate le sslveriWhether to verify the SSL peer fypeer sslcapath Path to SSL certicate directory sslallowWhether to allow self-signed certicates selfsigned ssluseconEnables proxied connections to use SSL even if text the proxy connection itself does not. Note: Persistent TCP Connections

Using persistent TCP connections can potentially speed up HTTP requests - but in most use cases, will have little positive effect and might overload the HTTP server you are connecting to. It is recommended to use persistent TCP connections only if you connect to the same server very frequently, and are sure that the server is capable of handling a large number of concurrent connections. In any case you are encouraged to benchmark the effect of persistent connections on both the client speed and server load before using this option. Additionally, when using persistent connections it is recommended to enable Keep-Alive HTTP requests as described in the conguration section- otherwise persistent connections might have little or no effect.

Note: HTTPS SSL Stream Parameters ssltransport, sslcert and sslpassphrase are only relevant when connecting using HTTPS. While the default SSL settings should work for most applications, you might need to change them if the server you are connecting to requires special client setup. If so, you should read the sections about SSL transport layers and options here.

Changing the HTTPS transport layer // Set the configuration parameters $config = array( adapter => Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket, ssltransport => tls ); // Instantiate a client object $client = new Zend\Http\Client(https://www.example.com, $config); // The following request will be sent over a TLS secure connection. $response = $client->send();

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127.2.1 Customizing and accessing the Socket adapter stream context


Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket provides direct access to the underlying stream context used to connect to the remote server. This allows the user to pass specic options and parameters to the TCP stream, and to the SSL wrapper in case of HTTPS connections. You can access the stream context using the following methods of Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket: setStreamContext($context) Sets the stream context to be used by the adapter. Can accept either a stream context resource created using the stream_context_create() PHP function, or an array of stream context options, in the same format provided to this function. Providing an array will create a new stream context using these options, and set it. getStreamContext() Get the stream context of the adapter. If no stream context was set, will create a default stream context and return it. You can then set or get the value of different context options using regular PHP stream context functions.
Setting stream context options for the Socket adapter // Array of options $options = array( socket => array( // Bind local socket side to a specific interface bindto => 10.1.2.3:50505 ), ssl => array( // Verify server side certificate, // do not accept invalid or self-signed SSL certificates verify_peer => true, allow_self_signed => false, // Capture the peers certificate capture_peer_cert => true ) ); // Create an adapter object and attach it to the HTTP client $adapter = new Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket(); $client = new Zend\Http\Client(); $client->setAdapter($adapter); // Method 1: pass the options array to setStreamContext() $adapter->setStreamContext($options); // Method 2: create a stream context and pass it to setStreamContext() $context = stream_context_create($options); $adapter->setStreamContext($context); // Method 3: get the default stream context and set the options on it $context = $adapter->getStreamContext(); stream_context_set_option($context, $options); // Now, perform the request $response = $client->send();

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// If everything went well, you can now access the context again $opts = stream_context_get_options($adapter->getStreamContext()); echo $opts[ssl][peer_certificate];

Note: Note that you must set any stream context options before using the adapter to perform actual requests. If no context is set before performing HTTP requests with the Socket adapter, a default stream context will be created. This context resource could be accessed after performing any requests using the getStreamContext() method.

127.3 The Proxy Adapter


The Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Proxy adapter is similar to the default Socket adapter - only the connection is made through an HTTP proxy server instead of a direct connection to the target server. This allows usage of Zend\Http\Client behind proxy servers - which is sometimes needed for security or performance reasons. Using the Proxy adapter requires several additional conguration parameters to be set, in addition to the default adapter option:

proxy_host should always be set - if it is not set, the client will fall back to a direct connection using Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket. proxy_port defaults to 8080 - if your proxy listens on a different port you must set this one as well. proxy_user and proxy_pass are only required if your proxy server requires you to authenticate. Providing these will add a Proxy-Authentication header to the request. If your proxy does not require authentication, you can leave these two options out. proxy_auth sets the proxy authentication type, if your proxy server requires authentication. Possibly values are similar to the ones accepted by the Zend\Http\Client::setAuth() method. Currently, only basic authentication (Zend\Http\Client::AUTH_BASIC) is supported.
Using Zend\Http\Client behind a proxy server // Set the configuration parameters $config = array( adapter => Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Proxy, proxy_host => proxy.int.zend.com, proxy_port => 8000, proxy_user => shahar.e, proxy_pass => bananashaped ); // Instantiate a client object $client = new Zend\Http\Client(http://www.example.com, $config); // Continue working...

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Note: Since the proxy adapter inherits from Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket, you can use the stream context access method (see this section) to set stream context options on Proxy connections as demonstrated above.

127.4 The cURL Adapter


cURL is a standard HTTP client library that is distributed with many operating systems and can be used in PHP via the cURL extension. It offers functionality for many special cases which can occur for a HTTP client and make it a perfect choice for a HTTP adapter. It supports secure connections, proxy, all sorts of authentication mechanisms and shines in applications that move large les around between servers.
Setting cURL options $config = array( adapter => Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Curl, curloptions => array(CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true), ); $client = new Zend\Http\Client($uri, $config);

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By default the cURL adapter is congured to behave exactly like the Socket Adapter and it also accepts the same conguration parameters as the Socket and Proxy adapters. You can also change the cURL options by either specifying the curloptions key in the constructor of the adapter or by calling setCurlOption($name, $value). The $name key corresponds to the CURL_* constants of the cURL extension. You can get access to the Curl handle by calling $adapter->getHandle();
Transfering Files by Handle

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$putFileSize = filesize("filepath"); $putFileHandle = fopen("filepath", "r"); $adapter = new Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Curl(); $client = new Zend\Http\Client(); $client->setAdapter($adapter); $client->setMethod(PUT); $adapter->setOptions(array( curloptions => array( CURLOPT_INFILE => $putFileHandle, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE => $putFileSize ) )); $client->send();

127.5 The Test Adapter


Sometimes, it is very hard to test code that relies on HTTP connections. For example, testing an application that pulls an RSS feed from a remote server will require a network connection, which is not always available. For this reason, the Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Test adapter is provided. You can write your application to use Zend\Http\Client, and just for testing purposes, for example in your unit testing suite, you can replace

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the default adapter with a Test adapter (a mock object), allowing you to run tests without actually performing server connections. The Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Test adapter provides an additional method, setResponse(). This method takes one parameter, which represents an HTTP response as either text or a Zend\Http\Response object. Once set, your Test adapter will always return this response, without even performing an actual HTTP request.
Testing Against a Single HTTP Response Stub // Instantiate a new adapter and client $adapter = new Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Test(); $client = new Zend\Http\Client(http://www.example.com, array( adapter => $adapter )); // Set the expected response $adapter->setResponse( "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" . "\r\n" . "Content-type: text/xml" . "\r\n" . "\r\n" . <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> . <rss version="2.0" . xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" . xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" . xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> . <channel> . <title>Premature Optimization</title> . // and so on... </rss>); $response = $client->send(); // .. continue parsing $response..

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The above example shows how you can preset your HTTP client to return the response you need. Then, you can continue testing your own code, without being dependent on a network connection, the servers response, etc. In this case, the test would continue to check how the application parses the XML in the response body. Sometimes, a single method call to an object can result in that object performing multiple HTTP transactions. In this case, its not possible to use setResponse() alone because theres no opportunity to set the next response(s) your program might need before returning to the caller.
Testing Against Multiple HTTP Response Stubs // Instantiate a new adapter and client $adapter = new Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Test(); $client = new Zend\Http\Client(http://www.example.com, array( adapter => $adapter )); // Set the first expected response $adapter->setResponse( "HTTP/1.1 302 Found" . "\r\n" "Location: /" . "\r\n" "Content-Type: text/html" . "\r\n" "\r\n" <html> .

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<head><title>Moved</title></head> . <body><p>This page has moved.</p></body> . </html>); // Set the next successive response $adapter->addResponse( "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" . "\r\n" . "Content-Type: text/html" . "\r\n" . "\r\n" . <html> . <head><title>My Pet Store Home Page</title></head> . <body><p>...</p></body> . </html>); // inject the http client object ($client) into your object // being tested and then test your objects behavior below

The setResponse() method clears any responses in the Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Tests buffer and sets the rst response that will be returned. The addResponse() method will add successive responses. The responses will be replayed in the order that they were added. If more requests are made than the number of responses stored, the responses will cycle again in order. In the example above, the adapter is congured to test your objects behavior when it encounters a 302 redirect. Depending on your application, following a redirect may or may not be desired behavior. In our example, we expect that the redirect will be followed and we congure the test adapter to help us test this. The initial 302 response is set up with the setResponse() method and the 200 response to be returned next is added with the addResponse() method. After conguring the test adapter, inject the HTTP client containing the adapter into your object under test and test its behavior. If you need the adapter to fail on demand you can use setNextRequestWillFail($flag). The method will cause the next call to connect() to throw an Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Exception\RuntimeException exception. This can be useful when our application caches content from an external site (in case the site goes down) and you want to test this feature.
Forcing the adapter to fail // Instantiate a new adapter and client $adapter = new Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Test(); $client = new Zend\Http\Client(http://www.example.com, array( adapter => $adapter )); // Force the next request to fail with an exception $adapter->setNextRequestWillFail(true); try { // This call will result in a Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Exception\RuntimeException $client->request(); } catch (Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Exception\RuntimeException $e) { // ... } // Further requests will work as expected until // you call setNextRequestWillFail(true) again

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127.6 Creating your own connection adapters


Zend\Http\Client has been designed so that you can create and use your own connection adapters. You could, for example, create a connection adapter that uses persistent sockets, or a connection adapter with caching abilities, and use them as needed in your application. In order to do so, you must create your own adapter class that implements the Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\AdapterInterface interface. The following example shows the skeleton of a user-implemented adapter class. All the public functions dened in this example must be dened in your adapter as well:
Creating your own connection adapter class MyApp\Http\Client\Adapter\BananaProtocol implements Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\AdapterInterface { /** * Set Adapter Options * * @param array $config */ public function setOptions($config = array()) { // This rarely changes - you should usually copy the // implementation in Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket. } /** * Connect to the remote server * * @param string $host $port * @param int @param boolean $secure * */ public function connect($host, $port = 80, $secure = false) { // Set up the connection to the remote server } /** * Send request to the remote server * $method * @param string * @param Zend\Uri\Http $url $http_ver * @param string $headers * @param array $body * @param string * @return string Request as text */ public function write($method, $url, $http_ver = 1.1, $headers = array(), $body = ) { // Send request to the remote server.

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// This function is expected to return the full request // (headers and body) as a string } /** * Read response from server * * @return string */ public function read() { // Read response from remote server and return it as a string } /** * Close the connection to the server * */ public function close() { // Close the connection to the remote server - called last. } } // Then, you could use this adapter: $client = new Zend\Http\Client(array( adapter => MyApp\Http\Client\Adapter\BananaProtocol ));

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128.1 HTTP Redirections
Zend\Http\Client automatically handles HTTP redirections, and by default will follow up to 5 redirections. This can be changed by setting the maxredirects conguration parameter. According to the HTTP/1.1 RFC, HTTP 301 and 302 responses should be treated by the client by resending the same request to the specied location - using the same request method. However, most clients to not implement this and always use a GET request when redirecting. By default, Zend\Http\Client does the same - when redirecting on a 301 or 302 response, all GET and POST parameters are reset, and a GET request is sent to the new location. This behavior can be changed by setting the strictredirects conguration parameter to boolean TRUE:
Forcing RFC 2616 Strict Redirections on 301 and 302 Responses // Strict Redirections $client->setOptions(array(strictredirects => true)); // Non-strict Redirections $client->setOptions(array(strictredirects => false));

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You can always get the number of redirections done after sending a request using the getRedirectionsCount() method.

128.2 Adding Cookies and Using Cookie Persistence


Zend\Http\Client provides an easy interface for adding cookies to your request, so that no direct header modication is required. Cookies can be added using either the addCookie() or setCookies method. The addCookie method has a number of operating modes:
Setting Cookies Using addCookie() // Easy and simple: by providing a cookie name and cookie value $client->addCookie(flavor, chocolate chips); // By directly providing a raw cookie string (name=value) // Note that the value must be already URL encoded $client->addCookie(flavor=chocolate%20chips);

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// By providing a Zend\Http\Header\SetCookie object $cookie = Zend\Http\Header\SetCookie::fromString(flavor=chocolate%20chips); $client->addCookie($cookie); // Multiple cookies can be set at once by providing an // array of Zend\Http\Header\SetCookie objects $cookies = array( Zend\Http\Header\SetCookie::fromString(flavorOne=chocolate%20chips), Zend\Http\Header\SetCookie::fromString(flavorTwo=vanilla), ); $client->addCookie($cookies);

The setCookies() method works in a similar manner, except that it requires an array of cookie values as its only argument and also clears the cookie container before adding the new cookies:
Setting Cookies Using setCookies() // setCookies accepts an array of cookie values, which // can be in either of the following formats: $client->setCookies(array( // A raw cookie string (name=value) // Note that the value must be already URL encoded flavor=chocolate%20chips, // A Zend\Http\Header\SetCookie object Zend\Http\Header\SetCookie::fromString(flavor=chocolate%20chips), ));

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For more information about Zend\Http\Header\SetCookie objects, see this section. Zend\Http\Client also provides a means for simplifying cookie stickiness - that is having the client internally store all sent and received cookies, and resend them on subsequent requests: Zend\Http\Client\Cookies. This is useful, for example when you need to log in to a remote site rst and receive and authentication or session ID cookie before sending further requests.
Enabling Cookie Stickiness $cookies = new Zend\Http\Cookies(); // First request: log in and start a session $client->setUri(http://example.com/login.php); $client->setParameterPost(array(user => h4x0r, password => l33t)); $response = $client->request(POST); $cookies->addCookiesFromResponse($response, $client->getUri()); // Now we can send our next request $client->setUri(http://example.com/read_member_news.php); $client->addCookies($cookies->getMatchingCookies($client->getUri()); $client->request(GET);

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128.3 Setting Custom Request Headers


Setting custom headers is performed by rst fetching the header container from the clients Zend\Http\Request object. This method is quite diverse and can be used in several ways, as the following example shows:
Setting A Single Custom Request Header // Fetch the container $headers = $client->getRequest()->getHeaders(); // Setting a single header. Will not overwrite any // previously-added headers of the same name. $headers->addHeaderLine(Host, www.example.com); // Another way of doing the exact same thing $headers->addHeaderLine(Host: www.example.com); // Another way of doing the exact same thing using // the provided Zend\Http\Header class $headers->addHeader(Zend\Http\Header\Host::fromString(Host: www.example.com)); // You can also add multiple headers at once by passing an // array to addHeaders using any of the formats below: $headers->addHeaders(array( // Zend\Http\Header\* object Zend\Http\Header\Host::fromString(Host: www.example.com), // Header name as array key, header value as array key value Cookie => PHPSESSID=1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef, // Raw header string Cookie: language=he, ));

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Zend\Http\Client also provides a convenience method for setting request headers, setHeaders. This method will create a new header container, add the specied headers and then store the new header container in its Zend\Http\Request object. As a consequence, any pre-existing headers will be erased.
Setting Multiple Custom Request Headers // Setting multiple headers. Will remove all existing // headers and add new ones to the Request header container $client->setHeaders(array( Zend\Http\Header\Host::fromString(Host: www.example.com), Accept-encoding => gzip,deflate, X-Powered-By: Zend Framework ));

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128.4 File Uploads


You can upload les through HTTP using the setFileUpload method. This method takes a le name as the rst parameter, a form name as the second parameter, and data as a third optional parameter. If the third data parameter is

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NULL, the rst le name parameter is considered to be a real le on disk, and Zend\Http\Client will try to read this le and upload it. If the data parameter is not NULL, the rst le name parameter will be sent as the le name, but no actual le needs to exist on the disk. The second form name parameter is always required, and is equivalent to the name attribute of an <input> tag, if the le was to be uploaded through an HTML form. A fourth optional parameter provides the les content-type. If not specied, and Zend\Http\Client reads the le from the disk, the mime_content_type function will be used to guess the les content type, if it is available. In any case, the default MIME type will be application/octet-stream.
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// Uploading arbitrary data as a file $text = this is some plain text; $client->setFileUpload(some_text.txt, upload, $text, text/plain); // Uploading an existing file $client->setFileUpload(/tmp/Backup.tar.gz, bufile); // Send the files $client->setMethod(POST); $client->send();

In the rst example, the $text variable is uploaded and will be available as $_FILES[upload] on the server side. In the second example, the existing le /tmp/Backup.tar.gz is uploaded to the server and will be available as $_FILES[bufile]. The content type will be guessed automatically if possible - and if not, the content type will be set to application/octet-stream. Note: Uploading les When uploading les, the HTTP request content-type is automatically set to multipart/form-data. Keep in mind that you must send a POST or PUT request in order to upload les. Most servers will ignore the request body on other request methods.

128.5 Sending Raw POST Data


You can use a Zend\Http\Client to send raw POST data using the setRawBody() method. This method takes one parameter: the data to send in the request body. When sending raw POST data, it is advisable to also set the encoding type using setEncType().
Sending Raw POST Data $xml = <book> . <title>Islands in the Stream</title> . <author>Ernest Hemingway</author> . <year>1970</year> . </book>; $client->setMethod(POST); $client->setRawBody($xml); $client->setEncType(text/xml); $client->send();

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Note: Using raw POST data Setting raw POST data for a request will override any POST parameters or le uploads. You should not try to use both on the same request. Keep in mind that most servers will ignore the request body unless you send a POST request.

128.6 HTTP Authentication


Currently, Zend\Http\Client only supports basic HTTP authentication. This feature is utilized using the setAuth() method, or by specifying a username and a password in the URI. The setAuth() method takes 3 parameters: The user name, the password and an optional authentication type parameter. As mentioned, currently only basic authentication is supported (digest authentication support is planned).
Setting HTTP Authentication User and Password // Using basic authentication $client->setAuth(shahar, myPassword!, Zend\Http\Client::AUTH_BASIC); // Since basic auth is default, you can just do this: $client->setAuth(shahar, myPassword!); // You can also specify username and password in the URI $client->setUri(http://christer:secret@example.com);

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128.7 Sending Multiple Requests With the Same Client


Zend\Http\Client was also designed specically to handle several consecutive requests with the same object. This is useful in cases where a script requires data to be fetched from several places, or when accessing a specic HTTP resource requires logging in and obtaining a session cookie, for example. When performing several requests to the same host, it is highly recommended to enable the keepalive conguration ag. This way, if the server supports keep-alive connections, the connection to the server will only be closed once all requests are done and the Client object is destroyed. This prevents the overhead of opening and closing TCP connections to the server. When you perform several requests with the same client, but want to make sure all the request-specic parameters are cleared, you should use the resetParameters() method. This ensures that GET and POST parameters, request body and headers are reset and are not reused in the next request. Note: Resetting parameters Note that cookies are not reset by default when the resetParameters() method is used. To clean all cookies as well, use resetParameters(true), or call clearCookies() after calling resetParameters(). Another feature designed specically for consecutive requests is the Zend\Http\Client\Cookies object. This Cookie Jar allow you to save cookies set by the server in a request, and send them back on consecutive requests transparently. This allows, for example, going through an authentication request before sending the actual datafetching request.

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If your application requires one authentication request per user, and consecutive requests might be performed in more than one script in your application, it might be a good idea to store the Cookies object in the users session. This way, you will only need to authenticate the user once every session.
Performing consecutive requests with one client // First, instantiate the client $client = new Zend\Http\Client(http://www.example.com/fetchdata.php, array( keepalive => true )); // Do we have the cookies stored in our session? if (isset($_SESSION[cookiejar]) && $_SESSION[cookiejar] instanceof Zend\Http\Client\Cookies) { $cookieJar = $_SESSION[cookiejar]; } else { // If we dont, authenticate and store cookies $client->setUri(http://www.example.com/login.php); $client->setParameterPost(array( user => shahar, pass => somesecret )); $response = $client->setMethod(POST)->send(); $cookieJar = Zend\Http\Client\Cookies::fromResponse($response); // Now, clear parameters and set the URI to the original one // (note that the cookies that were set by the server are now // stored in the jar) $client->resetParameters(); $client->setUri(http://www.example.com/fetchdata.php); } // Add the cookies to the new request $client->setCookies($cookieJar->getMatchingCookies($client->getUri())); $response = $client->setMethod(GET)->send(); // Store cookies in session, for next page $_SESSION[cookiejar] = $cookieJar;

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128.8 Data Streaming


By default, Zend\Http\Client accepts and returns data as PHP strings. However, in many cases there are big les to be received, thus keeping them in memory might be unnecessary or too expensive. For these cases, Zend\Http\Client supports writing data to les (streams). In order to receive data from the server as stream, use setStream(). Optional argument species the lename where the data will be stored. If the argument is just TRUE (default), temporary le will be used and will be deleted once response object is destroyed. Setting argument to FALSE disables the streaming functionality. When using streaming, send() method will return object of class Zend\Http\Response\Stream, which has two useful methods: getStreamName() will return the name of the le where the response is stored, and getStream() will return stream from which the response could be read.

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You can either write the response to pre-dened le, or use temporary le for storing it and send it out or write it to another le using regular stream functions.
Receiving le from HTTP server with streaming $client->setStream(); // will use temp file $response = $client->send(); // copy file copy($response->getStreamName(), "my/downloads/file"); // use stream $fp = fopen("my/downloads/file2", "w"); stream_copy_to_stream($response->getStream(), $fp); // Also can write to known file $client->setStream("my/downloads/myfile")->send();

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129.1 Overview
The Zend\Http component also provides Zend\Http\ClientStatic, a static HTTP client which exposes a simplied API for quickly performing GET and POST operations:

129.2 Quick Start


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use Zend\Http\ClientStatic; // Simple GET request $response = ClientStatic::get(http://example.org); // More complex GET request, specifying query string foo=bar and adding a // custom header to request JSON data be returned (Accept: application/json) $response = ClientStatic::get( http://example.org, array( foo => bar ), array( Accept => application/json) ); // We can also do a POST request using the same format. Here we POST // login credentials (username/password) to a login page: $response = ClientStatic::post(https://example.org/login.php, array( username => foo, password => bar, ));

129.3 Conguration Options


It is not possible to set conguration options on the Zend\Http\Client instance encapsulated by Zend\Http\ClientStatic. To perform a HTTP request which requires non-default congurations, please use Zend\Http\Client directly.

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129.4 Available Methods


get get(string $url, array $query = array(), array $headers = array(), mixed $body = null) Perform an HTTP GET request using the provided URL, query string variables, headers and request body. Returns Zend\Http\Response post post(string $url, array $params, array $headers = array(), mixed $body = null) Perform an HTTP POST request using the provided URL, parameters, headers and request body. Returns Zend\Http\Response

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TRANSLATING
ZendI18n comes with a complete translation suite which supports all major formats and includes popular features like plural translations and text domains. The Translator component is mostly dependency free, except for the fallback to a default locale, where it relies on the Intl PHP extension. The translator itself is initialized without any parameters, as any conguration to it is optional. A translator without any translations will actually do nothing but just return the given message IDs.

130.1 Adding translations


To add translations to the translator, there are two options. You can either add every translation le individually, which is the best way if you use translation formats which store multiple locales in the same le, or you can add translations via a pattern, which works best for formats which contain one locale per le. To add a single le to the translator, use the addTranslationFile() method:
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The type given there is a name of one of the format loaders listed in the next section. Filename points to the le containing the translations, and the text domain species a category name for the translations. If the text domain is omitted, it will default to the default value. The locale species which language the translated strings are from and is only required for formats which contain translations for a single locale. Note: For each text domain and locale combination, there can only be one le loaded. Every successive le would override the translations which were loaded prior. When storing one locale per le, you should specify those les via a pattern. This allows you to add new translations to the le system, without touching your code. Patterns are added with the addTranslationFilePattern() method:
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use Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator; $translator = new Translator(); $translator->addTranslationFilePattern($type, $pattern, $textDomain);

The parameters for adding patterns is pretty similar to adding individual les, except that you dont specify a locale and give the le location as a sprintf pattern. The locale is passed to the sprintf call, so you can either use %s or %1$s where it should be substituted. So when your translation les are located in /var/messages/LOCALE/messages.mo, you would specify your pattern as /var/messages/%s/messages.mo.

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130.2 Supported formats


The translator supports the following major translation formats: PHP arrays Gettext Tmx Xliff

130.3 Setting a locale


By default, the translator will get the locale to use from the Intl extensions Locale class. If you want to set an alternative locale explicitly, you can do so by passing it to the setLocale() method. When there is no translation for a specic message ID in a locale, the message ID itself will be returned by default. Alternatively you can set a fallback locale which is used to retrieve a fallback translation. To do so, pass it to the setFallbackLocale() method.

130.4 Translating messages


Translating messages can accomplished by calling the translate() method of the translator:
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The message is the ID of your message to translate. If it does not exist in the loader translations or is empty, the original message ID will be returned. The text domain parameter is the one you specied when adding translations. If omitted, the default text domain will be used. The locale parameter will usually not be used in this context, as by default the locale is taken from the locale set in the translator. To translate plural messages, you can use the translatePlural() method. It works similar to translate(), but instead of a single message it takes a singular and a plural value and an additional integer number on which the returned plural form is based on:
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Plural translations are only available if the underlying format supports the transport of plural messages and plural rule denitions.

130.5 Caching
In production it makes sense to cache your translations. This not only saves you from loading and parsing the individual formats each time, but also guarantees an optimized loading procedure. To enable caching, simply pass a Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter to the setCache() method. To disable the cache, you can just pass a null value to it.

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131.1 Introduction
Zend Framework comes with an initial set of helper classes related to Internationalization: e.g., formatting a date, formatting currency, or displaying translated content. You can use helper, or plugin, classes to perform these behaviors for you. See the section on view helpers for more information.

131.2 CurrencyFormat Helper


The CurrencyFormat view helper can be used to simplify rendering of localized currency values. It acts as a wrapper for the NumberFormatter class within the Internationalization extension (Intl). Basic Usage
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// Within your view echo $this->currencyFormat(1234.56, "USD", "en_US"); // This returns: "$1,234.56" echo $this->currencyFormat(1234.56, "EUR", "de_DE"); // This returns: "1.234,56 C"

currencyFormat(oat $number, string $currencyCode[, string $locale ]) Parameters $number The numeric currency value. $currencyCode The 3-letter ISO 4217 currency code indicating the currency to use. $locale (Optional) Locale in which the currency would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()) Public Methods The $currencyCode and $locale options can be set prior to formatting and will be applied each time the helper is used:
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// Within your view $this->plugin("currencyformat")->setCurrencyCode("USD")->setLocale("en_US"); echo $this->currencyFormat(1234.56); echo $this->currencyFormat(5678.90); // "$1,234.56" // "$5,678.90"

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131.3 DateFormat Helper


The DateFormat view helper can be used to simplify rendering of localized date/time values. It acts as a wrapper for the IntlDateFormatter class within the Internationalization extension (Intl). Basic Usage
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// Within your view // Date and Time echo $this->dateFormat( new DateTime(), IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM, // date IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM, // time "en_US" ); // This returns: "Jul 2, 2012 6:44:03 PM" // Date Only echo $this->dateFormat( new DateTime(), IntlDateFormatter::LONG, // date IntlDateFormatter::NONE, // time "en_US" ); // This returns: "July 2, 2012" // Time Only echo $this->dateFormat( new DateTime(), IntlDateFormatter::NONE, // date IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, // time "en_US" ); // This returns: "6:44 PM"

dateFormat(mixed $date[, int $dateType[, int $timeType[, string $locale ]]]) Parameters $date The value to format. This may be a DateTime object, an integer representing a Unix timestamp value or an array in the format output by localtime(). $dateType (Optional) Date type to use (none, short, medium, long, full). This is one of the IntlDateFormatter constants. Defaults to IntlDateFormatter::NONE. $timeType (Optional) Time type to use (none, short, medium, long, full). This is one of the IntlDateFormatter constants. Defaults to IntlDateFormatter::NONE. $locale (Optional) Locale in which the date would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()) Public Methods The $locale option can be set prior to formatting with the setLocale() method and will be applied each time the helper is used. By default, the systems default timezone will be used when formatting. This overrides any timezone that may be set inside a DateTime object. To change the timezone when formatting, use the setTimezone method.
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echo $this->dateFormat(new DateTime(), IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM); echo $this->dateFormat(new DateTime(), IntlDateFormatter::SHORT);

// "Jul 2, 2012" // "7/2/12"

131.4 NumberFormat Helper


The NumberFormat view helper can be used to simplify rendering of locale-specic number and percentage strings. It acts as a wrapper for the NumberFormatter class within the Internationalization extension (Intl). Basic Usage
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// Within your view // Example of Decimal formatting: echo $this->numberFormat( 1234567.891234567890000, NumberFormatter::DECIMAL, NumberFormatter::TYPE_DEFAULT, "de_DE" ); // This returns: "1.234.567,891" // Example of Percent formatting: echo $this->numberFormat( 0.80, NumberFormatter::PERCENT, NumberFormatter::TYPE_DEFAULT, "en_US" ); // This returns: "80%" // Example of Scientific notation formatting: echo $this->numberFormat( 0.00123456789, NumberFormatter::SCIENTIFIC, NumberFormatter::TYPE_DEFAULT, "fr_FR" ); // This returns: "1,23456789E-3"

numberFormat(number $number[, int $formatStyle[, int $formatType[, string $locale ]]]) Parameters $number The numeric value. $formatStyle (Optional) Style of the formatting, one of the format style constants. If unset, it will use NumberFormatter::DECIMAL as the default style. $formatType (Optional) The formatting type to use. NumberFormatter::TYPE_DEFAULT as the default type. If unset, it will use

$locale (Optional) Locale in which the number would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()) Public Methods The $formatStyle, $formatType, and $locale options can be set prior to formatting and will be applied each time the helper is used.

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// Within your view $this->plugin("numberformat") ->setFormatStyle(NumberFormatter::PERCENT) ->setFormatType(NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE) ->setLocale("en_US"); echo $this->numberFormat(0.56); echo $this->numberFormat(0.90); // "56%" // "90%"

131.5 Plural Helper


Most languages have specic rules for handling plurals. For instance, in English, we say 0 cars and 2 cars (plural) while we say 1 car (singular). On the other hand, French uses the singular form for 0 and 1 (0 voiture and 1 voiture) and uses the plural form otherwise (3 voitures). Therefore, we often need to handle those plural cases even without using translation (mono-lingual application). The Plural helper was created for this. Please remember that, if you need to both handle translation and plural, you must use the TranslatePlural helper for that. Plural does not deal with translation. Internally, the Plural helper uses the Zend\I18n\Translator\Plural\Rule class to handle rules. Setup In Zend Framework 1, there was a similar helper. However, this helper hardcoded rules for mostly every languages. The problem with this approach is that languages are alive and can evolve over time. Therefore, we would need to change the rules and hence break current applications that may (or may not) want those new rules. Thats why dening rules is now up to the developer. To help you with this process, here are some links with up-to-date plural rules for tons of languages: [http://unicode.org/repos/cldr-tmp/trunk/diff/supplemental/language_plural_rules.html](http://unicode.org/repos/cldrtmp/trunk/diff/supplemental/language_plural_rules.html) [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Localization_and_Plurals](https://developer.mozilla.org/enUS/docs/Localization_and_Plurals) Basic Usage The rst thing to do is to dening rule. You may want to add this in your Module.php le, for example:
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// Get the ViewHelperPlugin Manager from Service manager, so we can fetch the Plural // helper and add the plural rule for the applications language $viewHelperManager = $serviceManager->get(ViewHelperManager); $pluralHelper = $viewHelperManager->get(Plural); // Here is the rule for French $pluralHelper->setPluralRule(nplurals=2; plural=(n==0 || n==1 ? 0 : 1));

The string reads like that: 1. First, we specify how many plurals form do we have. For French, only two (singular/plural). 2. Then, we specify the rule. Here, if the count is 0 or 1, this is rule n0 (singular) while its rule n1 otherwise. As we said earlier, English consider 1 as singular, and 0/other as plural. Here is such a rule:
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// Here is the rule for English $pluralHelper->setPluralRule(nplurals=2; plural=(n==1 ? 0 : 1));

Now that we have dened the rule, we can use it in our views:

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<?php // If the rule defined in Module.php is the English one: echo $this->plural(array(car, cars), 0); // prints "cars" echo $this->plural(array(car, cars), 1); // prints "car" // If the rule defined in Module.php is the French one: echo $this->plural(array(voiture, voitures), 0); // prints "voiture" echo $this->plural(array(voiture, voitures), 1); // prints "voiture" echo $this->plural(array(voiture, voitures), 2); // prints "voitures" ?>

131.6 Translate Helper


The Translate view helper can be used to translate content. Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator class. Setup It acts as a wrapper for the

Before using the Translate view helper, you must have rst created a Translator object and have attached it to the view helper. If you use the Zend\View\HelperPluginManager to invoke the view helper, this will be done automatically for you. Basic Usage
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// Within your view echo $this->translate("Some translated text."); echo $this->translate("Translated text from a custom text domain.", "customDomain"); echo sprintf($this->translate("The current time is %s."), $currentTime); echo $this->translate("Translate in a specific locale", "default", "de_DE");

translate(string $message[, string $textDomain[, string $locale ]]) Parameters $message The message to be translated. $textDomain (Optional) The text domain where this translation lives. Defaults to the value default. $locale (Optional) Locale in which the message would be translated (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()) Gettext The xgettext utility can be used to compile *.po les from PHP source les containing the translate view helper.
xgettext --language=php --add-location --keyword=translate my-view-file.phtml

See the Gettext Wikipedia page for more information. Public Methods Public methods for setting a Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator and a default text domain are inherited from Zend\I18n\View\Helper\AbstractTranslatorHelper.

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131.7 TranslatePlural Helper


The TranslatePlural view helper can be used to translate words which take into account numeric meanings. English, for example, has a singular denition of car, for one car. And has the plural denition, cars, meaning zero cars or more than one car. Other languages like Russian or Polish have more plurals with different rules. The viewhelper acts as a wrapper for the Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator class. Setup Before using the TranslatePlural view helper, you must have rst created a Translator object and have attached it to the view helper. If you use the Zend\View\HelperPluginManager to invoke the view helper, this will be done automatically for you. Basic Usage
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// Within your view echo $this->translatePlural("car", "cars", $num); // Use a custom domain echo $this->translatePlural("monitor", "monitors", $num, "customDomain"); // Change locale echo $this->translatePlural("locale", "locales", $num, "default", "de_DE");

translatePlural(string $singular, string $plural, int $number[, string $textDomain[, string $locale ]]) Parameters $singular The singular message to be translated. $plural The plural message to be translated. $number The number to evaluate and determine which message to use. $textDomain (Optional) The text domain where this translation lives. Defaults to the value default. $locale (Optional) Locale in which the message would be translated (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()) Public Methods Public methods for setting a Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator and a default text domain are inherited from Zend\I18n\View\Helper\AbstractTranslatorHelper.

131.8 Abstract Translator Helper


The AbstractTranslatorHelper view helper is used as a base abstract class for any helpers that need to translate content. It provides an implementation for the Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorAwareInterface which allows injecting a translator and setting a text domain. Public Methods setTranslator(Translator $translator[, string $textDomain = null ]) Sets Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator to use in helper. The $textDomain argument is optional. It is provided as a convenience for setting both the translator and textDomain at the same time. getTranslator() Returns the Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator used in the helper. Return type Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator hasTranslator() Returns true if a Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator is set in the helper, and false if otherwise.

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Return type boolean setTranslatorEnabled(boolean $enabled) Sets whether translations should be enabled or disabled. isTranslatorEnabled() Returns true if translations are enabled, and false if disabled. Return type boolean setTranslatorTextDomain(string $textDomain) Set the translation text domain to use in helper when translating. getTranslatorTextDomain() Returns the translation text domain used in the helper. Return type string

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Zend Framework comes with a set of lters related to Internationalization.

132.1 Alnum
The Alnum lter can be used to return only alphabetic characters and digits in the unicode letter and number categories, respectively. All other characters are suppressed.
Supported Options for Alnum Filter

The following options are supported for Alnum: Alnum([ boolean $allowWhiteSpace [, string $locale ]]) $allowWhiteSpace: If set to true then whitespace characters are allowed. Otherwise they are suppressed. Default is false (whitespace is not allowed). Methods for getting/setting the allowWhiteSpace option are also available: getAllowWhiteSpace() and setAllowWhiteSpace() $locale: The locale string used in identifying the characters to lter (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()). Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available: getLocale() and setLocale()
Alnum Filter Usage // Default settings, deny whitespace $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alnum(); echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123"); // Returns "Thisismycontent123" // First param in constructor is $allowWhiteSpace $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alnum(true); echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123"); // Returns "This is my content 123"

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Note: Alnum works on almost all languages, except: Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Within these languages the english alphabet is used instead of the characters from these languages. The language itself is detected using the Locale.

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132.2 Alpha
The Alpha lter can be used to return only alphabetic characters in the unicode letter category. All other characters are suppressed.
Supported Options for Alpha Filter

The following options are supported for Alpha: Alpha([ boolean $allowWhiteSpace [, string $locale ]]) $allowWhiteSpace: If set to true then whitespace characters are allowed. Otherwise they are suppressed. Default is false (whitespace is not allowed). Methods for getting/setting the allowWhiteSpace option are also available: getAllowWhiteSpace() and setAllowWhiteSpace() $locale: The locale string used in identifying the characters to lter (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()). Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available: getLocale() and setLocale()
Alpha Filter Usage // Default settings, deny whitespace $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alpha(); echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123"); // Returns "Thisismycontent" // Allow whitespace $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alpha(true); echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123"); // Returns "This is my content "

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Note: Alpha works on almost all languages, except: Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Within these languages the english alphabet is used instead of the characters from these languages. The language itself is detected using the Locale.

132.3 NumberFormat
The NumberFormat lter can be used to return locale-specic number and percentage strings. It extends the NumberParse lter, which acts as wrapper for the NumberFormatter class within the Internationalization extension (Intl).
Supported Options for NumberFormat Filter

The following options are supported for NumberFormat:

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NumberFormat([ string $locale [, int $style [, int $type ]]]) $locale: (Optional) Locale in which the number would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()) Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available: getLocale() and setLocale() $style: (Optional) Style of the formatting, one of the format style constants. NumberFormatter::DEFAULT_STYLE as the default style. If unset, it will use

Methods for getting/setting the format style are also available: getStyle() and setStyle() $type: (Optional) The formatting type to use. If unset, it will use NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE as the default type. Methods for getting/setting the format type are also available: getType() and setType()
NumberFormat Filter Usage $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat("de_DE"); echo $filter->filter(1234567.8912346); // Returns "1.234.567,891" $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat("en_US", NumberFormatter::PERCENT); echo $filter->filter(0.80); // Returns "80%" $filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat("fr_FR", NumberFormatter::SCIENTIFIC); echo $filter->filter(0.00123456789); // Returns "1,23456789E-3"

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FLOAT
Zend\I18n\Validator\Float allows you to validate if a given value contains a oating-point value. This validator validates also localized input.

134.1 Supported options for Zend\I18n\Validator\Float


The following options are supported for Zend\I18n\Validator\Float: locale: Sets the locale which will be used to validate localized oat values.

134.2 Simple oat validation


The simplest way to validate a oat is by using the system settings. When no option is used, the environment locale is used for validation:
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$validator = new Zend\I18n\Validator\Float(); $validator->isValid(1234.5); // returns true $validator->isValid(10a01); // returns false $validator->isValid(1,234.5); // returns true

In the above example we expected that our environment is set to en as locale.

134.3 Localized oat validation


Often its useful to be able to validate also localized values. Float values are often written different in other countries. For example using english you will write 1.5. In german you may write 1,5 and in other languages you may use grouping. Zend\I18n\Validator\Float is able to validate such notations. However,it is limited to the locale you set. See the following code:
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$validator = new Zend\I18n\Validator\Float(array(locale => de)); $validator->isValid(1234.5); // returns true $validator->isValid("1 234,5"); // returns false $validator->isValid("1.234"); // returns true

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As you can see, by using a locale, your input is validated localized. Using a different notation you get a FALSE when the locale forces a different notation. The locale can also be set afterwards by using setLocale() and retrieved by using getLocale().

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Zend\I18n\Validator\Int validates if a given value is an integer. Also localized integer values are recognised and can be validated.

135.1 Supported options for Zend\I18n\Validator\Int


The following options are supported for Zend\I18n\Validator\Int: locale: Sets the locale which will be used to validate localized integers.

135.2 Simple integer validation


The simplest way to validate an integer is by using the system settings. When no option is used, the environment locale is used for validation:
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$validator = new Zend\I18n\Validator\Int(); $validator->isValid(1234); // returns true $validator->isValid(1234.5); // returns false $validator->isValid(1,234); // returns true

In the above example we expected that our environment is set to en as locale. As you can see in the third example also grouping is recognised.

135.3 Localized integer validation


Often its useful to be able to validate also localized values. Integer values are often written different in other countries. For example using english you can write 1234 or 1,234. Both are integer values but the grouping is optional. In german for example you may write 1.234 and in french 1 234. Zend\I18n\Validator\Int is able to validate such notations. But it is limited to the locale you set. This means that it not simply strips off the separator, it validates if the correct separator is used. See the following code:
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$validator = new Zend\I18n\Validator\Int(array(locale => de)); $validator->isValid(1234); // returns true $validator->isValid("1,234"); // returns false $validator->isValid("1.234"); // returns true

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As you can see, by using a locale, your input is validated localized. Using the english notation you get a FALSE when the locale forces a different notation. The locale can also be set afterwards by using setLocale() and retrieved by using getLocale().

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The Zend\InputFilter component can be used to lter and validate generic sets of input data. For instance, you could use it to lter $_GET or $_POST values, CLI arguments, etc. To pass input data to the InputFilter, you can use the setData() method. The data must be specied using an associative array. Below is an example on how to validate the data coming from a form using the POST method.
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use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter; use Zend\InputFilter\Input; use Zend\Validator; $email = new Input(email); $email->getValidatorChain() ->addValidator(new Validator\EmailAddress()); $password = new Input(password); $password->getValidatorChain() ->addValidator(new Validator\StringLength(8)); $inputFilter = new InputFilter(); $inputFilter->add($email) ->add($password) ->setData($_POST); if ($inputFilter->isValid()) { echo "The form is valid\n"; } else { echo "The form is not valid\n"; foreach ($inputFilter->getInvalidInput() as $error) { print_r ($error->getMessages()); } }

In this example we validated the email and password values. The email must be a valid address and the password must be composed with at least 8 characters. If the input data are not valid, we report the list of invalid input using the getInvalidInput() method. You can add one or more validators to each input using the addValidator() method for each validator. It is also possible to specify a validation group, a subset of the data to be validated; this may be done using the setValidationGroup() method. You can specify the list of the input names as an array or as individual parameters.

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// As individual parameters $filterInput->setValidationGroup(email, password); // or as an array of names $filterInput->setValidationGroup(array(email, password));

You can validate and/or lter the data using the InputFilter. To lter data, use the getFilterChain() method of individual Input instances, and attach lters to the returned lter chain. Below is an example that uses ltering without validation.
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use Zend\InputFilter\Input; use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter; $input = new Input(foo); $input->getFilterChain() ->attachByName(stringtrim) ->attachByName(alpha); $inputFilter = new InputFilter(); $inputFilter->add($input) ->setData(array( foo => Bar3 , )); echo echo echo echo "Before:\n"; $inputFilter->getRawValue(foo) . "\n"; // the output is Bar3 "After:\n"; $inputFilter->getValue(foo) . "\n"; // the output is Bar

The getValue() method returns the ltered value of the foo input, while getRawValue() returns the original value of the input. We provide also Zend\InputFilter\Factory, to allow initialization of the InputFilter based on a conguration array (or Traversable object). Below is an example where we create a password input value with the same constraints proposed before (a string with at least 8 characters):
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use Zend\InputFilter\Factory; $factory = new Factory(); $inputFilter = $factory->createInputFilter(array( password => array( name => password, required => true, validators => array( array( name => not_empty, ), array( name => string_length, options => array( min => 8 ), ), ), ), )); $inputFilter->setData($_POST); echo $inputFilter->isValid() ? "Valid form" : "Invalid form";

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The factory may be used to create not only Input instances, but also nested InputFilters, allowing you to create validation and ltering rules for hierarchical data sets. Finally, the default InputFilter implementation is backed by a Factory. This means that when calling add(), you can provide a specication that the Factory would understand, and it will create the appropriate object. You may create either Input or InputFilter objects in this fashion.
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use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter; $filter = new InputFilter(); // Adding a single input $filter->add(array( name => username, required => true, validators => array( array( name => not_empty, ), array( name => string_length, options => array( min => 5 ), ), ), )); // Adding another input filter what also contains a single input. Merging both. $filter->add(array( type => Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter, password => array( name => password, required => true, validators => array( array( name => not_empty, ), array( name => string_length, options => array( min => 8 ), ), ), ), ));

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FILE UPLOAD INPUT


The Zend\FileInput class is a special Input type for uploaded les found in the $_FILES array. While FileInput uses the same interface as Input, it differs in a few ways: 1. It expects the raw value to be in the $_FILES array format. 2. The validators are run before the lters (which is the opposite behavior of Input). This is so that any is_uploaded_file() validation can be run prior to any lters that may rename/move/modify the le. 3. Instead of adding a NotEmpty validator, Zend\Validator\File\UploadFile validator. it will (by default) automatically add a

The biggest thing to be concerned about is that if you are using a <input type="file"> element in your form, you will need to use the FileInput instead of Input or else you will encounter issues. Usage of FileInput is essentially the same as Input:
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Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Request; Zend\Filter; Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter; Zend\InputFilter\Input; Zend\InputFilter\FileInput; Zend\Validator;

// Description text input $description = new Input(description); // Standard Input type $description->getFilterChain() // Filters are run first w/ Input ->attach(new Filter\StringTrim()); $description->getValidatorChain() // Validators are run second w/ Input ->addValidator(new Validator\StringLength(array(max => 140)); // File upload input $file = new FileInput(file); // Special File Input type $file->getValidatorChain() // Validators are run first w/ FileInput ->addValidator(new Validator\File\UploadFile()); $file->getFilterChain() // Filters are run second w/ FileInput ->attach(new Filter\File\RenameUpload(array( target => ./data/tmpuploads/file, randomize => true, ))); // Merge $_POST and $_FILES data together $request = new Request(); $postData = array_merge_recursive($request->getPost(), $request->getFiles()); $inputFilter = new InputFilter();

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$inputFilter->add($description) ->add($file) ->setData($postData); if ($inputFilter->isValid()) { // FileInput validators are run, but not the filters... echo "The form is valid\n"; $data = $inputFilter->getValues(); // This is when the FileInput filters are run. } else { echo "The form is not valid\n"; foreach ($inputFilter->getInvalidInput() as $error) { print_r ($error->getMessages()); } }

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\JSON
Zend\Json provides convenience methods for serializing native PHP to JSON and decoding JSON to native PHP. For more information on JSON, visit the JSON project site. JSON, JavaScript Object Notation, can be used for data interchange between JavaScript and other languages. Since JSON can be directly evaluated by JavaScript, it is a more efcient and lightweight format than XML for exchanging data with JavaScript clients. In addition, Zend\Json provides a useful way to convert any arbitrary XML formatted string into a JSON formatted string. This built-in feature will enable PHP developers to transform the enterprise data encoded in XML format into JSON format before sending it to browser-based Ajax client applications. It provides an easy way to do dynamic data conversion on the server-side code thereby avoiding unnecessary XML parsing in the browser-side applications. It offers a nice utility function that results in easier application-specic data processing techniques.

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Usage of Zend\Json involves using the two public static methods available: Zend\Json\Json::encode() and Zend\Json\Json::decode().
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// Retrieve a value: $phpNative = Zend\Json\Json::decode($encodedValue); // Encode it to return to the client: $json = Zend\Json\Json::encode($phpNative);

139.1 Pretty-printing JSON


Sometimes, it may be hard to explore JSON data generated by Zend\Json\Json::encode(), since it has no spacing or indentation. In order to make it easier, Zend\Json\Json allows you to pretty-print JSON data in the human-readable format with Zend\Json\Json::prettyPrint().
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// Encode it to return to the client: $json = Zend\Json\Json::encode($phpNative); if ($debug) { echo Zend\Json\Json::prettyPrint($json, array("indent" => " ")); }

Second optional argument of Zend\Json\Json::prettyPrint() is an option array. Option indent allows to set indentation string - by default its a single tab character.

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140.1 JSON Objects
When encoding PHP objects as JSON, all public properties of that object will be encoded in a JSON object. JSON does not allow object references, so care should be taken not to encode objects with recursive references. If you have issues with recursion, Zend\Json\Json::encode() and Zend\Json\Encoder::encode() allow an optional second parameter to check for recursion; if an object is serialized twice, an exception will be thrown. Decoding JSON objects poses an additional difculty, however, since JavaScript objects correspond most closely to PHPs associative array. Some suggest that a class identier should be passed, and an object instance of that class should be created and populated with the key/value pairs of the JSON object; others feel this could pose a substantial security risk. By default, Zend\Json\Json will decode JSON objects as associative arrays. However, if you desire an object returned, you can specify this:
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Any objects thus decoded are returned as stdClass objects with properties corresponding to the key/value pairs in the JSON notation. The recommendation of Zend Framework is that the individual developer should decide how to decode JSON objects. If an object of a specied type should be created, it can be created in the developer code and populated with the values decoded using Zend\Json.

140.2 Encoding PHP objects


If you are encoding PHP objects by default the encoding mechanism can only access public properties of these objects. When a method toJson() is implemented on an object to encode, Zend\Json\Json calls this method and expects the object to return a JSON representation of its internal state. Zend\Json\Json can encode PHP objects recursively but does not do so by default. This can be enabled by passing true as a second argument to Zend\Json\Json::encode().
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When doing recursive encoding of objects, as JSON does not support cycles, an Zend\Json\Exception\RecursionException will be thrown. If you wish, you can silence these exceptions by passing the silenceCyclicalExceptions option:

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140.3 Internal Encoder/Decoder


Zend\Json has two different modes depending if ext/json is enabled in your PHP installation or not. If ext/json is installed by default json_encode() and json_decode() functions are used for encoding and decoding JSON. If ext/json is not installed a Zend Framework implementation in PHP code is used for en-/decoding. This is considerably slower than using the PHP extension, but behaves exactly the same. Still sometimes you might want to use the internal encoder/decoder even if you have ext/json installed. You can achieve this by calling:
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140.4 JSON Expressions


JavaScript makes heavy use of anonymous function callbacks, which can be saved within JSON object variables. Still they only work if not returned inside double quotes, which Zend\Json naturally does. With the Expression support for Zend\Json support you can encode JSON objects with valid JavaScript callbacks. This works for both json_encode() or the internal encoder. A JavaScript callback is represented using the Zend\Json\Expr object. It implements the value object pattern and is immutable. You can set the JavaScript expression as the rst constructor argument. By default Zend\Json\Json::encode does not encode JavaScript callbacks, you have to pass the option enableJsonExprFinder and set it to TRUE into the encode function. If enabled the expression support works for all nested expressions in large object structures. A usage example would look like:
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$data = array( onClick => new Zend\Json\Expr(function() { . alert("I am a valid JavaScript callback . created by Zend\Json"); }), other => no expression, ); $jsonObjectWithExpression = Zend\Json\Json::encode( $data, false, array(enableJsonExprFinder => true) );

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Zend\Json provides a convenience method for transforming XML formatted data into JSON format. This feature was inspired from an IBM developerWorks article. Zend\Json includes a static function called Zend\Json\Json::fromXml(). This function will generate JSON from a given XML input. This function takes any arbitrary XML string as an input parameter. It also takes an optional boolean input parameter to instruct the conversion logic to ignore or not ignore the XML attributes during the conversion process. If this optional input parameter is not given, then the default behavior is to ignore the XML attributes. This function call is made as shown below:
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Zend\Json\Json::fromXml() function does the conversion of the XML formatted string input parameter and returns the equivalent JSON formatted string output. In case of any XML input format error or conversion logic error, this function will throw an exception. The conversion logic also uses recursive techniques to traverse the XML tree. It supports recursion upto 25 levels deep. Beyond that depth, it will throw a Zend\Json\Exception. There are several XML les with varying degree of complexity provided in the tests directory of Zend Framework. They can be used to test the functionality of the xml2json feature. The following is a simple example that shows both the XML input string passed to and the JSON output string returned as a result from the Zend\Json\Json::fromXml() function. This example used the optional function parameter as not to ignore the XML attributes during the conversion. Hence, you can notice that the resulting JSON string includes a representation of the XML attributes present in the XML input string. XML input string passed to Zend\Json\Json::fromXml() function:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <books> <book id="1"> <title>Code Generation in Action</title> <author><first>Jack</first><last>Herrington</last></author> <publisher>Manning</publisher> </book> <book id="2"> <title>PHP Hacks</title> <author><first>Jack</first><last>Herrington</last></author> <publisher>OReilly</publisher> </book> <book id="3"> <title>Podcasting Hacks</title> <author><first>Jack</first><last>Herrington</last></author>

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JSON output string returned from Zend\Json\Json::fromXml() function:


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{ "books" : { "book" : [ { "@attributes" : { "id" : "1" }, "title" : "Code Generation in Action", "author" : { "first" : "Jack", "last" : "Herrington" }, "publisher" : "Manning" }, { "@attributes" : { "id" : "2" }, "title" : "PHP Hacks", "author" : { "first" : "Jack", "last" : "Herrington" }, "publisher" : "OReilly" }, { "@attributes" : { "id" : "3" }, "title" : "Podcasting Hacks", "author" : { "first" : "Jack", "last" : "Herrington" }, "publisher" : "OReilly" } ]} }

More details about this xml2json feature can be found in the original proposal itself. Take a look at the Zend_xml2json proposal.

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ZEND\JSON\SERVER - JSON-RPC SERVER


Zend\Json\Server is a JSON-RPC server implementation. It supports both the JSON-RPC version 1 specication as well as the version 2 specication; additionally, it provides a PHP implementation of the Service Mapping Description (SMD) specication for providing service metadata to service consumers. JSON-RPC is a lightweight Remote Procedure Call protocol that utilizes JSON for its messaging envelopes. This JSON-RPC implementation follows PHPs SoapServer API. This means, in a typical situation, you will simply: Instantiate the server object Attach one or more functions and/or classes/objects to the server object handle() the request Zend\Json\Server utilizes Zend\Server\Reection to perform reection on any attached classes or functions, and uses that information to build both the SMD and enforce method call signatures. As such, it is imperative that any attached functions and/or class methods have full PHP docblocks documenting, minimally: All parameters and their expected variable types The return value variable type Zend\Json\Server listens for POST requests only at this time; fortunately, most JSON-RPC client implementations in the wild at the time of this writing will only POST requests as it is. This makes it simple to utilize the same server end point to both handle requests as well as to deliver the service SMD, as is shown in the next example.
Zend\Json\Server Usage

First, lets dene a class we wish to expose via the JSON-RPC server. Well call the class Calculator, and dene methods for add, subtract, multiply, and divide:
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/** * Calculator - sample class to expose via JSON-RPC */ class Calculator { /** * Return sum of two variables * * @param int $x * @param int $y * @return int */

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public function add($x, $y) { return $x + $y; } /** * Return difference of two variables * * @param int $x * @param int $y * @return int */ public function subtract($x, $y) { return $x - $y; } /** * Return product of two variables * * @param int $x * @param int $y * @return int */ public function multiply($x, $y) { return $x * $y; } /** * Return the division of two variables * * @param int $x * @param int $y * @return float */ public function divide($x, $y) { return $x / $y; } }

Note that each method has a docblock with entries indicating each parameter and its type, as well as an entry for the return value. This is absolutely critical when utilizing Zend\Json\Server or any other server component in Zend Framework, for that matter. Now well create a script to handle the requests:
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$server = new Zend\Json\Server\Server(); // Indicate what functionality is available: $server->setClass(Calculator); // Handle the request: $server->handle();

However, this will not address the issue of returning an SMD so that the JSON-RPC client can autodiscover methods. That can be accomplished by determining the HTTP request method, and then specifying some server metadata:

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$server = new Zend\Json\Server\Server(); $server->setClass(Calculator); if (GET == $_SERVER[REQUEST_METHOD]) { // Indicate the URL endpoint, and the JSON-RPC version used: $server->setTarget(/json-rpc.php) ->setEnvelope(Zend\Json\Server\Smd::ENV_JSONRPC_2); // Grab the SMD $smd = $server->getServiceMap(); // Return the SMD to the client header(Content-Type: application/json); echo $smd; return; } $server->handle();

If utilizing the JSON-RPC server with Dojo toolkit, you will also need to set a special compatibility ag to ensure that the two interoperate properly:
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$server = new Zend\Json\Server\Server(); $server->setClass(Calculator); if (GET == $_SERVER[REQUEST_METHOD]) { $server->setTarget(/json-rpc.php) ->setEnvelope(Zend\Json\Server\Smd::ENV_JSONRPC_2); $smd = $server->getServiceMap(); // Set Dojo compatibility: $smd->setDojoCompatible(true); header(Content-Type: application/json); echo $smd; return; } $server->handle();

142.1 Advanced Details


While most functionality for Zend\Json\Server is spelled out in this section, more advanced functionality is available.

142.1.1 Zend\Json\Server\Server
Zend\Json\Server\Server is the core class in the JSON-RPC offering; it handles all requests and returns the response payload. It has the following methods: addFunction($function): Specify a userland function to attach to the server. setClass($class): Specify a class or object to attach to the server; all public methods of that item will be exposed as JSON-RPC methods.

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fault($fault = null, $code = 404, $data = null): Zend\Json\Server\Error object.

Create

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return pass

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handle($request = false): Handle a JSON-RPC request; Zend\Json\Server\Request object to utilize (creates one by default). getFunctions(): Return a list of all attached methods.

setRequest(Zend\Json\Server\Request $request): Specify a request object for the server to utilize. getRequest(): Retrieve the request object used by the server. setResponse(Zend\Json\Server\Response $response): Set the response object for the server to utilize. getResponse(): Retrieve the response object used by the server. setAutoEmitResponse($flag): Indicate whether the server should automatically emit the response and all headers; by default, this is TRUE. autoEmitResponse(): Determine if auto-emission of the response is enabled. getServiceMap(): Retrieve the service map description in the form of a Zend\Json\Server\Smd object

142.1.2 Zend\Json\Server\Request
The JSON-RPC request environment is encapsulated in the Zend\Json\Server\Request object. This object allows you to set necessary portions of the JSON-RPC request, including the request ID, parameters, and JSON-RPC specication version. It has the ability to load itself via JSON or a set of options, and can render itself as JSON via the toJson() method. The request object has the following methods available: setOptions(array $options): Specify object conguration. $options may contain keys matching any set method: setParams(), setMethod(), setId(), and setVersion(). addParam($value, $key = null): Add a parameter to use with the method call. Parameters can be just the values, or can optionally include the parameter name. addParams(array $params): Add multiple parameters at once; proxies to addParam() setParams(array $params): Set all parameters at once; overwrites any existing parameters. getParam($index): Retrieve a parameter by position or name. getParams(): Retrieve all parameters at once. setMethod($name): Set the method to call. getMethod(): Retrieve the method that will be called. isMethodError(): Determine whether or not the request is malformed and would result in an error. setId($name): Set the request identier (used by the client to match requests to responses). getId(): Retrieve the request identier. setVersion($version): Set the JSON-RPC specication version the request conforms to. May be either 1.0 or 2.0. getVersion(): Retrieve the JSON-RPC specication version used by the request. loadJson($json): Load the request object from a JSON string.

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toJson(): Render the request as a JSON string. An HTTP specic version is available via Zend\Json\Server\Request\Http. This class will retrieve the request via php://input, and allows access to the raw JSON via the getRawJson() method.

142.1.3 Zend\Json\Server\Response
The JSON-RPC response payload is encapsulated in the Zend\Json\Server\Response object. This object allows you to set the return value of the request, whether or not the response is an error, the request identier, the JSON-RPC specication version the response conforms to, and optionally the service map. The response object has the following methods available: setResult($value): Set the response result. getResult(): Retrieve the response result. setError(Zend\Json\Server\Error $error): Set an error object. If set, this will be used as the response when serializing to JSON. getError(): Retrieve the error object, if any. isError(): Whether or not the response is an error response. setId($name): Set the request identier (so the client may match the response with the original request). getId(): Retrieve the request identier. setVersion($version): Set the JSON-RPC version the response conforms to. getVersion(): Retrieve the JSON-RPC version the response conforms to. toJson(): Serialize the response to JSON. If the response is an error response, serializes the error object. setServiceMap($serviceMap): Set the service map object for the response. getServiceMap(): Retrieve the service map object, if any. An HTTP specic version is available via Zend\Json\Server\Response\Http. This class will send the appropriate HTTP headers as well as serialize the response as JSON.

142.1.4 Zend\Json\Server\Error
JSON-RPC has a special format for reporting error conditions. All errors need to provide, minimally, an error message and error code; optionally, they can provide additional data, such as a backtrace. Error codes are derived from those recommended by the XML-RPC EPI project. Zend\Json\Server appropriately assigns the code based on the error condition. For application exceptions, the code -32000 is used. Zend\Json\Server\Error exposes the following methods: setCode($code): Set the error code; if the code is not in the accepted XML-RPC error code range, -32000 will be assigned. getCode(): Retrieve the current error code. setMessage($message): Set the error message. getMessage(): Retrieve the current error message. setData($data): Set auxiliary data further qualifying the error, such as a backtrace. getData(): Retrieve any current auxiliary error data.

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toArray(): Cast the error to an array. The array will contain the keys code, message, and data. toJson(): Cast the error to a JSON-RPC error representation.

142.1.5 Zend\Json\Server\Smd
SMD stands for Service Mapping Description, a JSON schema that denes how a client can interact with a particular web service. At the time of this writing, the specication has not yet been formally ratied, but it is in use already within Dojo toolkit as well as other JSON-RPC consumer clients. At its most basic, a Service Mapping Description indicates the method of transport (POST, GET, TCP/IP, etc), the request envelope type (usually based on the protocol of the server), the target URL of the service provider, and a map of services available. In the case of JSON-RPC, the service map is a list of available methods, which each method documenting the available parameters and their types, as well as the expected return value type. Zend\Json\Server\Smd provides an object-oriented way to build service maps. At its most basic, you pass it metadata describing the service using mutators, and specify services (methods and functions). The service descriptions themselves are typically instances of Zend\Json\Server\Smd\Service; you can also pass all information as an array to the various service mutators in Zend\Json\Server\Smd, and it will instantiate a service for you. The service objects contain information such as the name of the service (typically the function or method name), the parameters (names, types, and position), and the return value type. Optionally, each service can have its own target and envelope, though this functionality is rarely used. Zend\Json\Server\Server actually does all of this behind the scenes for you, by using reection on the attached classes and functions; you should create your own service maps only if you need to provide custom functionality that class and function introspection cannot offer. Methods available in Zend\Json\Server\Smd include: setOptions(array $options): Setup an SMD object from an array of options. All mutators (methods beginning with set) can be used as keys. setTransport($transport): Set the transport used to access the service; only POST is currently supported. getTransport(): Get the current service transport. setEnvelope($envelopeType): Set the request envelope that should be used to access the service. Currently, supports the constants Zend\Json\Server\Smd::ENV_JSONRPC_1 and Zend\Json\Server\Smd::ENV_JSONRPC_2. getEnvelope(): Get the current request envelope. setContentType($type): Set the content type requests should use (by default, this is application/json). getContentType(): Get the current content type for requests to the service. setTarget($target): Set the URL endpoint for the service. getTarget(): Get the URL endpoint for the service. setId($id): Typically, this is the URL endpoint of the service (same as the target). getId(): Retrieve the service ID (typically the URL endpoint of the service). setDescription($description): Set a service description (typically narrative information describing the purpose of the service). getDescription(): Get the service description.

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setDojoCompatible($flag): Set a ag indicating whether or not the SMD is compatible with Dojo toolkit. When TRUE, the generated JSON SMD will be formatted to comply with the format that Dojos JSONRPC client expects. isDojoCompatible(): Returns the value of the Dojo compatibility ag (FALSE, by default). addService($service): Add a service to the map. May be an array of information to pass to the constructor of Zend\Json\Server\Smd\Service, or an instance of that class. addServices(array $services): Add multiple services at once. setServices(array $services): Add multiple services at once, overwriting any previously set services. getService($name): Get a service by its name. getServices(): Get all attached services. removeService($name): Remove a service from the map. toArray(): Cast the service map to an array. toDojoArray(): Cast the service map to an array compatible with Dojo Toolkit. toJson(): Cast the service map to a JSON representation. Zend\Json\Server\Smd\Service has the following methods: setOptions(array $options): Set object state from an array. Any mutator (methods beginning with set) may be used as a key and set via this method. setName($name): Set the service name (typically, the function or method name). getName(): Retrieve the service name. setTransport($transport): Set the service transport (currently, only transports supported by Zend\Json\Server\Smd are allowed). getTransport(): Retrieve the current transport. setTarget($target): Set the URL endpoint of the service (typically, this will be the same as the overall SMD to which the service is attached). getTarget(): Get the URL endpoint of the service. setEnvelope($envelopeType): Set the service envelope (currently, only envelopes supported by Zend\Json\Server\Smd are allowed). getEnvelope(): Retrieve the service envelope type. addParam($type, array $options = array(), $order = null): Add a parameter to the service. By default, only the parameter type is necessary. However, you may also specify the order, as well as options such as: name: the parameter name optional: whether or not the parameter is optional default: a default value for the parameter description: text describing the parameter addParams(array $params): Add several parameters at once; each param should be an assoc array containing minimally the key type describing the parameter type, and optionally the key order; any other keys will be passed as $options to addOption(). setParams(array $params): Set many parameters at once, overwriting any existing parameters.

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getParams(): Retrieve all currently set parameters. setReturn($type): Set the return value type of the service. getReturn(): Get the return value type of the service. toArray(): Cast the service to an array. toJson(): Cast the service to a JSON representation.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\LDAP
Zend\Ldap\Ldap is a class for performing LDAP operations including but not limited to binding, searching and modifying entries in an LDAP directory.

143.1 Theory of operation


This component currently consists of the main Zend\Ldap\Ldap class, that conceptually represents a binding to a single LDAP server and allows for executing operations against a LDAP server such as OpenLDAP or ActiveDirectory (AD) servers. The parameters for binding may be provided explicitly or in the form of an options array. Zend\Ldap\Node provides an object-oriented interface for single LDAP nodes and can be used to form a basis for an active-record-like interface for a LDAP-based domain model. The component provides several helper classes to perform operations on LDAP entries (Zend\Ldap\Attribute) such as setting and retrieving attributes (date values, passwords, boolean values, ...), to create and modify LDAP lter strings (Zend\Ldap\Filter) and to manipulate LDAP distinguished names (DN) (Zend\Ldap\Dn). Additionally the component abstracts LDAP schema browsing for OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory servers Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema and server information retrieval for OpenLDAP-, ActiveDirectory- and Novell eDirectory servers (Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse). Using the Zend\Ldap\Ldap class depends on the type of LDAP server and is best summarized with some simple examples. If you are using OpenLDAP, a simple example looks like the following (note that the bindRequiresDn option is important if you are not using AD):
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$options = array( host => s0.foo.net, username => CN=user1,DC=foo,DC=net, password => pass1, bindRequiresDn => true, accountDomainName => foo.net, baseDn => OU=Sales,DC=foo,DC=net, ); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $acctname = $ldap->getCanonicalAccountName(abaker, Zend\Ldap\Ldap::ACCTNAME_FORM_DN); echo "$acctname\n";

If you are using Microsoft AD a simple example is:


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); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $acctname = $ldap->getCanonicalAccountName(bcarter, Zend\Ldap\Ldap::ACCTNAME_FORM_DN); echo "$acctname\n";

Note that we use the getCanonicalAccountName() method to retrieve the account DN here only because that is what exercises the most of what little code is currently present in this class.

143.1.1 Automatic Username Canonicalization When Binding


If bind() is called with a non-DN username but bindRequiresDN is TRUE and no username in DN form was supplied as an option, the bind will fail. However, if a username in DN form is supplied in the options array, Zend\Ldap\Ldap will rst bind with that username, retrieve the account DN for the username supplied to bind() and then re-bind with that DN. This behavior is critical to Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap, which passes the username supplied by the user directly to bind(). The following example illustrates how the non-DN username abaker can be used with bind():
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$options = array( host => s0.foo.net, username => CN=user1,DC=foo,DC=net, password => pass1, bindRequiresDn => true, accountDomainName => foo.net, baseDn => OU=Sales,DC=foo,DC=net, ); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(abaker, moonbike55); $acctname = $ldap->getCanonicalAccountName(abaker, Zend\Ldap\Ldap::ACCTNAME_FORM_DN); echo "$acctname\n";

The bind() call in this example sees that the username abaker is not in DN form, nds bindRequiresDn is TRUE, uses CN=user1,DC=foo,DC=net and pass1 to bind, retrieves the DN for abaker, unbinds and then rebinds with the newly discovered CN=Alice Baker,OU=Sales,DC=foo,DC=net.

143.1.2 Account Name Canonicalization


The accountDomainName and accountDomainNameShort options are used for two purposes: (1) they facilitate multi-domain authentication and failover capability, and (2) they are also used to canonicalize usernames. Specically, names are canonicalized to the form specied by the accountCanonicalForm option. This option may one of the following values:

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Table 143.1: Options for accountCanonicalForm Name ACCTNAME_FORM_DN ACCTNAME_FORM_USERNAME ACCTNAME_FORM_BACKSLASH ACCTNAME_FORM_PRINCIPAL Value 1 2 3 4 Example CN=Alice Baker,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com abaker EXAMPLE\abaker abaker@example.com

The default canonicalization depends on what account domain name options were supplied. If accountDomainNameShort was supplied, the default accountCanonicalForm value is ACCTNAME_FORM_BACKSLASH. Otherwise, if accountDomainName was supplied, the default is ACCTNAME_FORM_PRINCIPAL. Account name canonicalization ensures that the string used to identify an account is consistent regardless of what was supplied to bind(). For example, if the user supplies an account name of abaker@example.com or just abaker and the accountCanonicalForm is set to 3, the resulting canonicalized name would be EXAMPLEabaker.

143.1.3 Multi-domain Authentication and Failover


The Zend\Ldap\Ldap component by itself makes no attempt to authenticate with multiple servers. However, Zend\Ldap\Ldap is specically designed to handle this scenario gracefully. The required technique is to simply iterate over an array of arrays of serve options and attempt to bind with each server. As described above bind() will automatically canonicalize each name, so it does not matter if the user passes abaker@foo.net or Wbcarter or cdavis- the bind() method will only succeed if the credentials were successfully used in the bind. Consider the following example that illustrates the technique required to implement multi-domain authentication and failover:
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$acctname = W\\user2; $password = pass2; $multiOptions = array( server1 => array( host username password bindRequiresDn accountDomainName accountDomainNameShort accountCanonicalForm baseDn ), server2 => array( host useSsl username password accountDomainName accountDomainNameShort accountCanonicalForm baseDn ), ); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap(); foreach ($multiOptions as $name => $options) {

=> => => => => => => =>

s0.foo.net, CN=user1,DC=foo,DC=net, pass1, true, foo.net, FOO, 4, // ACCT_FORM_PRINCIPAL OU=Sales,DC=foo,DC=net,

=> => => => => => => =>

dc1.w.net, true, user1@w.net, pass1, w.net, W, 4, // ACCT_FORM_PRINCIPAL CN=Users,DC=w,DC=net,

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echo "Trying to bind using server options for $name\n"; $ldap->setOptions($options); try { $ldap->bind($acctname, $password); $acctname = $ldap->getCanonicalAccountName($acctname); echo "SUCCESS: authenticated $acctname\n"; return; } catch (Zend\Ldap\Exception\LdapException $zle) { echo . $zle->getMessage() . "\n"; if ($zle->getCode() === Zend\Ldap\Exception\LdapException::LDAP_X_DOMAIN_MISMATCH) { continue; } } }

If the bind fails for any reason, the next set of server options is tried. The getCanonicalAccountName() call gets the canonical account name that the application would presumably use to associate data with such as preferences. The accountCanonicalForm = 4 in all server options ensures that the canonical form is consistent regardless of which server was ultimately used. The special LDAP_X_DOMAIN_MISMATCH exception occurs when an account name with a domain component was supplied (e.g., abaker@foo.net or FOOabaker and not just abaker) but the domain component did not match either domain in the currently selected server options. This exception indicates that the server is not an authority for the account. In this case, the bind will not be performed, thereby eliminating unnecessary communication with the server. Note that the continue instruction has no effect in this example, but in practice for error handling and debugging purposes, you will probably want to check for LDAP_X_DOMAIN_MISMATCH as well as LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT and LDAP_INVALID_CREDENTIALS. The above code is very similar to code used within Zend\Authentication\Adapter\Ldap. In fact, we recommend that you simply use that authentication adapter for multi-domain + failover LDAP based authentication (or copy the code).

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API OVERVIEW
144.1 Conguration / options
The Zend\Ldap\Ldap component accepts an array of options either supplied to the constructor or through the setOptions() method. The permitted options are as follows:

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Table 144.1: Zend\Ldap\Ldap Options Name host Description The default hostname of LDAP server if not supplied to connect() (also may be used when trying to canonicalize usernames in bind()). port Default port of LDAP server if not supplied to connect(). useStartTls Whether or not the LDAP client should use TLS (aka SSLv2) encrypted transport. A value of TRUE is strongly favored in production environments to prevent passwords from be transmitted in clear text. The default value is FALSE, as servers frequently require that a certicate be installed separately after installation. The useSsl and useStartTls options are mutually exclusive. The useStartTls option should be favored over useSsl but not all servers support this newer mechanism. useSsl Whether or not the LDAP client should use SSL encrypted transport. The useSsl and useStartTls options are mutually exclusive. username The default credentials username. Some servers require that this be in DN form. This must be given in DN form if the LDAP server requires a DN to bind and binding should be possible with simple usernames. password The default credentials password (used only with username above). bindRequiresDn If TRUE, this instructs Zend\Ldap\Ldap to retrieve the DN for the account used to bind if the username is not already in DN form. The default value is FALSE. baseDn The default base DN used for searching (e.g., for accounts). This option is required for most account related operations and should indicate the DN under which accounts are located. accountCanon- A small integer indicating the form to which account names should be canonicalized. See the icalForm Account Name Canonicalization section below. accountDoThe FQDN domain for which the target LDAP server is an authority (e.g., example.com). mainName accountDoThe short domain for which the target LDAP server is an authority. This is usually used to mainspecify the NetBIOS domain name for Windows networks but may also be used by non-AD NameShort servers. accountFilterThe LDAP search lter used to search for accounts. This string is a sprintf() style expression Format that must contain one %s to accommodate the username. The default value is (&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=%s)) unless bindRequiresDn is set to TRUE, in which case the default is (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%s)). Users of custom schemas may need to change this option. allowEmptySome LDAP servers can be congured to accept an empty string password as an anonymous Password bind. This behavior is almost always undesirable. For this reason, empty passwords are explicitly disallowed. Set this value to TRUE to allow an empty string password to be submitted during the bind. optReferrals If set to TRUE, this option indicates to the LDAP client that referrals should be followed. The default value is FALSE. tryUsernameS- If set to FALSE, this option indicates that the given username should not be split at the rst @ plit or \ character to separate the username from the domain during the binding-procedure. This allows the user to use usernames that contain an @ or \ character that do not inherit some domain-information, e.g. using email-addresses for binding. The default value is TRUE. networkTimeNumber of seconds to wait for LDAP connection before fail. If not set the default value is the out system value.

144.2 API Reference


Note: Method names in italics are static methods.

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ZEND\LDAP\LDAP
Zend\Ldap\Ldap is the base interface into a LDAP server. It provides connection and binding methods as well as methods to operate on the LDAP tree.

Method __construct($options) resource getResource() integer getLastErrorCode() string getLastError(integer &$errorCode, array &$errorMessages) Zend\Ldap\Ldap setOptions($options) array getOptions() string getBaseDn() string getCanonicalAccountName(string $acctname, integer $form) Zend\Ldap\Ldap disconnect() Zend\Ldap\Ldap connect(string $host, integer $port, boolean $useSsl, boolean $useStartTls, integer $networkTimeout) Zend\Ldap\Ldap bind(string $username, string $password) Zend\Ldap\Collection search(string|Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter $lter, string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $basedn, integer $scope, array $attrib integer count(string|Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter $lter, string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $basedn, integer $scope) integer countChildren(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn) boolean exists(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn) array searchEntries(string|Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter $lter, string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $basedn, integer $scope, array $attributes, strin array getEntry(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn, array $attributes, boolean $throwOnNotFound) void prepareLdapEntryArray(array &$entry) Zend\Ldap\Ldap add(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn, array $entry) Zend\Ldap\Ldap update(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn, array $entry) Zend\Ldap\Ldap save(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn, array $entry) Zend\Ldap\Ldap delete(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn, boolean $recursively) Zend\Ldap\Ldap moveToSubtree(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $from, string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $to, boolean $recursively, boolean $alwaysEmula Zend\Ldap\Ldap move(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $from, string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $to, boolean $recursively, boolean $alwaysEmulate) Zend\Ldap\Ldap rename(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $from, string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $to, boolean $recursively, boolean $alwaysEmulate) Zend\Ldap\Ldap copyToSubtree(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $from, string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $to, boolean $recursively) Zend\Ldap\Ldap copy(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $from, string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $to, boolean $recursively) Zend\Ldap\Node getNode(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn) Zend\Ldap\Node getBaseNode() Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse getRootDse() Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema getSchema()

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145.1 Zend\Ldap\Collection
Zend\Ldap\Collection implements Iterator to allow for item traversal using foreach() and Countable to be able to respond to count(). With its protected createEntry() method it provides a simple extension point for developers needing custom result objects. Table 145.2: Zend\Ldap\Collection API Method Description __conConstructor. The constructor must be provided by a struct(Zend\Ldap\Collection\Iterator\Interface Zend\Ldap\Collection\Iterator\Interface which does the real result iteration. $iterator) Zend\Ldap\Collection\Iterator\Default is the default implementation for iterating ext/ldap results. boolean close() Closes the internal iterator. This is also called in the destructor. array toArray() Returns all entries as an array. array getFirst() Returns the rst entry in the collection or NULL if the collection is empty.

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ZEND\LDAP\ATTRIBUTE
Zend\Ldap\Attribute is a helper class providing only static methods to manipulate arrays suitable to the structure used in Zend\Ldap\Ldap data modication methods and to the data format required by the LDAP server. PHP data types are converted using Zend\Ldap\Converter\Converter methods.

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Table 146.1: Zend\Ldap\Attribute API Method void setAttribute(array &$data, string $attribName, mixed $value, boolean $append) array|mixed getAttribute(array $data, string $attribName, integer|null $index) Description Sets the attribute $attribName in $data to the value $value. If $append is TRUE (FALSE by default) $value will be appended to the attribute. $value can be a scalar value or an array of scalar values. Conversion will take place. Returns the attribute $attribName from $data. If $index is NULL (default) an array will be returned containing all the values for the given attribute. An empty array will be returned if the attribute does not exist in the given array. If an integer index is specied the corresponding value at the given index will be returned. If the index is out of bounds, NULL will be returned. Conversion will take place. Checks if the attribute $attribName in $data has the value(s) given in $value. The method returns TRUE only if all values in $value are present in the attribute. Comparison is done strictly (respecting the data type). Removes all duplicates from the attribute $attribName in $data. Removes the value(s) given in $value from the attribute $attribName in $data. Sets a LDAP password for the attribute $attribName in $data. $attribName defaults to userPassword which is the standard password attribute. The password hash can be specied with $hashType. The default value here is Zend\Ldap\Attribute::PASSWORD_HASH_MD5 with Zend\Ldap\Attribute::PASSWORD_HASH_SHA as the other possibility. Creates a LDAP password. The password hash can be specied with $hashType. The default value here is Zend\Ldap\Attribute::PASSWORD_HASH_MD5 with Zend\Ldap\Attribute::PASSWORD_HASH_SHA as the other possibility. Sets the attribute $attribName in $data to the date/time value $value. if $append is TRUE (FALSE by default) $value will be appended to the attribute. $value can be an integer value or an array of integers. Date-time-conversion according to Zend\Ldap\Converter\Converter::toLdapDateTime() will take place. Returns the date/time attribute $attribName from $data. If $index is NULL (default) an array will be returned containing all the date/time values for the given attribute. An empty array will be returned if the attribute does not exist in the given array. If an integer index is specied the corresponding date/time value at the given index will be returned. If the index is out of bounds, NULL will be returned. Date-time-conversion according to Zend\Ldap\Converter\Converter::fromLdapDateTime() will take place.

boolean attributeHasValue(array &$data, string $attribName, mixed|array $value)

void removeDuplicatesFromAttribute(array &$data, string $attribName) void removeFromAttribute(array &$data, string $attribName, mixed|array $value) void setPassword(array &$data, string $password, string $hashType, string $attribName)

string createPassword(string $password, string $hashType)

void setDateTimeAttribute(array &$data, string $attribName, integer|array $value, boolean $utc, boolean $append)

array|integer getDateTimeAttribute(array $data, string $attribName, integer|null $index)

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Zend\Ldap\Converter\Converter is a helper class providing only static methods to manipulate arrays suitable to the data format required by the LDAP server. PHP data types are converted the following way: string No conversion will be done. integer and oat The value will be converted to a string. boolean TRUE will be converted to TRUE and FALSE to FALSE object and array The value will be converted to a string by using serialize(). Date/Time The value will be converted to a string with the following date() format YmdHisO, UTC timezone (+0000) will be replaced with a Z. For example 01-30-2011 01:17:32 PM GMT-6 will be 201130011317320600 and 30-01-2012 15:17:32 UTC will be 20120130151732Z resource If a stream resource is given, the data will be fetched by calling stream_get_contents(). others All other data types (namely non-stream resources) will be omitted. On reading values the following conversion will take place: TRUE Converted to TRUE. FALSE Converted to FALSE. others All other strings wont be automatically converted and are passed as they are.

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Table 147.1: Zend\Ldap\Converter\Converter API Method string ascToHex32(string $string) string hex32ToAsc(string $string) string|null toLdap(mixed $value, int $type) Description Convert all Ascii characters with decimal value less than 32 to hexadecimal value. Convert all hexadecimal characters by his Ascii value. Converts a PHP data type into its LDAP representation. $type argument is used to set the conversion method by default Converter::STANDARD where the function will try to guess the conversion method to use, others possibilities are Converter::BOOLEAN and Converter::GENERALIZED_TIME See introduction for details. Converts an LDAP value into its PHP data type. See introduction and toLdap() and toLdapDateTime() for details. Converts a timestamp, a DateTime Object, a string that is parseable by strtotime() or a DateTime into its LDAP date/time representation. If $asUtc is TRUE ( FALSE by default) the resulting LDAP date/time string will be inUTC, otherwise a local date/time string will be returned. Converts LDAP date/time representation into a PHP DateTime object.

mixed fromLdap(string $value, int $type, boolean $dateTimeAsUtc) string|null toLdapDateTime(integer|string|DateTime $date, boolean $asUtc) DateTime fromLdapDateTime(string $date, boolean $asUtc) string toLdapBoolean(boolean|integer|string $value) boolean fromLdapBoolean(string $value) string toLdapSerialize(mixed $value) mixed fromLdapUnserialize(string $value)

Converts a PHP data type into its LDAP boolean representation. By default always return FALSE except if the value is true , true or 1 Converts LDAP boolean representation into a PHP boolean data type. The value will be converted to a string by using serialize(). The value will be converted from a string by using unserialize().

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Zend\Ldap\Dn provides an object-oriented interface to manipulating LDAP distinguished names (DN). The parameter $caseFold that is used in several methods determines the way DN attributes are handled regarding their case. Allowed values for this parameter are: ZendLdapDn::ATTR_CASEFOLD_NONE No case-folding will be done. ZendLdapDn::ATTR_CASEFOLD_UPPER All attributes will be converted to upper-case. ZendLdapDn::ATTR_CASEFOLD_LOWER All attributes will be converted to lower-case. The default case-folding is Zend\Ldap\Dn::ATTR_CASEFOLD_NONE and can be set with Zend\Ldap\Dn::setDefaultCaseFold(). Each instance of Zend\Ldap\Dn can have its own casefolding-setting. If the $caseFold parameter is omitted in method-calls it defaults to the instances case-folding setting. The class implements ArrayAccess to allow indexer-access to the different parts of the DN. The ArrayAccess-methods proxy to Zend\Ldap\Dn::get($offset, 1, null) for offsetGet(integer $offset), to Zend\Ldap\Dn::set($offset, $value) for offsetSet() and to Zend\Ldap\Dn::remove($offset, 1) for offsetUnset(). offsetExists() simply checks if the index is within the bounds.

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Table 148.1: Zend\Ldap\Dn API Method Zend\Ldap\Dn factory(string|array $dn, string|null $caseFold) Zend\Ldap\Dn fromString(string $dn, string|null $caseFold) Zend\Ldap\Dn fromArray(array $dn, string|null $caseFold) array getRdn(string|null $caseFold) string getRdnString(string|null $caseFold) Zend\Ldap\Dn getParentDn(integer $levelUp) array get(integer $index, integer $length, string|null $caseFold) Zend\Ldap\Dn set(integer $index, array $value) Zend\Ldap\Dn remove(integer $index, integer $length) Zend\Ldap\Dn append(array $value) Zend\Ldap\Dn prepend(array $value) Zend\Ldap\Dn insert(integer $index, array $value) void setCaseFold(string|null $caseFold) Description Creates a Zend\Ldap\Dn instance from an array or a string. The array must conform to the array structure detailed under Zend\Ldap\Dn::implodeDn(). Creates a Zend\Ldap\Dn instance from a string. Creates a Zend\Ldap\Dn instance from an array. The array must conform to the array structure detailed under Zend\Ldap\Dn::implodeDn(). Gets the RDN of the current DN. The return value is an array with the RDN attribute names its keys and the RDN attribute values. Gets the RDN of the current DN. The return value is a string. Gets the DN of the current DNs ancestor $levelUp levels up the tree. $levelUp defaults to 1. Returns a slice of the current DN determined by $index and $length. $index starts with 0 on the DN part from the left. Replaces a DN part in the current DN. This operation manipulates the current instance. Removes a DN part from the current DN. This operation manipulates the current instance. $length defaults to 1 Appends a DN part to the current DN. This operation manipulates the current instance. Prepends a DN part to the current DN. This operation manipulates the current instance. Inserts a DN part after the index $index to the current DN. This operation manipulates the current instance. Sets the case-folding option to the current DN instance. If $caseFold is NULL the default case-folding setting (Zend\Ldap\Dn::ATTR_CASEFOLD_NONE by default or set via Zend\Ldap\Dn::setDefaultCaseFold() will be set for the current instance. Returns DN as a string. Returns DN as an array. Returns DN as a string - proxies to Zend\Ldap\Dn::toString(null). Sets the default case-folding option used by all instances on creation by default. Already existing instances are not affected by this setting. Escapes a DN value according to RFC 2253. Undoes the conversion done by Zend\Ldap\Dn::escapeValue(). Explodes the DN $dn into an array containing all parts of the given DN. $keys optionally receive DN keys (e.g. CN, OU, DC, ...). $vals optionally receive DN values. The resulting array will be of type array( array(cn => name1, uid => user), array(cn => name2), array(dc => example), array(dc => org) ) for a DN of cn=name1+uid=user,cn=name2,dc=example,dc=org. Checks if a given DN $dn is malformed. If $keys or $keys and $vals are given, these arrays will be lled with the appropriate DN keys and values. Returns a DN part in the form $attribute=$value Implodes an array in the form delivered by Zend\Ldap\Dn::explodeDn() to a DN string. $separator defaults to , but some LDAP servers also understand ;. $dnArray must of type array( array(cn => name1, uid => user), array(cn => name2),Chapter array(dc => example), 148. Zend\Ldap\Dn array(dc => org) ) Checks if given $childDn is beneath $parentDn subtree.

string toString(string|null $caseFold) array toArray(string|null $caseFold) string __toString() void setDefaultCaseFold(string $caseFold) array escapeValue(string|array $values) array unescapeValue(string|array $values) array explodeDn(string $dn, array &$keys, array &$vals, string|null $caseFold)

boolean checkDn(string $dn, array &$keys, array &$vals, string|null $caseFold) string implodeRdn(array $part, string|null $caseFold) string implodeDn(array $dnArray, string|null $caseFold, string $separator) 698 boolean isChildOf(string|Zend\Ldap\Dn

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Table 149.1: Zend\Ldap\Filter API Method Zend\Ldap\Filter equals(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter begins(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter ends(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter contains(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter greater(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter greaterOrEqual(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter less(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter lessOrEqual(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter approx(string $attr, string $value) Zend\Ldap\Filter any(string $attr) Zend\Ldap\Filter string(string $lter) Zend\Ldap\Filter mask(string $mask, string $value,...) Zend\Ldap\Filter andFilter(Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter $lter,...) Zend\Ldap\Filter orFilter(Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter $lter,...) __construct(string $attr, string $value, string $ltertype, string|null $prepend, string|null $append) string toString() string __toString() Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter negate() Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter addAnd(Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter 700 $lter,...) Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter addOr(Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter Description Creates an equals lter: (attr=value). Creates an begins with lter: (attr=value*). Creates an ends with lter: (attr=*value). Creates an contains lter: (attr=*value*). Creates an greater lter: (attr>value). Creates an greater or equal lter: (attr>=value). Creates an less lter: (attr<value). Creates an less or equal lter: (attr<=value). Creates an approx lter: (attr~=value). Creates an any lter: (attr=*). Creates a simple custom string lter. The user is responsible for all value-escaping as the lter is used as is. Creates a lter from a string mask. All $value parameters will be escaped and substituted into $mask by using sprintf() Creates an and lter from all arguments given.

Creates an or lter from all arguments given.

Constructor. Creates an arbitrary lter according to the parameters supplied. The resulting lter will be a concatenation $attr . $ltertype . $prepend . $value . $append. Normally this constructor is not needed as all lters can be created by using the appropriate factory methods. Returns a string representation of the lter. Returns a string representation of the lter. Proxies to Zend\Ldap\Filter::toString(). Negates the current lter. Creates an and lter from the current lter and all lters passed in as the arguments. Chapter 149. Zend\Ldap\Filter Creates an or lter from the current lter and all lters passed in as the arguments.

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Zend\Ldap\Node includes the magic property accessors __set(), __get(), __unset() and __isset() to access the attributes by their name. They proxy to Zend\Ldap\Node::setAttribute(), Zend\Ldap\Node::getAttribute(), Zend\Ldap\Node::deleteAttribute() and Zend\Ldap\Node::existsAttribute() respectively. Furthermore the class implements ArrayAccess for array-style-access to the attributes. Zend\Ldap\Node also implements Iterator and RecursiveIterator to allow for recursive tree-traversal.

Method Zend\Ldap\Ldap getLdap() Zend\Ldap\Node attachLdap(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) Zend\Ldap\Node detachLdap() boolean isAttached() Zend\Ldap\Node create(string|array|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn, array $objectClass) Zend\Ldap\Node fromLdap(string|array|Zend\Ldap\Dn $dn, Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) Zend\Ldap\Node fromArray((array $data, boolean $fromDataSource) boolean isNew() boolean willBeDeleted() Zend\Ldap\Node delete() boolean willBeMoved() Zend\Ldap\Node update(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) Zend\Ldap\Dn getCurrentDn() Zend\Ldap\Dn getDn() string getDnString(string $caseFold) array getDnArray(string $caseFold) string getRdnString(string $caseFold) array getRdnArray(string $caseFold) Zend\Ldap\Node setDn(Zend\Ldap\Dn|string|array $newDn) Zend\Ldap\Node move(Zend\Ldap\Dn|string|array $newDn) Zend\Ldap\Node rename(Zend\Ldap\Dn|string|array $newDn) array getObjectClass() Zend\Ldap\Node setObjectClass(array|string $value) Zend\Ldap\Node appendObjectClass(array|string $value) string toLdif(array $options) array getChangedData() array getChanges() string toString() string __toString() array toArray(boolean $includeSystemAttributes)

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Method string toJson(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) array getData(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) boolean existsAttribute(string $name, boolean $emptyExists) boolean attributeHasValue(string $name, mixed|array $value) integer count() mixed getAttribute(string $name, integer|null $index) array getAttributes(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) Zend\Ldap\Node setAttribute(string $name, mixed $value) Zend\Ldap\Node appendToAttribute(string $name, mixed $value) array|integer getDateTimeAttribute(string $name, integer|null $index) Zend\Ldap\Node setDateTimeAttribute(string $name, integer|array $value, boolean $utc) Zend\Ldap\Node appendToDateTimeAttribute(string $name, integer|array $value, boolean $utc) Zend\Ldap\Node setPasswordAttribute(string $password, string $hashType, string $attribName) Zend\Ldap\Node deleteAttribute(string $name) void removeDuplicatesFromAttribute(string$name) void removeFromAttribute(string $attribName, mixed|array $value) boolean exists(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) Zend\Ldap\Node reload(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) Zend\Ldap\Node\Collection searchSubtree(string|Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter $lter, integer $scope, string $sort) integer countSubtree(string|Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter $lter, integer $scope) integer countChildren() Zend\Ldap\Node\Collection searchChildren(string|Zend\Ldap\Filter\AbstractFilter $lter, string $sort) boolean hasChildren() Zend\Ldap\Node\ChildrenIterator getChildren() Zend\Ldap\Node getParent(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap)

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The following methods are available on all vendor-specic subclasses. Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse includes the magic property accessors __get() and __isset() to access the attributes by their name. They proxy to Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::getAttribute() and Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::existsAttribute() respectively. __set() and __unset() are also implemented but they throw a BadMethodCallException as modications are not allowed on RootDSE nodes. Furthermore the class implements ArrayAccess for array-style-access to the attributes. offsetSet() and offsetUnset() also throw a BadMethodCallException due ro obvious reasons.

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Table 151.1: Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse API Method Zend\Ldap\Dn getDn() string getDnString(string $caseFold) array getDnArray(string $caseFold) string getRdnString(string $caseFold) array getRdnArray(string $caseFold) array getObjectClass() string toString() string __toString() array toArray(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) Description Gets the DN of the current node as a Zend\Ldap\Dn. Gets the DN of the current node as a string. Gets the DN of the current node as an array. Gets the RDN of the current node as a string. Gets the RDN of the current node as an array. Returns the objectClass of the node. Returns the DN of the current node - proxies to Zend\Ldap\Dn::getDnString(). Casts to string representation - proxies to Zend\Ldap\Dn::toString(). Returns an array representation of the current node. If $includeSystemAttributes is FALSE (defaults to TRUE) the system specic attributes are stripped from the array. Unlike Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::getAttributes() the resulting array contains the DN with key dn. Returns a JSON representation of the current node using Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::toArray(). Returns the nodes attributes. The array contains all attributes in its internal format (no conversion). Checks whether a given attribute exists. If $emptyExists is FALSE, empty attributes (containing only array()) are treated as non-existent returning FALSE. If $emptyExists is TRUE, empty attributes are treated as existent returning TRUE. In this case the method returns FALSE only if the attribute name is missing in the key-collection. Checks if the given value(s) exist in the attribute. The method returns TRUE only if all values in $value are present in the attribute. Comparison is done strictly (respecting the data type). Returns the number of attributes in the node. Implements Countable. Gets a LDAP attribute. Data conversion is applied using Zend\Ldap\Attribute::getAttribute(). Gets all attributes of node. If $includeSystemAttributes is FALSE (defaults to TRUE) the system specic attributes are stripped from the array. Gets a LDAP date/time attribute. Data conversion is applied using Zend\Ldap\Attribute::getDateTimeAttribute(). Reloads the current nodes attributes from the given LDAP server. Factory method to create the RootDSE. Gets the namingContexts. Gets the subschemaSubentry. Determines if the LDAP version is supported.

string toJson(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) array getData(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) boolean existsAttribute(string $name, boolean $emptyExists)

boolean attributeHasValue(string $name, mixed|array $value) integer count() mixed getAttribute(string $name, integer|null $index) array getAttributes(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) array|integer getDateTimeAttribute(string $name, integer|null $index) Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse reload(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse create(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) array getNamingContexts() string|null getSubschemaSubentry() boolean supportsVersion(string|int|array $versions) boolean supportsSaslMechanism(string|array $mechlist) integer getServerType() 704

Determines if the sasl mechanism is supported.

Gets the server type. Returns Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::SERVER_TYPE_GENERICfor unknown LDAP serversZend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::SERVER_TYPE_OPENLDAPfor Chapter 151. Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse OpenLDAP serversZend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::SERVER_TYPE_ACTIVEDIRECTORYfor Microsoft ActiveDirectory

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Additionally the common methods above apply to instances of Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse\OpenLdap. Note: Refer to LDAP Operational Attributes and Objects for information on the attributes of OpenLDAP RootDSE.

Table 151.2: Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse\OpenLdap API Method integer getServerType() string|null getCongContext() string|null getMonitorContext() boolean supportsControl(string|array $oids) boolean supportsExtension(string|array $oids) boolean supportsFeature(string|array $oids) Description Gets the server type. Returns Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::SERVER_TYPE_OPENLDAP Gets the congContext. Gets the monitorContext. Determines if the control is supported. Determines if the extension is supported. Determines if the feature is supported.

151.2 ActiveDirectory
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Table 151.3: Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse\ActiveDirectory API Method integer getServerType() string|null getCongurationNamingContext() string|null getCurrentTime() string|null getDefaultNamingContext() string|null getDnsHostName() string|null getDomainControllerFunctionality() string|null getDomainFunctionality() string|null getDsServiceName() string|null getForestFunctionality() string|null getHighestCommittedUSN() string|null getIsGlobalCatalogReady() string|null getIsSynchronized() string|null getLdapServiceName() string|null getRootDomainNamingContext() string|null getSchemaNamingContext() string|null getServerName() boolean supportsCapability(string|array $oids) boolean supportsControl(string|array $oids) boolean supportsPolicy(string|array $policies) Description Gets the server type. Returns Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::SERVER_TYPE_ACTIVEDIRECTORY Gets the congurationNamingContext. Gets the currentTime. Gets the defaultNamingContext. Gets the dnsHostName. Gets the domainControllerFunctionality. Gets the domainFunctionality. Gets the dsServiceName. Gets the forestFunctionality. Gets the highestCommittedUSN. Gets the isGlobalCatalogReady. Gets the isSynchronized. Gets the ldapServiceName. Gets the rootDomainNamingContext. Gets the schemaNamingContext. Gets the serverName. Determines if the capability is supported.

Determines if the control is supported. Determines if the version is supported.

151.3 eDirectory
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Table 151.4: Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse\eDirectory API Method integer getServerType() boolean supportsExtension(string|array $oids) string|null getVendorName() string|null getVendorVersion() string|null getDsaName() string|null getStatisticsErrors() string|null getStatisticsSecurityErrors() string|null getStatisticsChainings() string|null getStatisticsReferralsReturned() string|null getStatisticsExtendedOps() string|null getStatisticsAbandonOps() string|null getStatisticsWholeSubtreeSearchOps() Description Gets the server type. Returns Zend\Ldap\Node\RootDse::SERVER_TYPE_EDIRECTORY Determines if the extension is supported. Gets the vendorName. Gets the vendorVersion. Gets the dsaName. Gets the server statistics errors. Gets the server statistics securityErrors. Gets the server statistics chainings. Gets the server statistics referralsReturned. Gets the server statistics extendedOps. Gets the server statistics abandonOps. Gets the server statistics wholeSubtreeSearchOps.

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The following methods are available on all vendor-specic subclasses. ZendLdapNodeSchema includes the magic property accessors __get() and __isset() to access the attributes by their name. They proxy to ZendLdapNodeSchema::getAttribute() and ZendLdapNodeSchema::existsAttribute() respectively. __set() and __unset() are also implemented, but they throw a BadMethodCallException as modications are not allowed on RootDSE nodes. Furthermore the class implements ArrayAccess for array-style-access to the attributes. offsetSet() and offsetUnset() also throw a BadMethodCallException due to obvious reasons.

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Table 152.1: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema API Method Zend\Ldap\Dn getDn() string getDnString(string $caseFold) array getDnArray(string $caseFold) string getRdnString(string $caseFold) array getRdnArray(string $caseFold) array getObjectClass() string toString() string __toString() array toArray(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) Description Gets the DN of the current node as a Zend\Ldap\Dn. Gets the DN of the current node as a string. Gets the DN of the current node as an array. Gets the RDN of the current node as a string. Gets the RDN of the current node as an array. Returns the objectClass of the node. Returns the DN of the current node - proxies to Zend\Ldap\Dn::getDnString(). Casts to string representation - proxies to Zend\Ldap\Dn::toString(). Returns an array representation of the current node. If $includeSystemAttributes is FALSE (defaults to TRUE), the system specic attributes are stripped from the array. Unlike Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema::getAttributes(), the resulting array contains the DN with key dn. Returns a JSON representation of the current node using Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema::toArray(). Returns the nodes attributes. The array contains all attributes in its internal format (no conversion). Checks whether a given attribute exists. If $emptyExists is FALSE, empty attributes (containing only array()) are treated as non-existent returning FALSE. If $emptyExists is TRUE, empty attributes are treated as existent returning TRUE. In this case the method returns FALSE only if the attribute name is missing in the key-collection. Checks if the given value(s) exist in the attribute. The method returns TRUE only if all values in $value are present in the attribute. Comparison is done strictly (respecting the data type). Returns the number of attributes in the node. Implements Countable. Gets a LDAP attribute. Data conversion is applied using Zend\Ldap\Attribute::getAttribute(). Gets all attributes of node. If $includeSystemAttributes is FALSE (defaults to TRUE) the system specic attributes are stripped from the array. Gets a LDAP date/time attribute. Data conversion is applied using Zend\Ldap\Attribute::getDateTimeAttribute(). Reloads the current nodes attributes from the given LDAP server. Factory method to create the Schema node. Gets the attribute types as an array of . Gets the object classes as an array of Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\ObjectClass\Interface.

string toJson(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) array getData(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) boolean existsAttribute(string $name, boolean $emptyExists)

boolean attributeHasValue(string $name, mixed|array $value) integer count() mixed getAttribute(string $name, integer|null $index) array getAttributes(boolean $includeSystemAttributes) array|integer getDateTimeAttribute(string $name, integer|null $index) Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema reload(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema create(Zend\Ldap\Ldap $ldap) array getAttributeTypes() array getObjectClasses()

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Table 152.2: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\AttributeType\Interface API Method string getName() string getOid() string getSyntax() int|null getMaxLength() boolean isSingleValued() string getDescription() Description Gets the attribute name. Gets the attribute OID. Gets the attribute syntax. Gets the attribute maximum length. Returns if the attribute is single-valued. Gets the attribute description

Table 152.3: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\ObjectClass\Interface API Method string getName() string getOid() array getMustContain() array getMayContain() string getDescription() integer getType() Description Returns the objectClass name. Returns the objectClass OID. Returns the attributes that this objectClass must contain.

Returns the attributes that this objectClass may contain.

Returns the attribute description Returns the objectClass type. The method returns one of the following values: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema::OBJECTCLASS_TYPE_UNKNOWNfor unknown class typesZend\Ldap\Node\Schema::OBJECTCLASS_TYPE_STRUCTURALfor structural classesZend\Ldap\Node\Schema::OBJECTCLASS_TYPE_ABSTRACTfor abstract classesZend\Ldap\Node\Schema::OBJECTCLASS_TYPE_AUXILIARYfor auxiliary classes Returns the parent objectClasses of this class. This includes structural, abstract and auxiliary objectClasses.

array getParentClasses()

Classes representing attribute types and object classes extend ZendLdapNodeSchemaAbstractItem which provides some core methods to access arbitrary attributes on the underlying LDAP node. ZendLdapNodeSchemaAbstractItem includes the magic property accessors __get() and __isset() to access the attributes by their name. Furthermore the class implements ArrayAccess for array-style-access to the attributes. offsetSet() and offsetUnset() throw a BadMethodCallException as modications are not allowed on schema information nodes. Table 152.4: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\AbstractItem API Method array getData() integer count() Description Gets all the underlying data from the schema information node. Returns the number of attributes in this schema information node. Implements Countable.

152.1 OpenLDAP
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Table 152.5: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\OpenLDAP API Method array getLdapSyntaxes() array getMatchingRules() array getMatchingRuleUse() Description Gets the LDAP syntaxes. Gets the matching rules. Gets the matching rule use.

Table 152.6: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\AttributeType\OpenLDAP API Method Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\AttributeType\OpenLdap|null getParent() Description Returns the parent attribute type in the inheritance tree if one exists.

Table 152.7: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\ObjectClass\OpenLDAP API Method array getParents() Description Returns the parent object classes in the inheritance tree if one exists. The returned array is an array of Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\ObjectClass\OpenLdap.

152.2 ActiveDirectory
Note: Schema browsing on ActiveDirectory servers Due to restrictions on Microsoft ActiveDirectory servers regarding the number of entries returned by generic search routines and due to the structure of the ActiveDirectory schema repository, schema browsing is currently not available for Microsoft ActiveDirectory servers. ZendLdapNodeSchemaActiveDirectory does not provide any additional methods. Table 152.8: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\AttributeType\ActiveDirectory API Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\AttributeType\ActiveDirectory does not provide any additional methods. Table 152.9: Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\ObjectClass\ActiveDirectory API Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema\ObjectClass\ActiveDirectory does not provide any additional methods.

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Table 153.1: Zend\Ldap\Ldif\Encoder API Method Description array decode(string $string) Decodes the string $string into an array of LDIF items. string enEncode $value into a LDIF representation. $options is an array that may code(scalar|array|Zend\Ldap\Nodecontain the following keys: sort Sort the given attributes with dn following $value, array $options) objectClass and following all other attributes sorted alphabetically. TRUE by default. version The LDIF format version. 1 by default. wrap The line-length. 78 by default to conform to the LDIF specication.

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154.1 Authentication scenarios
154.1.1 OpenLDAP 154.1.2 ActiveDirectory

154.2 Basic CRUD operations


154.2.1 Retrieving data from the LDAP
Getting an entry by its DN $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $hm = $ldap->getEntry(cn=Hugo Mller,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local); /* $hm is an array of the following structure array( dn => cn=Hugo Mller,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local, cn => array(Hugo Mller), sn => array(Mller), objectclass => array(inetOrgPerson, top), ... ) */

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Check for the existence of a given DN $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $isThere = $ldap->exists(cn=Hugo Mller,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local);

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Count children of a given DN $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $childrenCount = $ldap->countChildren( cn=Hugo Mller,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local);

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Searching the LDAP tree $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $result = $ldap->search((objectclass=*), ou=People,dc=my,dc=local, Zend\Ldap\Ldap::SEARCH_SCOPE_ONE); foreach ($result as $item) { echo $item["dn"] . : . $item[cn][0] . PHP_EOL; }

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Add a new entry to the LDAP $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $entry = array(); Zend\Ldap\Attribute::setAttribute($entry, cn, Hans Meier); Zend\Ldap\Attribute::setAttribute($entry, sn, Meier); Zend\Ldap\Attribute::setAttribute($entry, objectClass, inetOrgPerson); $ldap->add(cn=Hans Meier,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local, $entry);

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Delete an existing entry from the LDAP $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $ldap->delete(cn=Hans Meier,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local);

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Update an existing entry on the LDAP $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind();

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$hm = $ldap->getEntry(cn=Hugo Mller,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local); Zend\Ldap\Attribute::setAttribute($hm, mail, mueller@my.local); Zend\Ldap\Attribute::setPassword($hm, newPa$$w0rd, Zend\Ldap\Attribute::PASSWORD_HASH_SHA1); $ldap->update(cn=Hugo Mller,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local, $hm);

154.3 Extended operations


154.3.1 Copy and move entries in the LDAP
Copy a LDAP entry recursively with all its descendants $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $ldap->copy(cn=Hugo Mller,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local, cn=Hans Meier,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local, true);

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Move a LDAP entry recursively with all its descendants to a different subtree $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $ldap->moveToSubtree(cn=Hugo Mller,ou=People,dc=my,dc=local, ou=Dismissed,dc=my,dc=local, true);

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Create simple LDAP lters $f1 $f2 $f3 $f4 $f5 $f6 $f7 $f8 $f9 $f10 = = = = = = = = = = Zend\Ldap\Filter::equals(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::begins(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::ends(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::contains(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::greater(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::greaterOrEqual(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::less(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::lessOrEqual(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::approx(name, value); Zend\Ldap\Filter::any(name); // // // // // // // // // // (name=value) (name=value*) (name=*value) (name=*value*) (name>value) (name>=value) (name<value) (name<=value) (name~=value) (name=*)

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Create more complex LDAP lters $f1 = Zend\Ldap\Filter::ends(name, value)->negate(); // (!(name=*value)) $f2 = Zend\Ldap\Filter::equals(name, value); $f3 = Zend\Ldap\Filter::begins(name, value); $f4 = Zend\Ldap\Filter::ends(name, value); // (&(name=value)(name=value*)(name=*value)) $f5 = Zend\Ldap\Filter::andFilter($f2, $f3, $f4); // (|(name=value)(name=value*)(name=*value)) $f6 = Zend\Ldap\Filter::orFilter($f2, $f3, $f4);

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156.1 Basic CRUD operations
156.1.1 Retrieving data from the LDAP 156.1.2 Getting a node by its DN 156.1.3 Searching a nodes subtree 156.1.4 Adding a new node to the LDAP 156.1.5 Deleting a node from the LDAP 156.1.6 Updating a node on the LDAP

156.2 Extended operations


156.2.1 Copy and move nodes in the LDAP

156.3 Tree traversal


Traverse LDAP tree recursively $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $ldap->bind(); $ri = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($ldap->getBaseNode(), RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST); foreach ($ri as $rdn => $n) { var_dump($n); }

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157.1 RootDSE
See the following documents for more information on the attributes contained within the RootDSE for a given LDAP server. OpenLDAP Microsoft ActiveDirectory Novell eDirectory
Getting hands on the RootDSE $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $rootdse = $ldap->getRootDse(); $serverType = $rootdse->getServerType();

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Getting hands on the server schema $options = array(/* ... */); $ldap = new Zend\Ldap\Ldap($options); $schema = $ldap->getSchema(); $classes = $schema->getObjectClasses();

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158.1 Serialize a LDAP entry to LDIF
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$data = array( dn objectclass

=> uid=rogasawara,ou=,o=Airius, => array(top, person, organizationalPerson, inetOrgPerson), uid => array(rogasawara), mail => array(rogasawara@airius.co.jp), givenname;lang-ja => array(), sn;lang-ja => array(), cn;lang-ja => array( ), title;lang-ja => array( ), preferredlanguage => array(ja), givenname => array(), sn => array(), cn => array( ), title => array( ), givenname;lang-ja;phonetic => array(), sn;lang-ja;phonetic => array(), cn;lang-ja;phonetic => array( ), title;lang-ja;phonetic => array( ), givenname;lang-en => array(Rodney), sn;lang-en => array(Ogasawara), cn;lang-en => array(Rodney Ogasawara), title;lang-en => array(Sales, Director),

); $ldif = Zend\Ldap\Ldif\Encoder::encode($data, array(sort => false, version => null)); /* $ldif contains: dn:: dWlkPXJvZ2FzYXdhcmEsb3U95Za25qWt6YOoLG89QWlyaXVz objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson uid: rogasawara mail: rogasawara@airius.co.jp

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givenname;lang-ja:: 44Ot44OJ44OL44O8 sn;lang-ja:: 5bCP56yg5Y6f cn;lang-ja:: 5bCP56yg5Y6fIOODreODieODi+ODvA== title;lang-ja:: 5Za25qWt6YOoIOmDqOmVtw== preferredlanguage: ja givenname:: 44Ot44OJ44OL44O8 sn:: 5bCP56yg5Y6f cn:: 5bCP56yg5Y6fIOODreODieODi+ODvA== title:: 5Za25qWt6YOoIOmDqOmVtw== givenname;lang-ja;phonetic:: 44KN44Gp44Gr44O8 sn;lang-ja;phonetic:: 44GK44GM44GV44KP44KJ cn;lang-ja;phonetic:: 44GK44GM44GV44KP44KJIOOCjeOBqeOBq+ODvA== title;lang-ja;phonetic:: 44GI44GE44GO44KH44GG44G2IOOBtuOBoeOCh+OBhg== givenname;lang-en: Rodney sn;lang-en: Ogasawara cn;lang-en: Rodney Ogasawara title;lang-en: Sales, Director */

158.2 Deserialize a LDIF string into a LDAP entry


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$ldif = "dn:: dWlkPXJvZ2FzYXdhcmEsb3U95Za25qWt6YOoLG89QWlyaXVz objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson uid: rogasawara mail: rogasawara@airius.co.jp givenname;lang-ja:: 44Ot44OJ44OL44O8 sn;lang-ja:: 5bCP56yg5Y6f cn;lang-ja:: 5bCP56yg5Y6fIOODreODieODi+ODvA== title;lang-ja:: 5Za25qWt6YOoIOmDqOmVtw== preferredlanguage: ja givenname:: 44Ot44OJ44OL44O8 sn:: 5bCP56yg5Y6f cn:: 5bCP56yg5Y6fIOODreODieODi+ODvA== title:: 5Za25qWt6YOoIOmDqOmVtw== givenname;lang-ja;phonetic:: 44KN44Gp44Gr44O8 sn;lang-ja;phonetic:: 44GK44GM44GV44KP44KJ cn;lang-ja;phonetic:: 44GK44GM44GV44KP44KJIOOCjeOBqeOBq+ODvA== title;lang-ja;phonetic:: 44GI44GE44GO44KH44GG44G2IOOBtuOBoeOCh+OBhg== givenname;lang-en: Rodney sn;lang-en: Ogasawara cn;lang-en: Rodney Ogasawara title;lang-en: Sales, Director"; $data = Zend\Ldap\Ldif\Encoder::decode($ldif); /* $data = array( dn => uid=rogasawara,ou=,o=Airius, objectclass => array(top, person, organizationalPerson, inetOrgPerson), uid => array(rogasawara), mail => array(rogasawara@airius.co.jp), givenname;lang-ja => array(),

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sn;lang-ja cn;lang-ja title;lang-ja preferredlanguage givenname sn cn title givenname;lang-ja;phonetic sn;lang-ja;phonetic cn;lang-ja;phonetic title;lang-ja;phonetic givenname;lang-en sn;lang-en cn;lang-en title;lang-en ); */

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THE AUTOLOADERFACTORY
159.1 Overview
Starting with version 2.0, Zend Framework now offers multiple autoloader strategies. Often, it will be useful to employ multiple autoloading strategies; as an example, you may have a class map for your most used classes, but want to use a PSR-0 style autoloader for 3rd party libraries. While you could potentially manually congure these, it may be more useful to dene the autoloader conguration somewhere and cache it. For these cases, the AutoloaderFactory will be useful.

159.2 Quick Start


Conguration may be stored as a PHP array, or in some form of conguration le. As an example, consider the following PHP array:
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$config = array( Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader => array( application => APPLICATION_PATH . /.classmap.php, zf => APPLICATION_PATH . /../library/Zend/.classmap.php, ), Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader => array( namespaces => array( Phly\Mustache => APPLICATION_PATH . /../library/Phly/Mustache, Doctrine => APPLICATION_PATH . /../library/Doctrine, ), ), );

An equivalent INI-style conguration might look like the following:


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Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader.application = APPLICATION_PATH "/.classmap.php" Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader.zf = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library/Zend/.classmap.php" Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader.namespaces.Phly\Mustache = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library/Phly/Mustache Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader.namespaces.Doctrine = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library/Doctrine"

Once you have your conguration in a PHP array, you simply pass it to the AutoloaderFactory.
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// This example assumes ZF is on your include_path. // You could also load the factory class from a path relative to the // current script, or via an absolute path. require_once Zend/Loader/AutoloaderFactory.php; Zend\Loader\AutoloaderFactory::factory($config);

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The AutoloaderFactory will instantiate each autoloader with the given options, and also call its register() method to register it with the SPL autoloader.

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AutoloaderFactory Options

$options The AutoloaderFactory expects an associative array or Traversable object. Keys should be valid autoloader class names, and the values should be the options that should be passed to the class constructor. Internally, the AutoloaderFactory checks to see if the autoloader class referenced exists. If not, it will use the StandardAutoloader to attempt to load the class via the include_path (or, in the case of Zendnamespaced classes, using the Zend Framework library path). If the class is not found, or does not implement the SplAutoloader interface, an exception will be raised.

159.4 Available Methods


factory Instantiate and register autoloaders factory($options) factory() This method is static, and is used to instantiate autoloaders and register them with the SPL autoloader. It expects either an array or Traversable object as denoted in the Options section. getRegisteredAutoloaders Retrieve a list getRegisteredAutoloaders() of all autoloaders registered using the factory

getRegisteredAutoloaders() This method is static, and may be used to retrieve a list of all autoloaders registered via the factory() method. It returns simply an array of autoloader instances. getRegisteredAutoloader Retrieve an autoloader by class name getRegisteredAutoloader($class) getRegisteredAutoloader() This method is static, and is used to retrieve a specic autoloader. It expects a string with the autoloader class name. If the autoloader is not registered, an exception will be thrown. unregisterAutoloaders Unregister all autoloaders registered via the factory. unregisterAutoloaders() unregisterAutoloaders() This method is static, and can be used to unregister all autoloaders that were registered via the factory. Note that this will not unregister autoloaders that were registered outside of the factory. unregisterAutoloader Unregister an autoloader registered via the factory. unregisterAutoloader($class) unregisterAutoloader() This method is static, and can be used to unregister an autoloader that was registered via the factory. Note that this will not unregister autoloaders that were registered outside of the factory. If the autoloader is registered via the factory, after unregistering it will return TRUE, otherwise FALSE.

159.5 Examples
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THE STANDARDAUTOLOADER
160.1 Overview
Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader is designed as a PSR-0-compliant autoloader. It assumes a 1:1 mapping of the namespace+classname to the lesystem, wherein namespace separators and underscores are translated to directory separators. A simple statement that illustrates how resolution works is as follows:
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$filename = str_replace(array(_, \\), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $classname) . .php;

Previous incarnations of PSR-0-compliant autoloaders in Zend Framework have relied upon the include_path for le lookups. This has led to a number of issues: Due to the use of include, if the le is not found, a warning is raised even if another autoloader is capable of resolving the class later. Documenting how to setup the include_path has proven to be a difcult concept to convey. If multiple Zend Framework installations exist on the include_path, the rst one on the path wins even if that was not the one the developer intended. To solve these problems, the StandardAutoloader by default requires that you explicitly register namespace/path pairs (or vendor prex/path pairs), and will only load a le if it exists within the given path. Multiple pairs may be provided. As a measure of last resort, you may also use the StandardAutoloader as a fallback autoloader one that will look for classes of any namespace or vendor prex on the include_path. This practice is not recommended, however, due to performance implications. Finally, as with all autoloaders in Zend Framework, the StandardAutoloader is capable of registering itself with PHPs SPL autoloader registry. Note: Vocabulary: Namespaces vs. Vendor Prexes In terms of autloading, a namespace corresponds to PHPs own denition of namespaces in PHP versions 5.3 and above. A vendor prex refers to the practice, popularized in PHP versions prior to 5.3, of providing a pseudo-namespace in the form of underscore-separated words in class names. As an example, the class Phly_Couch_Document uses a vendor prex of Phly, and a component prex of Phly_Couch but it is a class sitting in the global namespace within PHP 5.3. The StandardAutoloader is capable of loading either namespaced or vendor prexed class names, but treats them separately when attempting to match them to an appropriate path.

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160.2 Quick Start


Basic use of the StandardAutoloader requires simply registering namespace/path pairs. This can either be done at instantiation, or via explicit method calls after the object has been initialized. Calling register() will register the autoloader with the SPL autoloader registry. If the option key autoregister_zf is set to true then the class will register the Zend namespace to the directory above where its own classle is located on the lesystem.
Manual Conguration // This example assumes ZF is on your include_path. // You could also load the autoloader class from a path relative to the // current script, or via an absolute path. require_once Zend/Loader/StandardAutoloader.php; $loader = new Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader(array(autoregister_zf => true)); // Register the "Phly" namespace: $loader->registerNamespace(Phly, APPLICATION_PATH . /../library/Phly); // Register the "Scapi" vendor prefix: $loader->registerPrefix(Scapi, APPLICATION_PATH . /../library/Scapi); // Optionally, specify the autoloader as a "fallback" autoloader; // this is not recommended. $loader->setFallbackAutoloader(true); // Register with spl_autoload: $loader->register();

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Conguration at Instantiation

The StandardAutoloader may also be congured at instantiation. Please note: The argument passed may be either an array or a Traversable object. The argument passed is also a valid argument for passing to the setOptions() method. The following is equivalent to the previous example.
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require_once Zend/Loader/StandardAutoloader.php; $loader = new Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader(array( autoregister_zf => true, namespaces => array( Phly => APPLICATION_PATH . /../library/Phly, ), prefixes => array( Scapi => APPLICATION_PATH . /../library/Scapi, ), fallback_autoloader => true, )); // Register with spl_autoload: $loader->register();

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160.3 Conguration Options


The StandardAutoloader denes the following options.
StandardAutoloader Options

namespaces An associative array of namespace/path pairs. The path should be an absolute path or path relative to the calling script, and contain only classes that live in that namespace (or its subnamespaces). By default, the Zend namespace is registered, pointing to the parent directory of the le dening the StandardAutoloader. prexes An associative array of vendor prex/path pairs. The path should be an absolute path or path relative to the calling script, and contain only classes that begin with the provided vendor prex. fallback_autoloader A boolean value indicating whether or not this instance should act as a fallback autoloader (i.e., look for classes of any namespace or vendor prex on the include_path). By default, false. autoregister_zf An boolean value indicating that the class should register the Zend namespace to the directory above where its own classle is located on the lesystem.

160.4 Available Methods


__construct Initialize a new instance of the object __construct($options = null) Constructor Takes an optional $options argument. This argument may be an associative array or Traversable object. If not null, the argument is passed to setOptions(). setOptions Set object state based on provided options. setOptions($options) setOptions() Takes an argument of either an associative array or Traversable object. Recognized keys are detailed under Conguration options, with the following behaviors: The namespaces value will be passed to registerNamespaces(). The prefixes value will be passed to registerPrexes(). The fallback_autoloader value will be passed to setFallbackAutoloader(). setFallbackAutoloader Enable/disable fallback autoloader status setFallbackAutoloader($flag) setFallbackAutoloader() Takes a boolean ag indicating whether or not to act as a fallback autoloader when registered with the SPL autoloader. isFallbackAutoloader Query fallback autoloader status isFallbackAutoloader() isFallbackAutoloader() Indicates whether or not this instance is agged as a fallback autoloader. registerNamespace Register a namespace with the autoloader registerNamespace($namespace, $directory) registerNamespace() Register a namespace with the autoloader, pointing it to a specic directory on the lesystem for class resolution. For classes matching that initial namespace, the autoloader will then perform lookups within that directory. registerNamespaces Register multiple namespaces with the autoloader registerNamespaces($namespaces) registerNamespaces() Accepts either an array or Traversable object. It will then iterate through the argument, and pass each item to registerNamespace().

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registerPrex Register a vendor prex with the autoloader. registerPrefix($prefix, $directory) registerPrex() Register a vendor prex with the autoloader, pointing it to a specic directory on the lesystem for class resolution. For classes matching that initial vendor prex, the autoloader will then perform lookups within that directory. registerPrexes Register many vendor prexes with the autoloader registerPrefixes($prefixes) registerPrexes() Accepts either an array or Traversable object. It will then iterate through the argument, and pass each item to registerPrex(). autoload Attempt to load a class. autoload($class) autoload() Attempts to load the class specied. Returns a boolean false on failure, or a string indicating the class loaded on success. register Register with spl_autoload. register() register() Registers the autoload() method of the current instance with spl_autoload_register().

160.5 Examples
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THE CLASSMAPAUTOLOADER
161.1 Overview
The ClassMapAutoloader is designed with performance in mind. The idea behind it is simple: when asked to load a class, see if its in the map, and, if so, load the le associated with the class in the map. This avoids unnecessary lesystem operations, and can also ensure the autoloader plays nice with opcode caches and PHPs realpath cache. Zend Framework provides a tool for generating these class maps; you can nd it in bin/classmap_generator.php of the distribution. Full documentation of this is provided in the Class Map generator section.

161.2 Quick Start


The rst step is to generate a class map le. You may run this over any directory containing source code anywhere underneath it.
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This will create a le named Some/Directory/autoload_classmap.php, which is a PHP le returning an associative array that represents the class map. Within your code, you will now instantiate the ClassMapAutoloader, and provide it the location of the map.
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// This example assumes ZF is on your include_path. // You could also load the autoloader class from a path relative to the // current script, or via an absolute path. require_once Zend/Loader/ClassMapAutoloader.php; $loader = new Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader(); // Register the class map: $loader->registerAutoloadMap(Some/Directory/autoload_classmap.php); // Register with spl_autoload: $loader->register();

At this point, you may now use any classes referenced in your class map.

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$options The ClassMapAutoloader expects an array of options, where each option is either a lename referencing a class map, or an associative array of class name/lename pairs. As an example:
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// Configuration defining both a file-based class map, and an array map $config = array( __DIR__ . /library/autoloader_classmap.php, // file-based class map array( // array class map Application\Bootstrap => __DIR__ . /application/Bootstrap.php, Test\Bootstrap => __DIR__ . /tests/Bootstrap.php, ), );

161.4 Available Methods


__construct Initialize and congure the object __construct($options = null) Constructor Used during instantiation of the object. Optionally, pass options, which may be either an array or Traversable object; this argument will be passed to setOptions(). setOptions Congure the autoloader setOptions($options) setOptions() Congures the state of the autoloader, including registering class maps. Expects an array or Traversable object; the argument will be passed to registerAutoloadMaps(). registerAutoloadMap Register a class map registerAutoloadMap($map) registerAutoloadMap() Registers a class map with the autoloader. $map may be either a string referencing a PHP script that returns a class map, or an array dening a class map. More than one class map may be registered; each will be merged with the previous, meaning its possible for a later class map to overwrite entries from a previously registered map. registerAutoloadMaps Register multiple class maps at once registerAutoloadMaps($maps) registerAutoloadMaps() Register multiple class maps with the autoloader. Expects either an array or Traversable object; it then iterates over the argument and passes each value to registerAutoloadMap(). getAutoloadMap Retrieve the current class map getAutoloadMap() getAutoloadMap() Retrieves the state of the current class map; the return value is simply an array. autoload Attempt to load a class. autoload($class) autoload() Attempts to load the class specied. Returns a boolean false on failure, or a string indicating the class loaded on success. register Register with spl_autoload. register() register() Registers the autoload() method of the current instance with spl_autoload_register().

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161.5 Examples
Using conguration to seed ClassMapAutoloader

Often, you will want to congure your ClassMapAutoloader. These values may come from a conguration le, a cache (such as ShMem or memcached), or a simple PHP array. The following is an example of a PHP array that could be used to congure the autoloader:
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// Configuration defining both a file-based class map, and an array map $config = array( APPLICATION_PATH . /../library/autoloader_classmap.php, // file-based class map array( // array class map Application\Bootstrap => APPLICATION_PATH . /Bootstrap.php, Test\Bootstrap => APPLICATION_PATH . /../tests/Bootstrap.php, ), );

An equivalent INI style conguration might look like this:


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classmap.library = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library/autoloader_classmap.php" classmap.resources.Application\Bootstrap = APPLICATION_PATH "/Bootstrap.php" classmap.resources.Test\Bootstrap = APPLICATION_PATH "/../tests/Bootstrap.php"

Once you have your conguration, you can pass it either to the constructor of the ClassMapAutoloader, to its setOptions() method, or to registerAutoloadMaps().
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/* The following are all equivalent */ // To the constructor: $loader = new Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader($config); // To setOptions(): $loader = new Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader(); $loader->setOptions($config); // To registerAutoloadMaps(): $loader = new Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader(); $loader->registerAutoloadMaps($config);

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THE MODULEAUTOLOADER
162.1 Overview
Zend\Loader\ModuleAutoloader is a special implementation of the Zend\Loader\SplAutoloader interface, used by Zend\ModuleManager to autoload Module classes from different sources. Apart from being able to autoload modules from directories, the ModuleAutoloader can also autoload modules packaged as Phar archives, which allows for packaging your modules in a single le for easier distribution. Supported archive formats are: .phar, .phar.gz, .phar.bz2, .phar.tar, .phar.tar.gz, .phar.tar.bz2, .phar.zip, .tar, tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .zip. It is, however, recommended to avoid compressing your packages (be it either gz, bz2 or zip compression), as it introduces additional CPU overhead to every request.

162.2 Quickstart
As the ModuleAutoloader is meant to be used with the ModuleManager, for examples of its usage and how to congure it, please see the Module Autoloader Usage section of the ModuleManager documentation.

162.3 Conguration Options


The ModuleAutoloader denes the following options.
ModuleAutoloader Options

$options The ModuleAutoloader expects an array of options, where each option is either a path to scan for modules, or a key/value pair of explicit module paths. In the case of explicit module paths, the key is the modules name, and the value is the path to that module.
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$options = array( /path/to/modules, /path/to/other/modules, MyModule => /explicit/path/mymodule-v1.2 );

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162.4 Available Methods


__construct Initialize and congure the object __construct($options = null) Constructor Used during instantiation of the object. Optionally, pass options, which may be either an array or Traversable object; this argument will be passed to setOptions(). setOptions Congure the module autoloader setOptions($options) setOptions() Congures the state of the autoloader, registering paths to modules. Traversable object; the argument will be passed to registerPaths(). autoload Attempt to load a Module class. autoload($class) autoload() Attempts to load the specied Module class. Returns a boolean false on failure, or a string indicating the class loaded on success. register Register with spl_autoload. register() register() Registers the autoload() method of the current instance with spl_autoload_register(). unregister Unregister with spl_autoload. unregister() unregister() Unregisters the autoload() spl_autoload_unregister(). method of the current instance with Expects an array or

registerPaths Register multiple paths with the autoloader. registerPaths($paths) registerPaths() Register a paths to modules. Expects an array or Traversable object. For an example array, please see the Conguration options section. registerPath Register a single path with the autoloader. registerPath($path, $moduleName=false) registerPath() Register a single path with the autoloader. The rst parameter, $path, is expected to be a string. The second parameter, $moduleName, is expected to be a module name, which allows for registering an explicit path to that module. getPaths Get all paths registered with the autoloader. getPaths() getPaths() Returns an array of all the paths registered with the current instance of the autoloader.

162.5 Examples
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THE SPLAUTOLOADER INTERFACE


163.1 Overview
While any valid PHP callback may be registered with spl_autoload_register(), Zend Framework autoloaders often provide more exibility by being stateful and allowing conguration. To provide a common interface, Zend Framework provides the SplAutoloader interface. Objects implementing this interface provide a standard mechanism for conguration, a method that may be invoked to attempt to load a class, and a method for registering with the SPL autoloading mechanism.

163.2 Quick Start


To create your own autoloading mechanism, simply create a class implementing the SplAutoloader interface (you may review the methods dened in the Methods section). As a simple example, consider the following autoloader, which will look for a class le named after the class within a list of registered directories.
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namespace Custom; use Zend\Loader\SplAutoloader; class ModifiedIncludePathAutoloader implements SplAutoloader { protected $paths = array(); public function __construct($options = null) { if (null !== $options) { $this->setOptions($options); } } public function setOptions($options) { if (!is_array($options) && !($options instanceof \Traversable)) { throw new \InvalidArgumentException(); } foreach ($options as $path) { if (!in_array($path, $this->paths)) { $this->paths[] = $path; }

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} return $this; } public function autoload($classname) { $filename = $classname . .php; foreach ($this->paths as $path) { $test = $path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename; if (file_exists($test)) { return include($test); } } return false; } public function register() { spl_autoload_register(array($this, autoload)); } }

To use this ModifiedIncludePathAutoloader from the previous example:


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$options = array( /path/one, /path/two ); $autoloader = new Custom\ModifiedIncludePathAutoloader($options); $autoloader->register();

163.3 Conguration Options


This component denes no conguration options, as it is an interface.

163.4 Available Methods


__construct Initialize and congure an autoloader __construct($options = null) Constructor Autoloader constructors should optionally receive conguration options. Typically, if received, these will be passed to the setOptions() method to process. setOptions Congure the autoloader state setOptions($options) setOptions() Used to congure the autoloader. Typically, it should expect either an array or a Traversable object, though validation of the options is left to implementation. Additionally, it is recommended that the method return the autoloader instance in order to implement a uent interface. autoload Attempt to resolve a class name to the le dening it autoload($classname) autoload() This method should be used to resolve a class name to the le dening it. When a positive match is found, return the class name; otherwise, return a boolean false. register Register the autoloader with the SPL autoloader register()

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register() Should be used to register the autoloader instance with spl_autoload_register(). Invariably, the method should look like the following:
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public function register() { spl_autoload_register(array($this, autoload)); }

163.5 Examples
Please see the Quick Start for a complete example.

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164.1 Overview
Resolving plugin names to class names is a common requirement within Zend Framework applications. The PluginClassLoader implements the interfaces PluginClassLocator, ShortNameLocator, and IteratorAggregate, providing a simple mechanism for aliasing plugin names to classnames for later retrieval. While it can act as a standalone class, it is intended that developers will extend the class to provide a per-component plugin map. This allows seeding the map with the most often-used plugins, while simultaneously allowing the end-user to overwrite existing or register new plugins. Additionally, PluginClassLoader provides the ability to statically seed all new instances of a given PluginClassLoader or one of its extensions (via Late Static Binding). If your application will always call for dening or overriding particular plugin maps on given PluginClassLoader extensions, this is a powerful capability.

164.2 Quick Start


Typical use cases involve simply instantiating a PluginClassLoader, seeding it with one or more plugin/class name associations, and then using it to retrieve the class name associated with a given plugin name.
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use Zend\Http\HeaderLoader; // Provide a global map, or override defaults: HeaderLoader::addStaticMap(array( xrequestedfor => My\Http\Header\XRequestedFor, )); // Instantiate the loader: $loader = new Zend\Http\HeaderLoader(); // Register a new plugin: $loader->registerPlugin(xForwardedFor, My\Http\Header\XForwardedFor); // Load/retrieve the associated plugin class: $class = $loader->load(xrequestedfor); // My\Http\Header\XRequestedFor

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164.3 Conguration Options


PluginClassLoader Options

$map The constructor may take a single option, an array or Traversable object of key/value pairs corresponding to a plugin name and class name, respectively.

164.4 Available Methods


__construct Instantiate and initialize the loader __construct($map = null) __construct() The constructor is used to instantiate and initialize the plugin class loader. If passed a string, an array, or a Traversable object, it will pass this to the registerPlugins() method in order to seed (or overwrite) the plugin class map. addStaticMap Statically seed the plugin loader map addStaticMap($map) addStaticMap() Static method for globally pre-seeding the loader with a class map. It accepts either an array or Traversable object of plugin name/class name pairs. When using this method, be certain you understand the precedence in which maps will be merged; in decreasing order of preference: Manually registered plugin/class name pairs (e.g., via registerPlugin() or registerPlugins()). A map passed to the constructor . The static map. The map dened within the class itself. Also, please note that calling the method will not affect any instances already created. registerPlugin Register a plugin/class association registerPlugin($shortName, $className) registerPlugin() Dened by the PluginClassLocator interface. Expects two string arguments, the plugin $shortName, and the class $className which it represents. registerPlugins Register many plugin/class associations at once registerPlugins($map) registerPlugins() Expects a string, an array or Traversable object of plugin name/class name pairs representing a plugin class map. If a string argument is provided, registerPlugins() assumes this is a class name. If the class does not exist, an exception will be thrown. If it does, it then instantiates the class and checks to see whether or not it implements Traversable. unregisterPlugin Remove a plugin/class association from the map unregisterPlugin($shortName) unregisterPlugin() Dened by the PluginClassLocator interface; remove a plugin/class association from the plugin class map. getRegisteredPlugins Return the complete plugin class map getRegisteredPlugins() getRegisteredPlugins() Dened by the PluginClassLocator interface; return the entire plugin class map as an array.

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isLoaded Determine if a given plugin name resolves isLoaded($name) isLoaded() Dened by the ShortNameLocator interface; determine if the given plugin has been resolved to a class name. getClassName Return the class name to which a plugin resolves getClassName($name) getClassName() Dened by the ShortNameLocator interface; return the class name to which a plugin name resolves. load Resolve a plugin name load($name) load() Dened by the ShortNameLocator interface; attempt to resolve a plugin name to a class name. If successful, returns the class name; otherwise, returns a boolean false. getIterator Return iterator capable of looping over plugin class map getIterator() getIterator() Dened by the IteratorAggregate interface; allows iteration over the plugin class map. This can come in useful for using PluginClassLoader instances to other PluginClassLoader instances in order to merge maps.

164.5 Examples
Using Static Maps

Its often convenient to provide global overrides or additions to the maps in a PluginClassLoader instance. This can be done using the addStaticMap() method:
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use Zend\Loader\PluginClassLoader; PluginClassLoader::addStaticMap(array( xrequestedfor => My\Http\Header\XRequestedFor, ));

Any later instances created will now have this map dened, allowing you to load that plugin.
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use Zend\Loader\PluginClassLoader; $loader = new PluginClassLoader(); $class = $loader->load(xrequestedfor); // My\Http\Header\XRequestedFor

Creating a pre-loaded map

In many cases, you know exactly which plugins you may be drawing upon on a regular basis, and which classes they will refer to. In this case, simply extend the PluginClassLoader and dene the map within the extending class.
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namespace My\Plugins; use Zend\Loader\PluginClassLoader; class PluginLoader extends PluginClassLoader { /** * @var array Plugin map */ protected $plugins = array( foo => My\Plugins\Foo,

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bar => My\Plugins\Bar, foobar => My\Plugins\FooBar, ); }

At this point, you can simply instantiate the map and use it.
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PluginClassLoader makes use of late static binding, allowing per-class static maps. If you want to allow dening a static map specic to this extending class, simply declare a protected static $staticMap property:
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namespace My\Plugins; use Zend\Loader\PluginClassLoader; class PluginLoader extends PluginClassLoader { protected static $staticMap = array(); // ... }

To inject the static map, use the extending class name to call the static addStaticMap() method.
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PluginLoader::addStaticMap(array( baz => My\Plugins\Baz, ));

Extending a plugin map using another plugin map

In some cases, a general map class may already exist; as an example, most components in Zend Framework that utilize a plugin broker have an associated PluginClassLoader extension dening the plugins available for that component within the framework. What if you want to dene some additions to these? Where should that code go? One possibility is to dene the map in a conguration le, and then inject the conguration into an instance of the plugin loader. This is certainly trivial to implement, but removes the code dening the plugin map from the library. An alternate solution is to dene a new plugin map class. The class name or an instance of the class may then be passed to the constructor or registerPlugins().
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namespace My\Plugins; use Zend\Loader\PluginClassLoader; use Zend\Http\HeaderLoader; class PluginLoader extends PluginClassLoader { /** * @var array Plugin map */ protected $plugins = array( foo => My\Plugins\Foo, bar => My\Plugins\Bar, foobar => My\Plugins\FooBar, ); }

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// Inject in constructor: $loader = new HeaderLoader(My\Plugins\PluginLoader); $loader = new HeaderLoader(new PluginLoader()); // Or via registerPlugins(): $loader->registerPlugins(My\Plugins\PluginLoader); $loader->registerPlugins(new PluginLoader());

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THE SHORTNAMELOCATOR INTERFACE


165.1 Overview
Within Zend Framework applications, its often expedient to provide a mechanism for using class aliases instead of full class names to load adapters and plugins, or to allow using aliases for the purposes of slipstreaming alternate implementations into the framework. In the rst case, consider the adapter pattern. Its often unwieldy to utilize a full class name (e.g., Zend\Cloud\DocumentService\Adapter\SimpleDb); using the short name of the adapter, SimpleDb, would be much simpler. In the second case, consider the case of helpers. Let us assume we have a url helper; you may nd that while the shipped helper does 90% of what you need, youd like to extend it or provide an alternate implementation. At the same time, you dont want to change your code to reect the new helper. In this case, a short name allows you to alias an alternate class to utilize. Classes implementing the ShortNameLocator interface provide a mechanism for resolving a short name to a fully qualied class name; how they do so is left to the implementers, and may combine strategies dened by other interfaces, such as PluginClassLocator.

165.2 Quick Start


Implementing a ShortNameLocator is trivial, and requires only three methods, as shown below.
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namespace Zend\Loader; interface ShortNameLocator { public function isLoaded($name); public function getClassName($name); public function load($name); }

165.3 Conguration Options


This component denes no conguration options, as it is an interface.

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165.4 Available Methods


isLoaded Is the requested plugin loaded? isLoaded($name) isLoaded() Implement this method to return a boolean indicating whether or not the class has been able to resolve the plugin name to a class. getClassName Get the class name associated with a plugin name getClassName($name) getClassName() Implement this method to return the class name associated with a plugin name. load Resolve a plugin to a class name load($name) load() This method should resolve a plugin name to a class name.

165.5 Examples
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166.1 Overview
The PluginClassLocator interface describes a component capable of maintaining an internal map of plugin names to actual class names. Classes implementing this interface can register and unregister plugin/class associations, and return the entire map.

166.2 Quick Start


Classes implementing the PluginClassLocator need to implement only three methods, as illustrated below.
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namespace Zend\Loader; interface PluginClassLocator { public function registerPlugin($shortName, $className); public function unregisterPlugin($shortName); public function getRegisteredPlugins(); }

166.3 Conguration Options


This component denes no conguration options, as it is an interface.

166.4 Available Methods


registerPlugin Register a mapping of plugin name to class name registerPlugin($shortName, $className) registerPlugin() Implement this method to add or overwrite plugin name/class name associations in the internal plugin map. $shortName will be aliased to $className.

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unregisterPlugin Remove a plugin/class name association unregisterPlugin($shortName) unregisterPlugin() Implement this to allow removing an existing plugin mapping corresponding to $shortName. getRegisteredPlugins Retrieve the map of plugin name/class name associations getRegisteredPlugins() getRegisteredPlugins() Implement this to allow returning the plugin name/class name map.

166.5 Examples
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THE CLASS MAP GENERATOR UTILITY: BIN/CLASSMAP_GENERATOR.PHP


167.1 Overview
The script bin/classmap_generator.php can be used to generate class map les for use with the ClassMapAutoloader. Internally, it consumes both Zend\Console\Getopt (for parsing command-line options) and Zend\File\ClassFileLocator for recursively nding all PHP class les in a given tree.

167.2 Quick Start


You may run the script over any directory containing source code. By default, it will look in the current directory, and will write the script to autoloader_classmap.php in the directory you specify.
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php classmap_generator.php Some/Directory/

167.3 Conguration Options


Class Map Generator Options

help or -h Returns the usage message. If any other options are provided, they will be ignored. library or -l Expects a single argument, a string specifying the library directory to parse. If this option is not specied, it will assume the current working directory. output or -o Where to write the autoload class map le. If not provided, assumes autoload_classmap.php in the library directory. append or -a Append to autoload le if it exists. overwrite or -w If an autoload class map le already exists with the name as specied via the --output option, you can overwrite it by specifying this ag. Otherwise, the script will not write the class map and return a warning.

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OVERVIEW OF ZEND\LOG
Zend\Log\Logger is a component for general purpose logging. It supports multiple log backends, formatting messages sent to the log, and ltering messages from being logged. These functions are divided into the following objects: A Logger (instance of Zend\Log\Logger) is the object that your application uses the most. You can have as many Logger objects as you like; they do not interact. A Logger object must contain at least one Writer, and can optionally contain one or more Filters. A Writer (inherits from Zend\Log\Writer\AbstractWriter) is responsible for saving data to storage. A Filter (implements Zend\Log\Filter\FilterInterface) blocks log data from being saved. A lter is applied to an individual writer. Filters can be chained. A Formatter (implements Zend\Log\Formatter\FormatterInterface) can format the log data before it is written by a Writer. Each Writer has exactly one Formatter.

168.1 Creating a Log


To get started logging, instantiate a Writer and then pass it to a Logger instance:
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$logger = new Zend\Log\Logger; $writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(php://output); $logger->addWriter($writer);

It is important to note that the Logger must have at least one Writer. You can add any number of Writers using the Logs addWriter() method. You can also add a priority to each writer. The priority is specied as number and passed as second argument in the addWriter() method. Another way to add a writer to a Logger is to use the name of the writer as follow:
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$logger = new Zend\Log\Logger; $logger->addWriter(stream, null, array(stream => php://output));

In this example we passed the stream php://output as parameter (as array).

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168.2 Logging Messages


To log a message, call the log() method of a Log instance and pass it the message with a corresponding priority:
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The rst parameter of the log() method is an integer priority and the second parameter is a string message. The priority must be one of the priorities recognized by the Logger instance. This is explained in the next section. There is also an optional third parameter used to pass extra informations to the writers log. A shortcut is also available. Instead of calling the log() method, you can call a method by the same name as the priority:
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$logger->log(Zend\Log\Logger::INFO, Informational message); $logger->info(Informational message); $logger->log(Zend\Log\Logger::EMERG, Emergency message); $logger->emerg(Emergency message);

168.3 Destroying a Log


If the Logger object is no longer needed, set the variable containing it to NULL to destroy it. This will automatically call the shutdown() instance method of each attached Writer before the Log object is destroyed:
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Explicitly destroying the log in this way is optional and is performed automatically at PHP shutdown.

168.4 Using Built-in Priorities


The Zend\Log\Logger class denes the following priorities:
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EMERG ALERT CRIT ERR WARN NOTICE INFO DEBUG

= = = = = = = =

0; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7;

// // // // // // // //

Emergency: system is unusable Alert: action must be taken immediately Critical: critical conditions Error: error conditions Warning: warning conditions Notice: normal but significant condition Informational: informational messages Debug: debug messages

These priorities are always available, and a convenience method of the same name is available for each one. The priorities are not arbitrary. They come from the BSD syslog protocol, which is described in RFC-3164. The names and corresponding priority numbers are also compatible with another PHP logging system, PEAR Log, which perhaps promotes interoperability between it and Zend\Log\Logger. Priority numbers descend in order of importance. EMERG (0) is the most important priority. DEBUG (7) is the least important priority of the built-in priorities. You may dene priorities of lower importance than DEBUG. When selecting the priority for your log message, be aware of this priority hierarchy and choose appropriately.

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168.5 Understanding Log Events


When you call the log() method or one of its shortcuts, a log event is created. This is simply an associative array with data describing the event that is passed to the writers. The following keys are always created in this array: timestamp, message, priority, and priorityName. The creation of the event array is completely transparent.

168.6 Log PHP Errors


Zend\Log\Logger can also be used to log PHP errors and intercept Exceptions. Calling the static method registerErrorHandler($logger) will add the $logger object before the current PHP error handler, and will pass the error along as well.
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$logger = new Zend\Log\Logger; $writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(php://output); $logger->addWriter($writer); Zend\Log\Logger::registerErrorHandler($logger);

If you want to unregister the error handler you can use the unregisterErrorHandler() static method. Table 168.1: Zend\Log\Logger events from PHP errors elds matching handler ( int $errno , string $errstr [, string $errle [, int $errline [, array $errcontext ]]] ) from set_error_handler Name Error Handler Parameter mes- errstr sage ererrno rno le errle line errline con- errcontext text Description

Contains the error message, as a string. Contains the level of the error raised, as an integer. Contains the lename that the error was raised in, as a string. Contains the line number the error was raised at, as an integer. (optional) An array that points to the active symbol table at the point the error occurred. In other words, errcontext will contain an array of every variable that existed in the scope the error was triggered in. User error handler must not modify error context. intercept Exceptions using the static method

You can also congure a Logger to registerExceptionHandler($logger).

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A Writer is an object that inherits from Zend\Log\Writer\AbstractWriter. A Writers responsibility is to record log data to a storage backend.

169.1 Writing to Streams


Zend\Log\Writer\Stream sends log data to a PHP stream. To write log data to the PHP output buffer, use the URL php://output. Alternatively, you can send log data directly to a stream like STDERR (php://stderr).
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$writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(php://output); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); $logger->info(Informational message);

To write data to a le, use one of the Filesystem URLs:


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$writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(/path/to/logfile); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); $logger->info(Informational message);

By default, the stream opens in the append mode (a). To open it with a different mode, the Zend\Log\Writer\Stream constructor accepts an optional second parameter for the mode. The constructor of Zend\Log\Writer\Stream also accepts an existing stream resource:
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$stream = @fopen(/path/to/logfile, a, false); if (! $stream) { throw new Exception(Failed to open stream); } $writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream($stream); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); $logger->info(Informational message);

You cannot specify the mode for existing stream resources. Doing so causes a Zend\Log\Exception to be thrown.

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169.2 Writing to Databases


Zend\Log\Writer\Db writes log information to a database table using Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter. The constructor of Zend\Log\Writer\Db receives a Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter instance, a table name, an optional mapping of event data to database columns, and an optional string contains the character separator for the log array:
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$dbconfig = array( // Sqlite Configuration driver => Pdo, dsn => sqlite: . __DIR__ . /tmp/sqlite.db, ); $db = new Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter($dbconfig); $writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Db($db, log_table_name); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); $logger->info(Informational message);

The example above writes a single row of log data to the database table named log_table_name table. The database column will be created according to the event array generated by the Zend\Log\Logger instance. If we specify the mapping of the events with the database columns the log will store in the database only the selected elds.
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$dbconfig = array( // Sqlite Configuration driver => Pdo, dsn => sqlite: . __DIR__ . /tmp/sqlite.db, ); $db = new Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter($dbconfig); $mapping = array( timestamp => date, priority => type, message => event ); $writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Db($db, log_table_name, $mapping); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); $logger->info(Informational message);

The previous example will store only the log information timestamp, priority and message in the database elds date, type and event. The Zend\Log\Writer\Db has a fourth optional parameter in the constructor. This parameter is the character separator for the log events managed by an array. For instance, if we have a log that contains an array extra elds, this will be translated in extra-eld, where - is the character separator (default) and eld is the subname of the specic extra eld.

169.3 Writing to FirePHP


Zend\Log\Writer\FirePHP writes log information to the FirePHP Firefox extension. In order to use this you have to install the FirePHPCore Server Library and the FirePHP browser extension.

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To install the FirePHPCore Library you can use composer. Add the repository and the required line to your topmost composer.json:

169.4 Stubbing Out the Writer


The Zend\Log\Writer\Null is a stub that does not write log data to anything. It is useful for disabling logging or stubbing out logging during tests:
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$writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Null; $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); // goes nowhere $logger->info(Informational message);

169.5 Testing with the Mock


The Zend\Log\Writer\Mock is a very simple writer that records the raw data it receives in an array exposed as a public property.
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$mock = new Zend\Log\Writer\Mock; $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($mock); $logger->info(Informational message); var_dump($mock->events[0]); // Array // ( // [timestamp] => 2007-04-06T07:16:37-07:00 // [message] => Informational message // [priority] => 6 // [priorityName] => INFO // )

To clear the events logged by the mock, simply set $mock->events = array().

169.6 Compositing Writers


There is no composite Writer object. However, a Log instance can write to any number of Writers. To do this, use the addWriter() method:
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$writer1 = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(/path/to/first/logfile); $writer2 = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(/path/to/second/logfile); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer1); $logger->addWriter($writer2); // goes to both writers $logger->info(Informational message);

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FILTERS
A Filter object blocks a message from being written to the log. You can add a lter to a specic Writer using addFilter() method of that Writer:
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use Zend\Log\Logger; $logger = new Logger(); $writer1 = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(/path/to/first/logfile); $logger->addWriter($writer1); $writer2 = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(/path/to/second/logfile); $logger->addWriter($writer2); // add a filter only to writer2 $filter = new Zend\Log\Filter\Priority(Logger::CRIT); $writer2->addFilter($filter); // logged to writer1, blocked from writer2 $logger->info(Informational message); // logged by both writers $logger->emerg(Emergency message);

170.1 Available lters


The Zend\Log\Filter available are: Priority, lter logging by $priority. By default, it will accept any log event whose priority value is less than or equal to $priority. Regex, lter out any log messages not matching the regex pattern. This lter use the preg_match() function of PHP. SuppressFilter, this is a simple boolean lter. Call suppress(true) to suppress all log events. Call suppress(false) to accept all log events. Validator, lter out any log messages not matching the Zend\Validator\Validator object passed to the lter.

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FORMATTERS
A Formatter is an object that is responsible for taking an event array describing a log event and outputting a string with a formatted log line. Some Writers are not line-oriented and cannot use a Formatter. An example is the Database Writer, which inserts the event items directly into database columns. For Writers that cannot support a Formatter, an exception is thrown if you attempt to set a Formatter.

171.1 Simple Formatting


Zend\Log\Formatter\Simple is the default formatter. It is congured automatically when you specify no formatter. The default conguration is equivalent to the following:
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$format = %timestamp% %priorityName% (%priority%): %message% . PHP_EOL; $formatter = new Zend\Log\Formatter\Simple($format);

A formatter is set on an individual Writer object using the Writers setFormatter() method:
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$writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(php://output); $formatter = new Zend\Log\Formatter\Simple(hello %message% . PHP_EOL); $writer->setFormatter($formatter); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); $logger->info(there); // outputs "hello there"

The constructor of Zend\Log\Formatter\Simple accepts a single parameter: the format string. This string contains keys surrounded by percent signs (e.g. %message%). The format string may contain any key from the event data array. You can retrieve the default keys by using the DEFAULT_FORMAT constant from Zend\Log\Formatter\Simple.

171.2 Formatting to XML


Zend\Log\Formatter\Xml formats log data into XML strings. By default, it automatically logs all items in the event data array:

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$writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(php://output); $formatter = new Zend\Log\Formatter\Xml(); $writer->setFormatter($formatter); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); $logger->info(informational message);

The code above outputs the following XML (space added for clarity):
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<logEntry> <timestamp>2007-04-06T07:24:37-07:00</timestamp> <message>informational message</message> <priority>6</priority> <priorityName>INFO</priorityName> </logEntry>

Its possible to customize the root element as well as specify a mapping of XML elements to the items in the event data array. The constructor of Zend\Log\Formatter\Xml accepts a string with the name of the root element as the rst parameter and an associative array with the element mapping as the second parameter:
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$writer = new Zend\Log\Writer\Stream(php://output); $formatter = new Zend\Log\Formatter\Xml(log, array(msg => message, level => priorityName) ); $writer->setFormatter($formatter); $logger = new Zend\Log\Logger(); $logger->addWriter($writer); $logger->info(informational message);

The code above changes the root element from its default of logEntry to log. It also maps the element msg to the event data item message. This results in the following output:
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<log> <msg>informational message</msg> <level>INFO</level> </log>

171.3 Formatting to FirePhp


Zend\Log\Formatter\FirePhp formats log data for the Firebug extension for Firefox.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\MAIL
172.1 Getting started
Zend\Mail provides generalized functionality to compose and send both text and MIME-compliant multipart email messages. Mail can be sent with Zend\Mail via the Mail\Transport\Sendmail, Mail\Transport\Smtp or the Mail\Transport\File transport. Of course, you can also implement your own transport by implementing the Mail\Transport\TransportInterface.
Simple email with ZendMail

A simple email consists of one or more recipients, a subject, a body and a sender. To send such a mail using Zend\Mail\Transport\Sendmail, do the following:
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use Zend\Mail; $mail = new Mail\Message(); $mail->setBody(This is the text of the email.); $mail->setFrom(Freeaqingme@example.org, Sender\s name); $mail->addTo(Matthew@example.com, Name o. recipient); $mail->setSubject(TestSubject); $transport = new Mail\Transport\Sendmail(); $transport->send($mail);

Note: Minimum denitions In order to send an email using Zend\Mail you have to specify at least one recipient as well as a message body. Please note that each Transport may require additional parameters to be set. For most mail attributes there are get methods to read the information stored in the message object. for further details, please refer to the API documentation. You also can use most methods of the Mail\Message object with a convenient uent interface.
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use Zend\Mail; $mail = new Mail\Message(); $mail->setBody(This is the text of the mail.) ->setFrom(somebody@example.com, Some Sender) ->addTo(somebody_else@example.com, Some Recipient) ->setSubject(TestSubject);

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172.2 Conguring the default sendmail transport


The most simple to use transport is the Mail\Transport\Sendmail transport class. It is essentially a wrapper to the PHP mail() function. If you wish to pass additional parameters to the mail() function, simply create a new transport instance and pass your parameters to the constructor.
Passing additional parameters to the Zend\Mail\Transport\Sendmail transport.

This example shows how to change the Return-Path of the mail() function.
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use Zend\Mail; $mail = new Mail\Message(); $mail->setBody(This is the text of the email.); $mail->setFrom(Freeaqingme@example.org, Dolf); $mail->addTo(matthew@example.com, Matthew); $mail->setSubject(TestSubject); $transport = new Mail\Transport\Sendmail(-freturn_to_me@example.com); $transport->send($mail);

Note: Safe mode restrictions Supplying additional parameters to the transport will cause the mail() function to fail if PHP is running in safe mode.

Note: Choosing your transport wisely Although the sendmail transport is the transport that requires only minimal conguration, it may not be suitable for your production environment. This is because emails sent using the sendmail transport will be more often delivered to SPAM-boxes. This can partly be remedied by using the SMTP Transport combined with an SMTP server that has an overall good reputation. Additionally, techniques such as SPF and DKIM may be employed to ensure even more email messages are delivered as should. Warning: Sendmail Transport and Windows As the PHP manual states the mail() function has different behaviour on Windows and on *nix based systems. Using the Sendmail Transport on Windows will not work in combination with addBcc(). The mail() function will sent to the BCC recipient such that all the other recipients can see him as recipient! Therefore if you want to use BCC on a windows server, use the SMTP transport for sending!

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173.1 Overview
The Message class encapsulates a single email message as described in RFCs 822 and 2822. It acts basically as a value object for setting mail headers and content. If desired, multi-part email messages may also be created. This is as trivial as creating the message body using the Zend\Mime component, assigning it to the mail message body. The Message class is simply a value object. It is not capable of sending or storing itself; for those purposes, you will need to use, respectively, a Transport adapter or Storage adapter.

173.2 Quick Start


Creating a Message is simple: simply instantiate it.
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Once you have your Message instance, you can start adding content or headers. Lets set who the mail is from, who its addressed to, a subject, and some content:
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$message->addFrom("matthew@zend.com", "Matthew Weier OPhinney") ->addTo("foobar@example.com") ->setSubject("Sending an email from Zend\Mail!"); $message->setBody("This is the message body.");

You can also add recipients to carbon-copy (Cc:) or blind carbon-copy (Bcc:).
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$message->addCc("ralph.schindler@zend.com") ->addBcc("enrico.z@zend.com");

If you want to specify an alternate address to which replies may be sent, that can be done, too.
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Interestingly, RFC822 allows for multiple From: addresses. When you do this, the rst one will be used as the sender, unless you specify a Sender: header. The Message class allows for this.
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/* * Mail headers created: * From: Ralph Schindler <ralph.schindler@zend.com>, Enrico Zimuel <enrico.z@zend.com>

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* Sender: Matthew Weier OPhinney <matthew@zend.com></matthew> */ $message->addFrom("ralph.schindler@zend.com", "Ralph Schindler") ->addFrom("enrico.z@zend.com", "Enrico Zimuel") ->setSender("matthew@zend.com", "Matthew Weier OPhinney");

By default, the Message class assumes ASCII encoding for your email. If you wish to use another encoding, you can do so; setting this will ensure all headers and body content are properly encoded using quoted-printable encoding.
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If you wish to set other headers, you can do that as well.


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/* * Mail headers created: * X-API-Key: FOO-BAR-BAZ-BAT */ $message->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine(X-API-Key, FOO-BAR-BAZ-BAT);

Sometimes you may want to provide HTML content, or multi-part content. To do that, youll rst create a MIME message object, and then set it as the body of your mail message object. When you do so, the Message class will automatically set a MIME-Version header, as well as an appropriate Content-Type header.
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use Zend\Mail\Message; use Zend\Mime\Message as MimeMessage; use Zend\Mime\Part as MimePart; $text = new MimePart($textContent); $text->type = "text/plain"; $html = new MimePart($htmlMarkup); $html->type = "text/html"; $image = new MimePart(fopen($pathToImage, r)); $image->type = "image/jpeg"; $body = new MimeMessage(); $body->setParts(array($text, $html, $image)); $message = new Message(); $message->setBody($body);

If you want a string representation of your email, you can get that:
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Finally, you can fully introspect the message including getting all addresses of recipients and senders, all headers, and the message body.
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// Headers // Note: this will also grab all headers for which accessors/mutators exist in // the Message object itself. foreach ($message->getHeaders() as $header) { echo $header->toString(); // or grab values: $header->getFieldName(), $header->getFieldValue() } // The logic below also works for the methods cc(), bcc(), to(), and replyTo() foreach ($message->from() as $address) {

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printf("%s: %s\n", $address->getEmail(), $address->getName()); } // Sender $address = $message->getSender(); printf("%s: %s\n", $address->getEmail(), $address->getName()); // Subject echo "Subject: ", $message->getSubject(), "\n"; // Encoding echo "Encoding: ", $message->getEncoding(), "\n"; // Message body: echo $message->getBody(); // raw body, or MIME object echo $message->getBodyText(); // body as it will be sent

Once your message is shaped to your liking, pass it to a mail transport in order to send it!
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173.3 Conguration Options


The Message class has no conguration options, and is instead a value object.

173.4 Available Methods


isValid isValid() Is the message valid? If we dont have any From addresses, were invalid, according to RFC2822. Returns bool setEncoding setEncoding(string $encoding) Set the message encoding. Implements a uent interface. getEncoding getEncoding() Get the message encoding. Returns string. setHeaders setHeaders(Zend\Mail\Headers $headers) Compose headers. Implements a uent interface. getHeaders getHeaders() Access headers collection. Lazy-loads a Zend\Mail\Headers instance if none is already attached. Returns a Zend\Mail\Headers instance. 173.3. Conguration Options 773

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setFrom setFrom(string|AddressDescription|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressList, string|null $name) Set (overwrite) From addresses. Implements a uent interface. addFrom addFrom(string|Zend\Mail\Address|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressOrList, string|null $name) Add a From address. Implements a uent interface. from from() Retrieve list of From senders Returns Zend\Mail\AddressList instance. setTo setTo(string|AddressDescription|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressList, null|string $name) Overwrite the address list in the To recipients. Implements a uent interface. addTo addTo(string|AddressDescription|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressOrList, null|string $name) Add one or more addresses to the To recipients. Appends to the list. Implements a uent interface. to to() Access the address list of the To header. Lazy-loads a Zend\Mail\AddressList and populates the To header if not previously done. Returns a Zend\Mail\AddressList instance. setCc setCc(string|AddressDescription|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressList, string|null $name) Set (overwrite) CC addresses. Implements a uent interface. addCc addCc(string|Zend\Mail\Address|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressOrList, string|null $name) Add a Cc address. Implements a uent interface. cc cc() Retrieve list of CC recipients Lazy-loads a Zend\Mail\AddressList and populates the Cc header if not previously done. Returns a Zend\Mail\AddressList instance.

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setBcc setBcc(string|AddressDescription|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressList, string|null $name) Set (overwrite) BCC addresses. Implements a uent interface. addBcc addBcc(string|Zend\Mail\Address|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressOrList, string|null $name) Add a Bcc address. Implements a uent interface. bcc bcc() Retrieve list of BCC recipients. Lazy-loads a Zend\Mail\AddressList and populates the Bcc header if not previously done. Returns a Zend\Mail\AddressList instance. setReplyTo setReplyTo(string|AddressDescription|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressList, null|string $name) Overwrite the address list in the Reply-To recipients. Implements a uent interface. addReplyTo addReplyTo(string|AddressDescription|array|Zend\Mail\AddressList|Traversable $emailOrAddressOrList, null|string $name) Add one or more addresses to the Reply-To recipients. Implements a uent interface. replyTo replyTo() Access the address list of the Reply-To header Lazy-loads a Zend\Mail\AddressList and populates the Reply-To header if not previously done. Returns a Zend\Mail\AddressList instance. setSender setSender(mixed $emailOrAddress, mixed $name) Set the message envelope Sender header. Implements a uent interface. getSender getSender() Retrieve the sender address, if any. Returns null or a Zend\Mail\AddressDescription instance. setSubject setSubject(string $subject) Set the message subject header value. Implements a uent interface. getSubject getSubject() Get the message subject header value. Returns null or a string.

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setBody setBody(null|string|Zend\Mime\Message|object $body) Set the message body. Implements a uent interface. getBody getBody() Return the currently set message body. Returns null, a string, or an object. getBodyText getBodyText() Get the string-serialized message body text. Returns null or a string. toString toString() Serialize to string. Returns string.

173.5 Examples
Please see the Quick Start section.

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174.1 Overview
Transports take care of the actual delivery of mail. Typically, you only need to worry about two possibilities: using PHPs native mail() functionality, which uses system resources to deliver mail, or using the SMTP protocol for delivering mail via a remote server. Zend Framework also includes a File transport, which creates a mail le for each message sent; these can later be introspected as logs or consumed for the purposes of sending via an alternate transport mechanism later. The Zend\Mail\Transport interface denes exactly one method, send(). This method accepts a Zend\Mail\Message instance, which it then introspects and serializes in order to send.

174.2 Quick Start


Using a mail transport is typically as simple as instantiating it, optionally conguring it, and then passing a message to it.
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use Zend\Mail\Message; use Zend\Mail\Transport\Sendmail as SendmailTransport; $message = new Message(); $message->addTo(matthew@zend.com) ->addFrom(ralph.schindler@zend.com) ->setSubject(Greetings and Salutations!) ->setBody("Sorry, Im going to be late today!"); $transport = new SendmailTransport(); $transport->send($message);

SMTP Transport Usage


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$message->addTo(matthew@zend.com) ->addFrom(ralph.schindler@zend.com) ->setSubject(Greetings and Salutations!) ->setBody("Sorry, Im going to be late today!"); // Setup SMTP transport using LOGIN authentication $transport = new SmtpTransport(); $options = new SmtpOptions(array( name => localhost.localdomain, host => 127.0.0.1, connection_class => login, connection_config => array( username => user, password => pass, ), )); $transport->setOptions($options); $transport->send($message);

File Transport Usage use Zend\Mail\Message; use Zend\Mail\Transport\File as FileTransport; use Zend\Mail\Transport\FileOptions; $message = new Message(); $message->addTo(matthew@zend.com) ->addFrom(ralph.schindler@zend.com) ->setSubject(Greetings and Salutations!) ->setBody("Sorry, Im going to be late today!"); // Setup SMTP transport using LOGIN authentication $transport = new FileTransport(); $options = new FileOptions(array( path => data/mail/, callback => function (FileTransport $transport) { return Message_ . microtime(true) . _ . mt_rand() . .txt; }, )); $transport->setOptions($options); $transport->send($message);

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174.3 Conguration Options


Conguration options are per transport. Please follow the links below for transport-specic options. SMTP Transport Options File Transport Options

174.4 Available Methods


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174.5 Examples
Please see the Quick Start section for examples.

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175.1 Overview
This document details the various options available to the Zend\Mail\Transport\Smtp mail transport.

175.2 Quick Start


Basic SMTP Transport Usage use Zend\Mail\Transport\Smtp as SmtpTransport; use Zend\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions; // Setup SMTP transport $transport = new SmtpTransport(); $options = new SmtpOptions(array( name => localhost.localdomain, host => 127.0.0.1, port => 25, )); $transport->setOptions($options);

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SMTP Transport Usage with PLAIN AUTH use Zend\Mail\Transport\Smtp as SmtpTransport; use Zend\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions; // Setup SMTP transport using PLAIN authentication $transport = new SmtpTransport(); $options = new SmtpOptions(array( name => localhost.localdomain, host => 127.0.0.1, connection_class => plain, connection_config => array( username => user, password => pass, ), )); $transport->setOptions($options);

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SMTP Transport Usage with LOGIN AUTH


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use Zend\Mail\Transport\Smtp as SmtpTransport; use Zend\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions; // Setup SMTP transport using LOGIN authentication $transport = new SmtpTransport(); $options = new SmtpOptions(array( name => localhost.localdomain, host => 127.0.0.1, connection_class => login, connection_config => array( username => user, password => pass, ), )); $transport->setOptions($options);

SMTP Transport Usage with CRAM-MD5 AUTH


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use Zend\Mail\Transport\Smtp as SmtpTransport; use Zend\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions; // Setup SMTP transport using CRAM-MD5 authentication $transport = new SmtpTransport(); $options = new SmtpOptions(array( name => localhost.localdomain, host => 127.0.0.1, connection_class => crammd5, connection_config => array( username => user, password => pass, ), )); $transport->setOptions($options);

SMTP Transport Usage with PLAIN AUTH over TLS


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use Zend\Mail\Transport\Smtp as SmtpTransport; use Zend\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions; // Setup SMTP transport using PLAIN authentication over TLS $transport = new SmtpTransport(); $options = new SmtpOptions(array( name => example.com, host => 127.0.0.1, port => 587, // Notice port change for TLS is 587 connection_class => plain, connection_config => array( username => user, password => pass, ssl => tls, ), )); $transport->setOptions($options);

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Conguration Options

name Name of the SMTP host; defaults to localhost. host Remote hostname or IP address; defaults to 127.0.0.1. port Port on which the remote host is listening; defaults to 25. connection_class Fully-qualied classname or short name resolvable via Zend\Mail\Protocol\SmtpLoader. Typically, this will be one of smtp, plain, login, or crammd5, and defaults to smtp. Typically, the connection class should extend the Zend\Mail\Protocol\AbstractProtocol class, and specically the SMTP variant. connection_cong Optional associative array of parameters to pass to the connection class in order to congure it. By default this is empty. For connection classes other than the default, you will typically need to dene the username and password options. For secure connections you will use the ssl => tls and port 587 for TLS or ssl => ssl and port 465 for SSL.

175.4 Available Methods


getName getName() Returns the string name of the local client hostname. setName setName(string $name) Set the string name of the local client hostname. Implements a uent interface. getConnectionClass getConnectionClass() Returns a string indicating the connection class name to use. setConnectionClass setConnectionClass(string $connectionClass) Set the connection class to use. Implements a uent interface. getConnectionCong getConnectionConfig() Get conguration for the connection class. Returns array. setConnectionCong setConnectionConfig(array $config) Set conguration for the connection class. Typically, if using anything other than the default connection class, this will be an associative array with the keys username and password. Implements a uent interface. getHost getHost() Returns a string indicating the IP address or host name of the SMTP server via which to send messages. 175.3. Conguration Options 783

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setHost setHost(string $host) Set the SMTP host name or IP address. Implements a uent interface. getPort getPort() Retrieve the integer port on which the SMTP host is listening. setPort setPort(int $port) Set the port on which the SMTP host is listening. Implements a uent interface. __construct __construct(null|array|Traversable $config) Instantiate the class, and optionally congure it with values provided.

175.5 Examples
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176.1 Overview
This document details the various options available to the Zend\Mail\Transport\File mail transport.

176.2 Quick Start


File Transport Usage use Zend\Mail\Transport\File as FileTransport; use Zend\Mail\Transport\FileOptions; // Setup File transport $transport = new FileTransport(); $options = new FileOptions(array( path => data/mail/, callback => function (FileTransport $transport) { return Message_ . microtime(true) . _ . mt_rand() . .txt; }, )); $transport->setOptions($options);

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Conguration Options

path The path under which mail les will be written. callback A PHP callable to be invoked in order to generate a unique name for a message le. By default, the following is used:
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Zend\Mail\Transport\FileOptions extends Zend\Stdlib\Options, and inherits all functionality from that class; this includes ArrayAccess and property overloading. Additionally, the following explicit setters and getters are provided. __construct setPath(string $path) Set the path under which mail les will be written. Implements uent interface. getPath getPath() Get the path under which mail les will be written. Returns string setCallback setCallback(Callable $callback) Set the callback used to generate unique lenames for messages. Implements uent interface. getCallback getCallback() Get the callback used to generate unique lenames for messages. Returns PHP callable argument. __construct __construct(null|array|Traversable $config) Initialize the object. Allows passing a PHP array or Traversable object with which to populate the instance.

176.5 Examples
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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\MATH
Zend\Math namespace provides general mathematical functions. So far the supported functionalities are: Zend\Math\Rand, a random number generator; Zend\Math\BigInteger, a library to manage big integers. We expect to add more functionalities in the future.

177.1 Random number generator


Zend\Math\Rand implements a random number generator that is able to generate random numbers for general purpose usage and for cryptographic scopes. To generate good random numbers this component uses the OpenSSL and the Mcrypt extension of PHP. If you dont have the OpenSSL or the Mcrypt extension installed in your environment the component will use the mt_rand function of PHP as fallback. The mt_rand is not considered secure for cryptographic purpose, that means if you will try to use it to generate secure random number the class will throw an exception. In particular, the algorithm that generates random bytes in Zend\Math\Rand tries to call the openssl_random_pseudo_bytes function of the OpenSSL extension if installed. If the OpenSSL extension is not present in the system the algorithm tries to use the the mcrypt_create_iv function of the Mcrypt extension (using the MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM parameter). Finally, if the OpenSSL and Mcrypt are not installed the generator uses the mt_rand function of PHP. The Zend\Math\Rand class offers the following methods to generate random values: getBytes($length, $strong = false) to generate a random set of $length bytes; getBoolean($strong = false) to generate a random boolean value (true or false); getInteger($min, $max, $strong = false) to generate a random integer between $min and $max; getFloat($strong = false) to generate a random oat number between 0 and 1; getString($length, $charlist = null, $strong = false) to generate a random string of $length characters using the alphabet $charlist (if not provided the default alphabet is the Base64). In all these methods the parameter $strong specify the usage of a strong random number generator. We suggest to set the $strong to true if you need to generate random number for cryptographic and security implementation. If $strong is set to true and you try to generate random values in a PHP environment without the OpenSSL and the Mcrypt extensions the component will throw an Exception. Below we reported an example on how to generate random data using Zend\Math\Rand.

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use Zend\Math\Rand; $bytes = Rand::getBytes(32, true); printf("Random bytes (in Base64): %s\n", base64_encode($bytes)); $boolean = Rand::getBoolean(); printf("Random boolean: %s\n", $boolean ? true : false); $integer = Rand::getInteger(0,1000); printf("Random integer in [0-1000]: %d\n", $integer); $float = Rand::getFloat(); printf("Random float in [0-1): %f\n", $float); $string = Rand::getString(32, abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, true); printf("Random string in latin alphabet: %s\n", $string);

177.2 Big integers


Zend\Math\BigInteger\BigInteger offers a class to manage arbitrary length integer. PHP supports integer numbers with a maximum value of PHP_INT_MAX. If you need to manage integers bigger than PHP_INT_MAX you have to use external libraries or PHP extensions like GMP or BC Math. Zend\Math\BigInteger\BigInteger is able to manage big integers using the GMP or the BC Math extensions as adapters. The mathematical functions implemented in Zend\Math\BigInteger\BigInteger are: add($leftOperand, $rightOperand), add two big integers; sub($leftOperand, $rightOperand), subtract two big integers; mul($leftOperand, $rightOperand), multiply two big integers; div($leftOperand, $rightOperand), divide two big integers (this method returns only integer part of result); pow($operand, $exp), raise a big integers to another; sqrt($operand), get the square root of a big integer; abs($operand), get the absolute value of a big integer; mod($leftOperand, $modulus), get modulus of a big integer; powmod($leftOperand, $rightOperand, $modulus), raise a big integer to another, reduced by a specied modulus; comp($leftOperand, $rightOperand), compare two big integers, returns < 0 if leftOperand is less than rightOperand; > 0 if leftOperand is greater than rightOperand, and 0 if they are equal; intToBin($int, $twoc = false), convert big integer into its binary number representation; binToInt($bytes, $twoc = false), convert binary number into big integer; baseConvert($operand, $fromBase, $toBase = 10), convert a number between arbitrary bases; Below is reported an example using the BC Math adapter to calculate the sum of two integer random numbers with 100 digits.

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use Zend\Math\BigInteger\BigInteger; use Zend\Math\Rand; $bigInt = BigInteger::factory(bcmath); $x = Rand::getString(100,0123456789); $y = Rand::getString(100,0123456789); $sum = $bigInt->add($x, $y); $len = strlen($sum); printf("%{$len}s +\n%{$len}s =\n%s\n%s\n", $x, $y, str_repeat(-, $len), $sum);

As you can see in the code the big integers are managed using strings. Even the result of the sum is represented as a string. Below is reported another example using the BC Math adapter to generate the binary representation of a negative big integer of 100 digits.
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use Zend\Math\BigInteger\BigInteger; use Zend\Math\Rand; $bigInt = BigInteger::factory(bcmath); $digit = 100; $x = - . Rand::getString($digit,0123456789); $byte = $bigInt->intToBin($x);

printf("The binary representation of the big integer with $digit digit:\n%s\nis (in Base64 format): % $x, base64_encode($byte)); printf("Length in bytes: %d\n", strlen($byte)); $byte = $bigInt->intToBin($x, true); printf("The twos complement binary representation of the big integer with $digit digit:\n%s\nis (in $x, base64_encode($byte)); printf("Length in bytes: %d\n", strlen($byte));

We generated the binary representation of the big integer number using the default binary format and the twos complement representation (specied with the true parameter in the intToBin function).

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178.1 Introduction
Zend\Mime\Mime is a support class for handling multipart MIME messages. Zend\Mime\Message and may be used by applications requiring MIME support. It is used by Zend\Mail and

178.2 Static Methods and Constants


Zend\Mime\Mime provides a simple set of static helper methods to work with MIME: Zend\Mime\Mime::isPrintable(): Returns TRUE if the given string contains no unprintable characters, FALSE otherwise. Zend\Mime\Mime::encode(): Encodes a string with specied encoding. Zend\Mime\Mime::encodeBase64(): Encodes a string into base64 encoding. Zend\Mime\Mime::encodeQuotedPrintable(): Encodes a string with the quoted-printable mechanism. Zend\Mime\Mime::encodeBase64Header(): Encodes a string into base64 encoding for Mail Headers. Zend\Mime\Mime::encodeQuotedPrintableHeader(): Encodes a string with the quoted-printable mechanism for Mail Headers. Zend\Mime\Mime denes a set of constants commonly used with MIME messages: Zend\Mime\Mime::TYPE_OCTETSTREAM: application/octet-stream Zend\Mime\Mime::TYPE_TEXT: text/plain Zend\Mime\Mime::TYPE_HTML: text/html Zend\Mime\Mime::ENCODING_7BIT: 7bit Zend\Mime\Mime::ENCODING_8BIT: 8bit Zend\Mime\Mime::ENCODING_QUOTEDPRINTABLE: quoted-printable Zend\Mime\Mime::ENCODING_BASE64: base64 Zend\Mime\Mime::DISPOSITION_ATTACHMENT: attachment Zend\Mime\Mime::DISPOSITION_INLINE: inline Zend\Mime\Mime::MULTIPART_ALTERNATIVE: multipart/alternative

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178.3 Instantiating Zend\Mime


When instantiating a Zend\Mime\Mime object, a MIME boundary is stored that is used for all subsequent non-static method calls on that object. If the constructor is called with a string parameter, this value is used as a MIME boundary. If not, a random MIME boundary is generated during construction time. A Zend\Mime\Mime object has the following methods: boundary(): Returns the MIME boundary string. boundaryLine(): Returns the complete MIME boundary line. mimeEnd(): Returns the complete MIME end boundary line.

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179.1 Introduction
Zend\Mime\Message represents a MIME compliant message that can contain one or more separate Parts (Represented as Zend\Mime\Part objects). With Zend\Mime\Message, MIME compliant multipart messages can be generated from Zend\Mime\Part objects. Encoding and Boundary handling are handled transparently by the class. Zend\Mime\Message objects can also be reconstructed from given strings. Used by Zend\Mail.

179.2 Instantiation
There is no explicit constructor for Zend\Mime\Message.

179.3 Adding MIME Parts


Zend\Mime\Part Objects can be added to a given Zend\Mime\Message object by calling ->addPart($part) An array with all Zend\Mime\Part objects in the Zend\Mime\Message is returned from the method getParts(). The Zend\Mime\Part objects can then be changed since they are stored in the array as references. If parts are added to the array or the sequence is changed, the array needs to be given back to the Zend\Mime\Part object by calling setParts($partsArray). The function isMultiPart() will return TRUE if more than one part is registered with the Zend\Mime\Message object and thus the object would generate a Multipart-Mime-Message when generating the actual output.

179.4 Boundary handling


Zend\Mime\Message usually creates and uses its own Zend\Mime\Mime Object to generate a boundary. If you need to dene the boundary or want to change the behaviour of the Zend\Mime\Mime object used by Zend\Mime\Message, you can instantiate the Zend\Mime\Mime class yourself and then register it to Zend\Mime\Message. Usually you will not need to do this. setMime(Zend\Mime\Mime $mime) sets a special instance of Zend\Mime\Mime to be used by this Zend\Mime\Message. getMime() returns the instance of Zend\Mime\Mime that will be used to render the message when generateMessage() is called. generateMessage() renders the Zend\Mime\Message content to a string.

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179.5 Parsing a string to create a Zend\Mime\Message object


A given MIME compliant message in string form can be used to reconstruct a Zend\Mime\Message object from it. Zend\Mime\Message has a static factory Method to parse this String and return a Zend\Mime\Message object. Zend\Mime\Message::createFromMessage($str, $boundary) decodes the given string and returns a Zend\Mime\Message object that can then be examined using getParts()

179.6 Available methods


A Zend\Mime\Message object has the following methods: getParts: Get the all Zend\Mime\Parts in the message. setParts($parts): Set the array of Zend\Mime\Parts for the message. addPart(Zend\Mime\Part $part): Append a new Zend\Mime\Part to the message. isMultiPart: Check if the message needs to be sent as a multipart MIME message. setMime(Zend\Mime\Mime $mime): Set a custom Zend\Mime\Mime object for the message. getMime: Get the Zend\Mime\Mime object for the message. generateMessage($EOL=Zend\Mime\Mime::LINEEND): Generate a MIME-compliant message from the current conguration. getPartHeadersArray($partnum): Get the headers of a given part as an array. getPartHeaders($partnum,$EOL=Zend\Mime\Mime::LINEEND): Get the headers of a given part as a string. getPartContent($partnum,$EOL=Zend\Mime\Mime::LINEEND): Get the encoded content of a given part as a string.

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ZEND\MIME\PART
180.1 Introduction
This class represents a single part of a MIME message. It contains the actual content of the message part plus information about its encoding, content type and original lename. It provides a method for generating a string from the stored data. Zend\Mime\Part objects can be added to Zend\Mime\Message to assemble a complete multipart message.

180.2 Instantiation
Zend\Mime\Part is instantiated with a string that represents the content of the new part. The type is assumed to be OCTET-STREAM, encoding is 8Bit. After instantiating a Zend\Mime\Part, meta information can be set by accessing its attributes directly:
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$type = Zend\Mime\Mime::TYPE_OCTETSTREAM; $encoding = Zend\Mime\Mime::ENCODING_8BIT; $id; $disposition; $filename; $description; $charset; $boundary; $location; $language;

180.3 Methods for rendering the message part to a string


getContent() returns the encoded content of the Zend\Mime\Part as a string using the encoding specied in the attribute $encoding. Valid values are ZendMimeMime::ENCODING_*. Characterset conversions are not performed. getHeaders() returns the Mime-Headers for the Zend\Mime\Part as generated from the information in the publicly accessible attributes. The attributes of the object need to be set correctly before this method is called. $charset has to be set to the actual charset of the content if it is a text type (Text or HTML). $id may be set to identify a content-id for inline images in a HTML mail. $filename contains the name the le will get when downloading it. $disposition denes if the le should be treated as an attachment or if it is used inside the (HTML-) mail (inline). $description is only used for informational purposes. 795

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$boundary denes string as boundary. $location can be used as resource URI that has relation to the content. $language denes languages in the content.

180.4 Available methods


A Zend\Mime\Part object has the following methods: isStream: Check if this Zend\Mime\Part can be read as a stream. getEncodedStream: If this Zend\Mime\Part was created with a stream, return a ltered stream for reading the content. Useful for large le attachments. getContent($EOL=Zend\Mime\Mime::LINEEND): Zend\Mime\Part in the given encoding. Get the content of the current

getRawContent: Get the raw, unencoded for the current Zend\Mime\Part. getHeadersArray($EOL=Zend\Mime\Mime::LINEEND): Create and return the array of headers for the current Zend\Mime\Part. getHeaders($EOL=Zend\Mime\Mime::LINEEND): Zend\Mime\Part as a string. Return the headers for the current

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INTRODUCTION TO THE MODULE SYSTEM


Zend Framework 2.0 introduces a new and powerful approach to modules. This new module system is designed with exibility, simplicity, and re-usability in mind. A module may contain just about anything: PHP code, including MVC functionality; library code; view scripts; and/or public assets such as images, CSS, and JavaScript. The possibilities are endless. Note: The module system in ZF2 has been designed to be a generic and powerful foundation from which developers and other projects can build their own module or plugin systems. For a better understanding of the event-driven concepts behind the ZF2 module system, it may be helpful to read the EventManager documentation. The module system is made up of the following: The Module Autoloader - Zend\Loader\ModuleAutoloader is a specialized autoloader that is responsible for the locating and loading of modules Module classes from a variety of sources. The Module Manager - Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager simply takes an array of module names and res a sequence of events for each one, allowing the behavior of the module system to be dened entirely by the listeners which are attached to the module manager. ModuleManager Listeners - Event listeners can be attached to the module managers various events. These listeners can do everything from resolving and loading modules to performing complex initialization tasks and introspection into each returned module object. Note: The name of a module in a typical Zend Framework 2 application is simply a PHP namespace and must follow all of the same rules for naming. The recommended structure of a typical MVC-oriented ZF2 module is as follows:
module_root/ Module.php autoload_classmap.php autoload_function.php autoload_register.php config/ module.config.php public/ images/ css/

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js/ src/ <module_namespace>/ <code files> test/ phpunit.xml bootstrap.php <module_namespace>/ <test code files> view/ <dir-named-after-module-namespace>/ <dir-named-after-a-controller>/ <.phtml files>

181.1 The autoload_*.php Files


The three autoload_*.php les are not required, but recommended. They provide the following: autoload_classmap.php should return an array classmap of class name/lename pairs (with the lenames resolved via the __DIR__ magic constant). autoload_function.php should return a PHP callback that can be passed to spl_autoload_register(). Typically, this callback should utilize the map returned by autoload_classmap.php. autoload_register.php should register a PHP callback autoload_function.php with spl_autoload_register(). (typically that returned by

The purpose of these three les is to provide reasonable default mechanisms for autoloading the classes contained in the module, thus providing a trivial way to consume the module without requiring Zend\ModuleManager (e.g., for use outside a ZF2 application).

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THE MODULE MANAGER


The module manager, Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager, is a very simple class which is responsible for iterating over an array of module names and triggering a sequence of events for each. Instantiation of module classes, initialization tasks, and conguration are all performed by attached event listeners.

182.1 Module Manager Events


Events triggered by Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager

loadModules This event is primarily used internally to help encapsulate the work of loading modules in event listeners, and allow the loadModules.post event to be more user-friendly. Internal listeners will attach to this event with a negative priority instead of loadModules.post so that users can safely assume things like cong merging have been done once loadModules.post is triggered, without having to worry about priorities at all. loadModule.resolve Triggered for each module that is to be loaded. The listener(s) to this event are responsible for taking a module name and resolving it to an instance of some class. The default module resolver shipped with ZF2 simply looks for the class {modulename}\Module, instantiating and returning it if it exists. The name of the module may be retrieved by listeners using the getModuleName() method of the Event object; a listener should then take that name and resolve it to an object instance representing the given module. Multiple listeners can be attached to this event, and the module manager will trigger them in order of their priority until one returns an object. This allows you to attach additional listeners which have alternative methods of resolving modules from a given module name. loadModule Once a module resolver listener has resolved the module name to an object, the module manager then triggers this event, passing the newly created object to all listeners. loadModules.post This event is triggered by the module manager to allow any listeners to perform work after every module has nished loading. For example, the default conguration listener, Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ConfigListener (covered later), attaches to this event to merge additional user-supplied conguration which is meant to override the default supplied congurations of installed modules.

182.2 Module Manager Listeners


By default, Zend Framework provides several useful module manager listeners.

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Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\DefaultListenerAggregate To help simplify the most common use case of the module manager, ZF2 provides this default aggregate listener. In most cases, this will be the only listener you will need to attach to use the module manager, as it will take care of properly attaching the requisite listeners (those listed below) for the module system to function properly. Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\AutoloaderListener This listener checks each module to see if it has implemented Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\AutoloaderProviderInterface or simply dened the getAutoloaderConfig() method. If so, it calls the getAutoloaderConfig() method on the module class and passes the returned array to Zend\Loader\AutoloaderFactory. Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ModuleDependencyCheckerListener This listener checks each module to verify if all the modules it depends on were loaded. When a module class implements Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\DependencyIndicatorInterface or simply has a dened getDependencyModules() method, the listener will call getDependencyModules(). Each of the values returned by the method is checked against the loaded modules list: if one of the values is not in that list, a Zend\ModuleManager\Exception\MissingDependencyModuleException is be thrown. Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\CongListener If a module class has a getConfig() method, or implements Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ConfigProviderInterface, this listener will call it and merge the returned array (or Traversable object) into the main application conguration. Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\InitTrigger If a module class either implements Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\InitProviderInterface, or simply denes an init() method, this listener will call init() and pass the current instance of Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager as the sole parameter. Like the OnBootstrapListener, the init() method is called for every module implementing this feature, on every page request and should only be used for performing lightweight tasks such as registering event listeners. Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\LocatorRegistrationListener If a module class implements Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\LocatorRegisteredInterface, this listener will inject the module class instance into the ServiceManager using the module class name as the service name. This allows you to later retrieve the module class from the ServiceManager. Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ModuleResolverListener This is the default module resolver. It attaches to the loadModule.resolve event and simply returns an instance of {moduleName}\Module. Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\OnBootstrapListener If a module class implements Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\BootstrapListenerInterface, or simply denes an onBootstrap() method, this listener will register the onBootstrap() method with the Zend\Mvc\Application bootstrap event. This method will then be triggered during the bootstrap event (and passed an MvcEvent instance). Like the InitTrigger, the onBootstrap() method is called for every module implementing this feature, on every page request, and should only be used for performing lightweight tasks such as registering event listeners. Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ServiceListener If a module class implements Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ServiceProviderInterface, or simply denes an getServiceConfig() method, this listener will call that method and aggregate the return values for use in conguring the ServiceManager. The getServiceConfig() method may return either an array of conguration compatible with Zend\ServiceManager\Config, an instance of that class, or the string name of a class that extends it. Values are merged and aggregated on completion, and then merged with any conguration

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from the ConfigListener falling under the service_manager key. For more information, see the ServiceManager documentation. Unlike the other listeners, this listener is not managed by the DefaultListenerAggregate; instead, it is created and instantiated within the Zend\Mvc\Service\ModuleManagerFactory, where it is injected with the current ServiceManager instance before being registered with the ModuleManager events. Additionally, this listener manages a variety of plugin managers, including view helpers, controllers, and controller plugins. In each case, you may either specify conguration to dene plugins, or provide conguration via a Module class. Conguration follows the same format as for the ServiceManager. The following table outlines the plugin managers that may be congured this way (including the ServiceManager), the conguration key to use, the ModuleManager feature interface to optionally implement (all interfaces specied live in the Zend\ModuleManager\Feature namespace) , and the module method to optionally dene to provide conguration. Plugin Manager Cong Key Interface Module Method Zend\Mvc\Controller\ControllerManager controllers ControllerProviderInterface getControllerConfig Zend\Mvc\Controller\PluginManager controller_plugins ControllerPluginProviderInterface getControllerPluginConfig Zend\Filter\FilterPluginManager filters FilterProviderInterface getFilterConfig Zend\Form\FormElementManager form_elements FormElementProviderInterface getFormElementConfig Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManager hydrators HydratorProviderInterface getHydratorConfig Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterPluginManager input_filters InputFilterProviderInterface getInputFilterConfig Zend\Mvc\Router\RoutePluginManager route_manager RouteProviderInterface getRouteConfig Zend\Serializer\AdapterPluginManager serializers SerializerProviderInterface getSerializerConfig Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager service_manager ServiceProviderInterface getServiceConfig Zend\Validator\ValidatorPluginManager validators ValidatorProviderInterface getValidatorConfig Zend\View\HelperPluginManager view_helpersViewHelperProviderInterface getViewHelperConfig Conguration follows the examples in the ServiceManager conguration section. As a brief recap, the following conguration keys and values are allowed: Cong Key services invokables Allowed values service name/instance pairs (these should likely be dened only in Module classes) service name/class name pairs of classes that may be invoked without constructor arguments factories service names pointing to factories. Factories may be any PHP callable, or a string class name of a class implementing Zend\ServiceManager\FactoryInterface, or of a class implementing the __invoke method (if a callable is used, it should be dened only in Module classes) abstract_factories array of either concrete instances of Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractFactoryInterface, or string class names of classes implementing that interface (if an instance is used, it should be dened only in Module classes) initializersarray of PHP callables or string class names of classes implementing Zend\ServiceManager\InitializerInterface (if a callable is used, it should be dened only in Module classes) When working with plugin managers, you will be passed the plugin manager instance to factories, abstract factories, and initializers. If you need access to the application services, you can use the getServiceLocator() method, as in the following example:
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$helper = new Helper\Foo($someService); return $helper; }, )); }

This is a powerful technique, as it allows your various plugins to remain agnostic with regards to where and how dependencies are injected, and thus allows you to use Inversion of Control principals even with plugins.

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THE MODULE CLASS


By default, the Zend Framework 2 module system simply expects each module name to be capable of resolving to an object instance. The default module resolver, Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ModuleResolverListener, simply instantiates an instance of {moduleName}\Module for each enabled module.

183.1 A Minimal Module


As an example, provided the module name MyModule, Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ModuleResolverListener will simply expect the class MyModule\Module to be available. It relies on a registered autoloader (typically Zend\Loader\ModuleAutoloader) to nd and include the MyModule\Module class if it isnt already available. The directory structure of a module named MyModule might start out looking something like this:
MyModule/ Module.php

Within Module.php, you dene your MyModule\Module class:


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Though it will not serve any purpose at this point, this MyModule module now has everything required to be considered a valid module and to be loaded by the module system! This Module class serves as the single entry point for ModuleManager listeners to interact with a module. From within this simple - yet powerful - class, modules can override or provide additional application conguration, perform initialization tasks such as registering autoloader(s), services and event listeners, declaring dependencies, and much more.

183.2 A Typical Module Class


The following example shows a more typical usage of the Module class:
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{ public function getAutoloaderConfig() { return array( Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader => array( __DIR__ . /autoload_classmap.php, ), Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader => array( namespaces => array( __NAMESPACE__ => __DIR__ . /src/ . __NAMESPACE__, ), ), ); } public function getConfig() { return include __DIR__ . /config/module.config.php; } }

For a list of the provided module manager listeners and the interfaces and methods that Module classes may implement in order to interact with the module manager and application, see the :ref:module manager listeners <zend.module-manager.module-manager.module-manager-listeners> and the module mananger events documentations.

183.3 The loadModules.post Event


It is not safe for a module to assume that any other modules have already been loaded at the time init() method is called. If your module needs to perform any actions after all other modules have been loaded, the module managers loadModules.post event makes this easy. Note: For more information on methods like init() and getConfig(), refer to the module manager listeners documentation.

183.3.1 Sample Usage of loadModules.post Event


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use Zend\EventManager\EventInterface as Event; use Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager; class Module { public function init(ModuleManager $moduleManager) { // Remember to keep the init() method as lightweight as possible $events = $moduleManager->getEventManager(); $events->attach(loadModules.post, array($this, modulesLoaded)); } public function modulesLoaded(Event $e) { // This method is called once all modules are loaded.

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$moduleManager = $e->getTarget(); $loadedModules = $moduleManager->getLoadedModules(); // To get the configuration from another module named FooModule $config = $moduleManager->getModule(FooModule)->getConfig(); } }

Note: The init() method is called for every module implementing this feature, on every page request, and should only be used for performing lightweight tasks such as registering event listeners.

183.4 The MVC bootstrap Event


If you are writing an MVC-oriented module for Zend Framework 2, you may need access to additional parts of the application in your Module class such as the instance of Zend\Mvc\Application or its registered ServiceManager instance. For this, you may utilize the MVC bootstrap event. The bootstrap event is triggered after the loadModule.post event, once $application->bootstrap() is called.

183.4.1 Sample Usage of the MVC bootstrap Event


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use Zend\EventManager\EventInterface as Event; class Module { public function onBootstrap(Event $e) { // This method is called once the MVC bootstrapping is complete $application = $e->getApplication(); $services = $application->getServiceManager(); } }

Note: The onBootstrap() method is called for every module implementing this feature, on every page request, and should only be used for performing lightweight tasks such as registering event listeners.

183.4. The MVC bootstrap Event

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Zend Framework 2 ships with the default module autoloader Zend\Loader\ModuleAutoloader. It is a specialized autoloader responsible for locating and on-demand loading of, the Module classes from a variety of sources.

184.1 Module Autoloader Usage


By default, the provided Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\DefaultListenerAggregate sets up the ModuleAutoloader; as a developer, you need only provide an array of module paths, either absolute or relative to the applications root, for the ModuleAutoloader to check when loading modules. The DefaultListenerAggregate will take care of instantiating and registering the ModuleAutoloader for you. Note: In order for paths relative to your application directory to work, you must have the directive chdir(dirname(__DIR__)); in your public/index.php le.

Registering module paths with the DefaultListenerAggregate

The following example will search for modules in three different module_paths. Two are local directories of this application and the third is a system-wide shared directory.
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// public/index.php use Zend\ModuleManager\Listener; use Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager; chdir(dirname(__DIR__)); // Instantiate and configure the default listener aggregate $listenerOptions = new Listener\ListenerOptions(array( module_paths => array( ./module, ./vendor, /usr/share/zfmodules, ) )); $defaultListeners = new Listener\DefaultListenerAggregate($listenerOptions); // Instantiate the module manager $moduleManager = new ModuleManager(array( Application, FooModule,

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BarModule, )); // Attach the default listener aggregate and load the modules $moduleManager->getEventManager()->attachAggregate($defaultListeners); $moduleManager->loadModules();

Note: Module paths behave very similar to PHPs include_path and are searched in the order they are dened. If you have modules with the same name in more than one registered module path, the module autoloader will return the rst one it nds.

184.2 Non-Standard / Explicit Module Paths


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// ./public/index.php use Zend\Loader\ModuleAutoloader; use Zend\ModuleManager\Listener; use Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager; chdir(dirname(__DIR__)); // Instantiate and configure the default listener aggregate $listenerOptions = new Listener\ListenerOptions(array( module_paths => array( ./module, ./vendor, /usr/share/zfmodules, MyModule => /path/to/mymoduledir-v1.2, ) )); $defaultListeners = new Listener\DefaultListenerAggregate($listenerOptions); /** * Without DefaultListenerAggregate: * * $moduleAutoloader = new ModuleAutoloader(array( ./module, * ./vendor, * /usr/share/zfmodules, * MyModule => /path/to/mymoduledir-v1.2, * * )); * $moduleAutoloader->register(); * */

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// Instantiate the module manager $moduleManager = new ModuleManager(array( MyModule, FooModule, BarModule, )); // Attach the default listener aggregate and load the modules $moduleManager->getEventManager()->attachAggregate($defaultListeners); $moduleManager->loadModules();

This same method works if you provide the path to a phar archive.

184.3 Packaging Modules with Phar


If you prefer, you may easily package your module as a phar archive. The module autoloader is able to autoload modules in the following archive formats: .phar, .phar.gz, .phar.bz2, .phar.tar, .phar.tar.gz, .phar.tar.bz2, .phar.zip, .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, and .zip. The easiest way to package your module is to simply tar the module directory. You can then replace the MyModule/ directory with MyModule.tar, and it should still be autoloaded without any additional changes! Note: If possible, avoid using any type of compression (bz2, gz, zip) on your phar archives, as it introduces unnecessary CPU overhead to each request.

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When creating a ZF2 module, there are some best practices you should keep in mind. Keep the init() and onBootstrap() methods lightweight. Be conservative with the actions you perform in the init() and onBootstrap() methods of your Module class. These methods are run for every page request, and should not perform anything heavy. As a rule of thumb, registering event listeners is an appropriate task to perform in these methods. Such lightweight tasks will generally not have a measurable impact on the performance of your application, even with many modules enabled. It is considered bad practice to utilize these methods for setting up or conguring instances of application resources such as a database connection, application logger, or mailer. Tasks such as these are better served through the ServiceManager capabilities of Zend Framework 2. Do not perform writes within a module. You should never code your module to perform or expect any writes within the modules directory. Once installed, the les within a modules directory should always match the distribution verbatim. Any user-provided conguration should be performed via overrides in the Application module or via application-level conguration les. Any other required lesystem writes should be performed in some writeable path that is outside of the modules directory. There are two primary advantages to following this rule. First, any modules which attempt to write within themselves will not be compatible with phar packaging. Second, by keeping the module in sync with the upstream distribution, updates via mechanisms such as Git will be simple and trouble-free. Of course, the Application module is a special exception to this rule, as there is typically no upstream distribution for this module, and its unlikely you would want to run this package from within a phar archive. Utilize a vendor prex for module names. To avoid module naming conicts, you are encouraged to prex your module namespace with a vendor prex. As an example, the (incomplete) developer tools module distributed by Zend is named ZendDeveloperTools instead of simply DeveloperTools. Utilize a module prex for service names. If you dene services in the top-level Service Manager, you are encouraged to prex these services with the name of your module to avoid conicts with other modules services. For example, the database adapter used by MyModule should be called MyModuleDbAdapter rather than simply DbAdapter. If you need to share a service with other modules, remember that the Service Manager alias feature can be used in a merged conguration to override factories dened by individual modules. Ideally, modules should dene their own service dependencies, but aliases can be congured at the application level to ensure that common services in individual modules all refer to the same instance.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE MVC LAYER


Zend\Mvc is a brand new MVC implementation designed from the ground up for Zend Framework 2, focusing on performance and exibility. The MVC layer is built on top of the following components: Zend\ServiceManager - Zend Framework provides a set of default service denitions set up at Zend\Mvc\Service. The ServiceManager creates and congures your application instance and workow. Zend\EventManager - The MVC is event driven. This component is used everywhere from initial bootstrapping of the application, through returning response and request calls, to setting and retrieving routes and matched routes, as well as render views. Zend\Http - specically the request and response objects, used within: Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface. All controllers are simply dispatchable objects. Within the MVC layer, several sub-components are exposed: Zend\Mvc\Router contains classes pertaining to routing a request. In other words, it matches the request to its respective controller (or dispatchable). Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment provides a set of decorators for the HTTP Request and Response objects that ensure the request is injected with the current environment (including query parameters, POST parameters, HTTP headers, etc.) Zend\Mvc\Controller, a set of abstract controller classes with basic responsibilities such as event wiring, action dispatching, etc. Zend\Mvc\Service provides a set of ServiceManager factories and denitions for the default application workow. Zend\Mvc\View provides default wiring for renderer selection, view script resolution, helper registration, and more; additionally, it provides a number of listeners that tie into the MVC workow, providing features such as automated template name resolution, automated view model creation and injection, and more. The gateway to the MVC is the Zend\Mvc\Application object (referred to as Application henceforth). Its primary responsibilities are to bootstrap resources, route the request, and to retrieve and dispatch the controller matched during routing. Once accomplished, it will render the view, and nish the request, returning and sending the response.

186.1 Basic Application Structure


The basic application structure follows:

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application_root/ config/ application.config.php autoload/ global.php local.php // etc. data/ module/ vendor/ public/ .htaccess index.php init_autoloader.php

The public/index.php marshalls all user requests to your website, retrieving an array of conguration located in config/application.config.php. On return, it run()s the Application, processing the request and returning a response to the user. The config directory as described above contains conguration used by the Zend\ModuleManager to load modules and merge conguration (e.g., database conguration and credentials); we will detail this more later. The vendor sub-directory should contain any third-party modules or libraries on which your application depends. This might include Zend Framework, custom libraries from your organization, or other third-party libraries from other projects. Libraries and modules placed in the vendor sub-directory should not be modied from their original, distributed state. Finally, the module directory will contain one or more modules delivering your applications functionality. Lets now turn to modules, as they are the basic units of a web application.

186.2 Basic Module Structure


A module may contain anything: PHP code, including MVC functionality; library code; view scripts; and/or or public assets such as images, CSS, and JavaScript. The only requirement and even this is optional is that a module acts as a PHP namespace and that it contains a Module.php class under that namespace. This class is eventually consumed by Zend\ModuleManager to perform a number of tasks. The recommended module structure follows:
module_root<named-after-module-namespace>/ Module.php autoload_classmap.php autoload_function.php autoload_register.php config/ module.config.php public/ images/ css/ js/ src/ <module_namespace>/ <code files> test/ phpunit.xml bootstrap.php

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<module_namespace>/ <test code files> view/ <dir-named-after-module-namespace>/ <dir-named-after-a-controller>/ <.phtml files>

Since a module acts as a namespace, the module root directory should be that namespace. This namespace could also include a vendor prex of sorts. As an example a module centered around User functionality delivered by Zend might be named ZendUser, and this is also what the module root directory will be named. The Module.php le directly under the module root directory will be in the module namespace shown below.
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When an init() method is dened, this method will be triggered by a Zend\ModuleManager listener when it loads the module class, and passed an instance of the manager by default. This allows you to perform tasks such as setting up module-specic event listeners. But be cautious, the init() method is called for every module on every page request and should only be used for performing lightweight tasks such as registering event listeners. Similarly, an onBootstrap() method (which accepts an MvcEvent instance) may be dened; it is also triggered for every page request, and should be used for lightweight tasks as well. The three autoload_*.php les are not required, but recommended. They provide the following: Table 186.1: autoload_*.php Files File Description autoload_classmap.php Should return an array classmap of class name/lename pairs (with the lenames resolved via the __DIR__ magic constant). autoload_function.php Should return a PHP callback that can be passed to spl_autoload_register(). Typically, this callback should utilize the map returned by autoload_classmap.php. autoload_register.php should register a PHP callback (is typically returned by autoload_function.php with spl_autoload_register(). The point of these three les is to provide reasonable default mechanisms for autoloading the classes contained in the module, thus providing a trivial way to consume the module without requiring Zend\ModuleManager (e.g., for use outside a ZF2 application). The config directory should contain any module-specic conguration. These les may be in any format Zend\Config supports. We recommend naming the main conguration module.format, and for PHP-based conguration, module.cong.php. Typically, you will create conguration for the router as well as for the dependency injector. The src directory should be a PSR-0 compliant directory structure with your modules source code. Typically, you should at least have one sub-directory named after your module namespace; however, you can ship code from multiple namespaces if desired. The test directory should contain your unit tests. Typically, these are written using PHPUnit, and contain artifacts related to its conguration (e.g., phpunit.xml, bootstrap.php). The public directory can be used for assets that you may want to expose in your applications document root. These might include images, CSS les, JavaScript les, etc. How these are exposed is left to the developer. The view directory contains view scripts related to your controllers.

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186.3 Bootstrapping an Application


The Application has six basic dependencies. conguration, usually an array or object implementing Traversable. ServiceManager instance. EventManager instance, which, by default, is pulled from the ServiceManager, by the service name EventManager. ModuleManager instance, which, by default, is pulled from the ServiceManager, by the service name ModuleManager. Request instance, which, by default, is pulled from the ServiceManager, by the service name Request. Response instance, which, by default, is pulled from the ServiceManager, by the service name Response. These may be satised at instantiation:
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use use use use use

Zend\EventManager\EventManager; Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment; Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager; Zend\Mvc\Application; Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager;

$config = include config/application.config.php; $serviceManager = new ServiceManager(); $serviceManager->setService(EventManager, new EventManager()); $serviceManager->setService(ModuleManager, new ModuleManager($config)); $serviceManager->setService(Request, new PhpEnvironment\Request()); $serviceManager->setService(Response, new PhpEnvironment\Response()); $application = new Application($config, $serviceManager);

Once youve done this, there are two additional actions you can take. The rst is to bootstrap the application. In the default implementation, this does the following: Attaches the default route listener (Zend\Mvc\RouteListener). Attaches the default dispatch listener (Zend\Mvc\DispatchListener). Attaches the ViewManager listener (Zend\Mvc\View\ViewManager). Creates the MvcEvent, and injects it with the application, request, and response; it also retrieves the router (Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack) at this time and attaches it to the event. Triggers the bootstrap event. If you do not want these actions, or want to provide alternatives, you can do so by extending the Application class and/or simply coding what actions you want to occur. The second action you can take with the congured Application is to run() it. Calling this method simply does the following: it triggers the route event, followed by the dispatch event, and, depending on execution, the render event; when done, it triggers the nish event, and then returns the response instance. If an error occurs during either the route or dispatch event, a dispatch.error event is triggered as well. This is a lot to remember in order to bootstrap the application; in fact, we havent covered all the services available by default yet. You can greatly simplify things by using the default ServiceManager conguration shipped with the MVC.

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use Zend\Loader\AutoloaderFactory; use Zend\Mvc\Service\ServiceManagerConfig; use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager; // setup autoloader AutoloaderFactory::factory(); // get application stack configuration $configuration = include config/application.config.php; // setup service manager $serviceManager = new ServiceManager(new ServiceManagerConfig()); $serviceManager->setService(ApplicationConfig, $configuration); // load modules -- which will provide services, configuration, and more $serviceManager->get(ModuleManager)->loadModules(); // bootstrap and run application $application = $serviceManager->get(Application); $application->bootstrap(); $response = $application->run(); $response->send();

You can make this even simpler by using the init() method of the Application. This is a static method for quick and easy initialization of the Application.
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// setup autoloader AutoloaderFactory::factory(); // get application stack configuration $configuration = include config/application.config.php; // The init() method does something very similar with the previous example. Application::init($configuration)->run();

The init() method will basically do the following: Grabs the application conguration and pulls from the service_manager key, creating a ServiceManager instance with it and with the default services shipped with Zend\Mvc; Create a service named ApplicationConfig with the application conguration array; Grabs the ModuleManager service and load the modules; bootstrap()s the Application and returns its instance; Note: If you use the init() method, you cannot specify a service with the name of ApplicationCong in your service manager cong. This name is reserved to hold the array from application.cong.php. The following services can only be overridden from application.cong.php: ModuleManager SharedEventManager EventManager & Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface 186.3. Bootstrapping an Application 817

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All other services are congured after module loading, thus can be overridden by modules. Youll note that you have a great amount of control over the workow. Using the ServiceManager, you have ne-grained control over what services are available, how they are instantiated, and what dependencies are injected into them. Using the EventManagers priority system, you can intercept any of the application events (bootstrap, route, dispatch, dispatch.error, render, and nish) anywhere during execution, allowing you to craft your own application workows as needed.

186.4 Bootstrapping a Modular Application


While the previous approach largely works, where does the conguration come from? When we create a modular application, the assumption will be that its from the modules themselves. How do we get that information and aggregate it, then? The answer is via Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager. This component allows you to specify where modules exist. Then, it will locate each module and initialize it. Module classes can tie into various listeners on the ModuleManager in order to provide conguration, services, listeners, and more to the application. Sounds complicated? Its not.

186.4.1 Conguring the Module Manager


The rst step is conguring the module manager. Simply inform the module manager which modules to load, and potentially provide conguration for the module listeners. Remember the application.config.php from earlier? Were going to provide some conguration.
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<?php // config/application.config.php return array( modules => array( /* ... */ ), module_listener_options => array( module_paths => array( ./module, ./vendor, ), ), );

As we add modules to the system, well add items to the modules array. Each Module class that has conguration it wants the Application to know about should dene a getConfig() method. That method should return an array or Traversable object such as Zend\Config\Config. As an example:
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There are a number of other methods you can dene for tasks ranging from providing autoloader conguration, to providing services to the ServiceManager, to listening to the bootstrap event. The ModuleManager documentation goes into more detail on these.

186.5 Conclusion
The ZF2 MVC layer is incredibly exible, offering an opt-in, easy to create modular infrastructure, as well as the ability to craft your own application workows via the ServiceManager and EventManager. The ModuleManager is a lightweight and simple approach to enforcing a modular architecture that encourages clean separation of concerns and code re-use.

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Now that you have basic knowledge of applications, modules, and how they are each structured, well show you the easy way to get started.

187.1 Install the Zend Skeleton Application


The easiest way to get started is to grab the sample application and module repositories. This can be done in the following ways.

187.1.1 Using Composer


Simply clone the ZendSkeletonApplication repository:
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Then run Composers install command to install the ZF library and any other congured dependencies:
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187.1.2 Using Git


Simply clone the ZendSkeletonApplication repository, using the --recursive option, which will also grab ZF.
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187.1.3 Manual Installation


Download a tarball of the ZendSkeletonApplication repository: Zip: https://github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonApplication/zipball/master Tarball: https://github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonApplication/tarball/master Deate the archive you selected and rename the parent directory according to your project needs; we use myapplication throughout this document. Install Zend Framework, and either have its library on your PHP include_path, symlink the library into your projects library, or install it directly into your application using Pyrus.

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187.2 Create a New Module


By default, one module is provided with the ZendSkeletonApplication, named Application. It simply provides a controller to handle the home page of the application, the layout template, and templates for 404 and error pages. Typically, you will not need to touch this other than to provide an alternate entry page for your site and/or alternate error page. Additional functionality will be provided by creating new modules. To get you started with modules, we recommend using the ZendSkeletonModule as a base. Download it from here: Zip: https://github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonModule/zipball/master Tarball: https://github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonModule/tarball/master Deate the package, and rename the directory ZendSkeletonModule to reect the name of the new module you want to create; when done, move the module into your new projects module/ directory. At this point, its time to create some functionality.

187.3 Update the Module Class


Lets update the module class. Well want to make sure the namespace is correct, conguration is enabled and returned, and that we setup autoloading on initialization. Since were actively working on this module, the class list will be in ux, we probably want to be pretty lenient in our autoloading approach, so lets keep it exible by using the StandardAutoloader. Lets begin. First, lets have autoload_classmap.php return an empty array:
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Well also edit our config/module.config.php le to read as follows:


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Fill in module-name with a lowercased, dash-separated version of your module name e.g., ZendUser would become zend-user. Next, edit the Module.php le to read as follows:
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{ return array( Zend\Loader\ClassMapAutoloader => array( __DIR__ . /autoload_classmap.php, ), Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader => array( namespaces => array( __NAMESPACE__ => __DIR__ . /src/ . __NAMESPACE__, ), ), ); } public function getConfig() { return include __DIR__ . /config/module.config.php; } }

At this point, you now have your module congured properly. Lets create a controller!

187.4 Create a Controller


Controllers are simply objects that implement Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface. This means they need to implement a dispatch() method that takes minimally a Request object as an argument. In practice, though, this would mean writing logic to branch based on matched routing within every controller. As such, weve created two base controller classes for you to start with: Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController allows routes to match an action. When matched, a method named after the action will be called by the controller. As an example, if you had a route that returned foo for the action key, the fooAction method would be invoked. Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractRestfulController introspects the Request to determine what HTTP method was used, and calls a method according to that. GET will call either the getList() method, or, if an id was matched during routing, the get() method (with that identifer value). POST will call the create() method, passing in the $_POST values. PUT expects an id to be matched during routing, and will call the update() method, passing in the identier, and any data found in the raw post body. DELETE expects an id to be matched during routing, and will call the delete() method. To get started, well simply create a hello world-style controller, with a single action. First, create the directory src/<module name>/Controller, and then create the le HelloController.php inside it. Edit it in your favorite text editor or IDE, and insert the following contents:
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public function worldAction() { $message = $this->params()->fromQuery(message, foo); return new ViewModel(array(message => $message)); } }

So, what are we doing here? Were creating an action controller. Were dening an action, world. Were pulling a message from the query parameters (yes, this is a superbly bad idea in production! Always sanitize your inputs!). Were returning a ViewModel with an array of values to be processed later. We return a ViewModel. The view layer will use this when rendering the view, pulling variables and the template name from it. By default, you can omit the template name, and it will resolve to lowercase-controller-name/lowercaseaction-name. However, you can override this to specify something different by calling setTemplate() on the ViewModel instance. Typically, templates will resolve to les with a .phtml sufx in your modules view directory. So, with that in mind, lets create a view script.

187.5 Create a View Script


Create the directory view/<module-name>/hello. Inside that directory, create a le named world.phtml. Inside that, paste in the following:
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Thats it. Save the le. Note: What is the method escapeHtml()? Its actually a view helper, and its designed to help mitigate XSS attacks. Never trust user input; if you are at all uncertain about the source of a given variable in your view script, escape it using one of the provided escape view helper depending on the type of data you have.

187.6 Create a Route


Now that we have a controller and a view script, we need to create a route to it. Note: ZendSkeletonApplication ships with a default route that will likely get you to this action. That route basically expects /{module}/{controller}/{action}, which allows you to specify this: /zend-user/hello/world. Were going to create a route here mainly for illustration purposes, as creating explicit routes is a recommended practice. The application will look for a Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteStack instance to setup routing. The default generated router is a Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack. To use the default route functionality, you will need to have the following route denition in your module. Replace <module-name> with the name of your module.

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// module.config.php return array( <module-name> => array( type => Literal, options => array( route => /<module-name>, defaults => array( controller => <module-namespace>\Controller\Index, action => index, ), ), may_terminate => true, child_routes => array( default => array( type => Segment, options => array( route => /[:controller[/:action]], constraints => array( controller => [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*, action => [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*, ), defaults => array( ), ), ), ), ), // ... other configuration ... );

Additionally, we need to tell the application we have a controller:


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// module.config.php return array( controllers => array( invokables => array( <module-namespace>\Controller\Index => <module-namespace>\Controller\IndexControl // Do similar for each other controller in your module ), ), // ... other configuration ... );

Note: We inform the application about controllers we expect to have in the application. This is to prevent somebody requesting any service the ServiceManager knows about in an attempt to break the application. The dispatcher uses a special, scoped container that will only pull controllers that are specically registered with it, either as invokable classes or via factories. Open your config/module.config.php le, and modify it to add to the routes and controller parameters so it reads as follows:
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options => array( route => /hello/world, defaults => array( controller => <module name>\Controller\Hello, action => world, ), ), ),

), ), controllers => array( invokables => array( <module namespace>\Controller\Hello => <module namespace>\Controller\HelloController, ), ), // ... other configuration ... );

187.7 Tell the Application About our Module


One problem: we havent told our application about our new module! By default, modules are not parsed unless we tell the module manager about them. As such, we need to notify the application about them. Remember the config/application.config.php le? Lets modify it to add our new module. Once done, it should read as follows:
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<?php return array( modules => array( Application, <module namespace>, ), module_listener_options => array( module_paths => array( ./module, ./vendor, ), ), );

Replace <module namespace> with the namespace of your module.

187.8 Test it Out!


Now we can test things out! Create a new vhost pointing its document root to the public directory of your application, and re it up in a browser. You should see the default homepage template of ZendSkeletonApplication. Now alter the location in your URL to append the path /hello/world, and load the page. You should now get the following content:
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Now alter the location to append ?message=bar and load the page. You should now get:
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Congratulations! Youve created your rst ZF2 MVC module!

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The default and recommended way to write Zend Framework applications uses a set of services dened in the Zend\Mvc\Service namespace. This chapter details what each of those services are, the classes they represent, and the conguration options available. Many of the services are provided by other components, and the factories and abstract factories themselves are dened in the individual components. We will cover those factories in this chapter, however, as usage is generally the same between each.

188.1 Theory of Operation


To allow easy conguration of all the different parts of the MVC system, a somewhat complex set of services and their factories has been created. Well try to give a simplied explanation of the process. When a Zend\Mvc\Application is created, a Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager object is created and congured via Zend\Mvc\Service\ServiceManagerConfig. The ServiceManagerConfig gets the conguration from application.config.php (or some other application conguration you passed to the Application when creating it). From all the service and factories provided in the Zend\Mvc\Service namespace, ServiceManagerConfig is responsible of conguring only three: SharedEventManager, EventManager, and ModuleManager. After this, the Application calls for the ModuleManager. At this point, the ModuleManager further congures the ServiceManager with services and factories provided in Zend\Mvc\Service\ServiceLocator. This approach allows us to keep the main application conguration concise, and to give the developer the power to congure different parts of the MVC system from within the modules, overriding any default conguration in these MVC services.

188.2 ServiceManager
As a quick review, the following service types may be congured: Invokable services, which map a service name to a class that has no constructor or a constructor that accepts no arguments. Factories, which map a service name to a factory which will create and return an object. A factory receives the service manager as an argument, and may be any PHP callable, or a class or object that implements Zend\ServiceManager\FactoryInterface. Abstract factories, which are factories that can create any number of named services that share the same instantiation pattern; examples include database adapters, cache adapters, loggers, etc. The factory receives the service manager as an argument, the resolved service name, and the requested service name; it must be a class 829

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or object implementing Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractFactoryInterface. See the section on abstract factories for conguration information. Aliases, which alias one service name to another. Aliases can also reference other aliases. Initializers, which receive the newly created instance and the service manager, and which can be used to perform additional initialization tasks. The most common use case is to test the instance against specic Aware interfaces, and, if matching, inject them with the appropriate service. Plugin managers, which are specialized service managers used to manage objects that are of a related type, such as view helpers, controller plugins, controllers, etc. Plugin managers accept conguration just like service managers, and as such can compose invokable services, factories, abstract factories, aliases, and initializers. They are also ServiceLocatorAware, and will be injected with the application service manager instance, giving factories and abstract factories access to application-level services when needed. See the heading Plugin managers for a list of available plugin managers. The application service manager is referenced directly during bootstrapping, and has the following services congured out of the box. Invokable services DispatchListener, mapping to Zend\Mvc\DispatchListener. RouteListener, mapping to Zend\Mvc\RouteListener. SendResponseListener, mapping to Zend\Mvc\SendResponseListener. SharedEventManager, mapping to Zend\EventManager\SharedEventManager. Factories Application, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ApplicationFactory. Config, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ConfigFactory. Internally, this pulls the ModuleManager service, and calls its loadModules() method, and retrieves the merged conguration from the module event. As such, this service contains the entire, merged application conguration. ControllerLoader, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ControllerLoaderFactory. This creates an instance of Zend\Mvc\Controller\ControllerManager, passing the service manager instance. Additionally, it uses the DiStrictAbstractServiceFactory service effectively allowing you to fall back to DI in order to retrieve your controllers. If you want to use Zend\Di to retrieve your controllers, you must white-list them in your DI conguration under the allowed_controllers key (otherwise, they will just be ignored). The ControllerManager will add an initializer that will do the following: * If the controller implements the Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface interface, an instance of the ServiceManager will be injected into it. * If the controller implements the Zend\EventManager\EventManagerAwareInterface interface, an instance of the EventManager will be injected into it. * Finally, an initializer will inject it with the ControllerPluginManager service, as long as the setPluginManager method is implemented. ControllerPluginManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ControllerPluginManagerFactory. This instantiates the Zend\Mvc\Controller\PluginManager instance, passing it the service manager instance. It also uses the DiAbstractServiceFactory service effectively allowing you to fall back to DI in order to retrieve your controller plugins. It registers a set of default controller plugins, and contains an initializer for injecting plugins with the current controller.

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ConsoleAdapter, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ConsoleAdapterFactory. This grabs the Config service, pulls from the console key, and do the following: * If the adapter subkey is present, it is used to get the adapter instance, otherwise, Zend\Console\Console::detectBestAdapter() will be called to congure an adapter instance. * If the charset subkey is present, the is used to set the adapter charset. ConsoleRouter, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\RouterFactory. This grabs the Config service, and pulls from the console key and router subkey, conguring a Zend\Mvc\Router\Console\SimpleRouteStack instance. ConsoleViewManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ConsoleViewManagerFactory. This creates and returns an instance of Zend\Mvc\View\Console\ViewManager, which in turn registers and initializes a number of console-specic view services. DependencyInjector, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\DiFactory. This pulls the Config service, and looks for a di key; if found, that value is used to congure a new Zend\Di\Di instance. DiAbstractServiceFactory, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\DiAbstractServiceFactoryFactory. This creates an instance of Zend\ServiceManager\Di\DiAbstractServiceFactory injecting the Di service instance. That instance is attached to the service manager as an abstract factory effectively enabling DI as a fallback for providing services. DiServiceInitializer, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\DiServiceInitializerFactory. This creates an instance of Zend\ServiceManager\Di\DiServiceInitializer injecting the Di service and the service manager itself.

DiStrictAbstractServiceFactory, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\DiStrictAbstractServiceFact This creates an instance of Zend\Mvc\Service\DiStrictAbstractServiceFactoryFactory injecting the Di service instance. EventManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\EventManagerFactory. This factory returns a new instance of Zend\EventManager\EventManager on each request. This service is not shared by default, allowing the ability to have an EventManager per service, with a shared SharedEventManager injected in each. FilterManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\FilterManagerFactory. This instantiates the Zend\Filter\FilterPluginManager instance, passing it the service manager instance this is used to manage lters for the lter chains. It also uses the DiAbstractServiceFactory service effectively allowing you to fall back to DI in order to retrieve lters. FormElementManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\FormElementManagerFactory. This instantiates the Zend\Form\FormElementManager instance, passing it the service manager instance this is used to manage form elements. It also uses the DiAbstractServiceFactory service effectively allowing you to fall back to DI in order to retrieve form elements. HttpRouter, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\RouterFactory. This grabs the Config service, and pulls from the router key, conguring a Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack instance. HttpViewManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\HttpViewManagerFactory. This creates and returns an instance of Zend\Mvc\View\Http\ViewManager, which in turn registers and initializes a number of HTTP-specic view services. HydratorManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\HydratorManagerFactory. This creates and returns an instance of Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManager, which can be used to manage and persist hydrator instances.

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InputFilterManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\InputFilterManagerFactory. This creates and returns an instance of Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterPluginManager, which can be used to manage and persist input lter instances. ModuleManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ModuleManagerFactory. This is perhaps the most complex factory in the MVC stack. It expects that an ApplicationConfig service has been injected, with keys for module_listener_options and modules; see the quick start for samples. It instantiates an instance of Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\DefaultListenerAggregate, using the module_listener_options retrieved. Checks if a service with the name ServiceListener exists, otherwise it sets a factory with that name mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ServiceListenerFactory. A bunch of service listeners will be added to the ServiceListener, like listeners for the getServiceConfig, getControllerConfig, getControllerPluginConfig, getViewHelperConfig module methods. Next, it retrieves the EventManager service, and attaches the above listeners. It instantiates a Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleEvent instance, setting the ServiceManager parameter to the service manager object. Finally, it instantiates a Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager instance, and injects the EventManager and ModuleEvent. MvcTranslator, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\TranslatorServiceFactory, and returning an instance of Zend\Mvc\I18n\Translator, which extends Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator and implements Zend\Validator\Translator\TranslatorInterface, allowing the instance to be used anywhere a translator may be required in the framework. PaginatorPluginManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\PaginatorPluginManagerFactory. This instantiates the Zend\Paginator\AdapterPluginManager instance, passing it the service manager instance this is used to manage paginator adapters. It also uses the DiAbstractServiceFactory service effectively allowing you to fall back to DI in order to retrieve paginator adapters. Request, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\RequestFactory. The factory is used to create and return a request instance, according to the current environment. If the current environment is cli, it will create a Zend\Console\Request, or a Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Request if the current environment is HTTP. Response, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ResponseFactory. The factory is used to create and return a response instance, according to the current environment. If the current environment is cli, it will create a Zend\Console\Response, or a Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Response if the current environment is HTTP. Router, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\RouterFactory. If in a console enviroment, this will behave the same way as the ConsoleRouter service, if not, it will behave the same way as HttpRouter service. RoutePluginManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\RoutePluginManagerFactory. This instantiates the Zend\Mvc\Router\RoutePluginManager instance, passing it the service manager instance this is used to manage route types. It also uses the DiAbstractServiceFactory service effectively allowing you to fall back to DI in order to retrieve route types.

SerializerAdapterManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\SerializerAdapterPluginManagerFac which returns an instance of Zend\Serializer\AdapterPluginManager. This is a plugin manager for managing serializer adapter instances.

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ServiceListener, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ServiceListenerFactory. The factory is used to instantiate the ServiceListener, while allowing easy extending. It checks if a service with the name ServiceListenerInterface exists, which must implement Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ServiceListenerInterface, before instantiating the default ServiceListener. In addition to this, it retrieves the ApplicationConfig and looks for the service_listener_options key. This allows you to register own listeners for module methods and conguration keys to create an own service manager; see the application conguration options for samples. ValidatorManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ValidatorManagerFactory. This instantiates the Zend\Validator\ValidatorPluginManager instance, passing it the service manager instance this is used to manage validators. It also uses the DiAbstractServiceFactory service effectively allowing you to fall back to DI in order to retrieve validators. ViewFeedRenderer, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewFeedRendererFactory, which returns an instance of Zend\View\Renderer\FeedRenderer, used to render feeds. ViewFeedStrategy, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewFeedStrategyFactory, which returns an instance of Zend\View\Strategy\FeedStrategy, used to select the ViewFeedRenderer given the appropriate criteria. ViewHelperManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewHelperManagerFactory, which returns an instance of Zend\View\HelperManager. This is a plugin manager for managing view helper instances. ViewJsonRenderer, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewJsonRendererFactory, which returns an instance of Zend\View\Renderer\JsonRenderer, used to render JSON structures. ViewJsonStrategy, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewJsonStrategyFactory, which returns an instance of Zend\View\Strategy\JsonStrategy, used to select the ViewJsonRenderer given the appropriate criteria. ViewManager, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewManagerFactory. The factory is used to create and return a view manager, according to the current environment. If the current environment is cli, it will create a Zend\Mvc\View\Console\ViewManager, or a Zend\Mvc\View\Http\ViewManager if the current environment is HTTP. ViewResolver, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewResolverFactory, which creates and returns the aggregate view resolver. It also attaches the ViewTemplateMapResolver and ViewTemplatePathStack services to it. ViewTemplateMapResolver, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewTemplateMapResolverFactory which creates, congures and returns the Zend\View\Resolver\TemplateMapResolver. ViewTemplatePathStack, mapping to Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewTemplatePathStackFactory which creates, congures and returns the Zend\View\Resolver\TemplatePathStack. Abstract factories Zend\Cache\Service\StorageCacheAbstractServiceFactory (opt-in; registered by default in the skeleton application). Zend\Db\Adapter\AdapterAbstractServiceFactory (opt-in). Zend\Form\FormAbstractServiceFactory is registered by default. Zend\Log\LoggerAbstractServiceFactory (opt-in; registered by default in the skeleton application). Aliases

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Configuration, mapping to the Config service. Console, mapping to the ConsoleAdapter service. Di, mapping to the DependencyInjector service. Zend\Di\LocatorInterface, mapping to the DependencyInjector service. Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface, mapping to the EventManager service. This is mainly to ensure that when falling through to DI, classes are still injected via the ServiceManager. Zend\Mvc\Controller\PluginManager, mapping to the ControllerPluginManager service. This is mainly to ensure that when falling through to DI, classes are still injected via the ServiceManager. Zend\View\Resolver\TemplateMapResolver, ViewTemplateMapResolver service. mapping to the

Zend\View\Resolver\TemplatePathStack, mapping to the ViewTemplatePathStack service. Zend\View\Resolver\AggregateResolver, mapping to the ViewResolver service. Zend\View\Resolver\ResolverInterface, mapping to the ViewResolver service. Initializers For objects that implement Zend\EventManager\EventManagerAwareInterface, the EventManager service will be retrieved and injected. This service is not shared, though each instance it creates is injected with a shared instance of SharedEventManager. For objects that implement Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface, the ServiceManager will inject itself into the object. The ServiceManager registers itself as the ServiceManager service, and aliases itself to the class names Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface and Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager.

188.3 Abstract Factories


As noted in the previous section, Zend Framework provides a number of abstract service factories by default. Each is noted below, along with sample conguration. In each instance, the abstract factory looks for a top-level conguration key, consisting of key/value pairs where the key is the service name, and the value is the conguration to use to create the given service.

188.3.1 Zend\Cache\Service\StorageCacheAbstractServiceFactory
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throw_exceptions => false, ), ), ), Cache\Persistence => array( adapter => filesystem, ttl => 86400, ), ), );

See the cache documentation for more conguration options.

188.3.2 Zend\Db\Adapter\AdapterAbstractServiceFactory
This abstract factory is opt-in. It uses the top-level conguration key db, with a subkey adapters.
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return array( db => array(adapters => array( Db\ReadOnly => array( driver => Pdo_Sqlite, database => data/db/users.db, ), Db\Writeable => array( driver => Mysqli, database => users, username => developer, password => developer_password, ), )), );

See the DB adapter documentation for more conguration options.

188.3.3 Zend\Form\FormAbstractServiceFactory
This abstract factory is registered by default. It uses the top-level conguration key forms. It makes use of the FilterManager, FormElementManager, HydratorManager, InputFilterManager, and ValidatorManager plugin managers in order to allow instantiation and creation of form objects and all related objects in the form hierarchy.
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return array( forms => array( Form\Foo => array( hydrator => ObjectProperty, type => Zend\Form\Form, elements => array( array( spec => array( type => Zend\Form\Element\Email, name => email, options => array( label => Your email address, ), ), ),

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), ), ), );

Form conguration follows the same conguration you would use with a form factory; the primary difference is that all plugin managers have already been injected for you, allowing you the possibility of custom objects or substitutions. See the form factory documentation for more conguration options.

188.3.4 Zend\Log\LoggerAbstractServiceFactory
This abstract factory is opt-in, but registered by default in the skeleton application. It uses the top-level conguration key log.
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return array( log => array( Log\App => array( writers => array( array( name => stream, priority => 1000, options => array( stream => data/logs/app.log, ), ), ), ), ), );

See the log documentation for more conguration options.

188.4 Plugin Managers


The following plugin managers are congured by default: ControllerLoader, corresponding to Zend\Mvc\Controller\ControllerManager, and used to manage controller instances. ControllerPluginManager, corresponding to Zend\Mvc\Controller\PluginManager, and used to manage controller plugin instances. FilterManager, corresponding to Zend\Filter\FilterPluginManager, and used to manage lter instances. FormElementManager, corresponding to Zend\Form\FormElementManager, and used to manage instances of form elements and eldsets. HydratorManager, corresponding to Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManager, and used to manage hydrator instances. InputFilterManager, corresponding to Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterPluginManager, and used to manage input lter instances. RoutePluginManager, corresponding to Zend\Mvc\Router\RoutePluginManager, and used to manage route instances.

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SerializerAdapterManager, corresponding to Zend\Serializer\AdapterPluginManager, and used to manage serializer instances. ValidatorManager, corresponding to Zend\Validator\ValidatorPluginManager, and used to manage validator instances. ViewHelperManager, corresponding to Zend\View\HelperManager, and used to manage view helper instances. As noted in the previous section, all plugin managers share the same conguration and service types as the standard service manager; they are simply scoped, and only allow instances of certain types to be created or registered. Default types available are listed in the documentation for each component.

188.5 ViewManager
The View layer within Zend\Mvc consists of a large number of collaborators and event listeners. As such, Zend\Mvc\View\ViewManager was created to handle creation of the various objects, as well as wiring them together and establishing event listeners. The ViewManager itself is an event listener on the bootstrap event. It retrieves the ServiceManager from the Application object, as well as its composed EventManager. Conguration for all members of the ViewManager fall under the view_manager conguration key, and expect values as noted below. The following services are created and managed by the ViewManager: ViewHelperManager, representing and aliased to Zend\View\HelperPluginManager. It is seeded with the ServiceManager. Created via the Zend\Mvc\Service\ViewHelperManagerFactory. The Router service is retrieved, and injected into the Url helper. If the base_path key is present, it is used to inject the BasePath view helper; otherwise, the Request service is retrieved, and the value of its getBasePath() method is used. If the doctype key is present, it will be used to set the value of the Doctype view helper. ViewTemplateMapResolver, representing and aliased to Zend\View\Resolver\TemplateMapResolver. If a template_map key is present, it will be used to seed the template map. ViewTemplatePathStack, representing and aliased to Zend\View\Resolver\TemplatePathStack. If a template_path_stack key is present, it will be used to seed the stack. If a default_template_suffix key is present, it will be used as the default sufx for template scripts resolving. ViewResolver, representing and aliased to Zend\View\Resolver\AggregateResolver and Zend\View\Resolver\ResolverInterface. It is seeded with the ViewTemplateMapResolver and ViewTemplatePathStack services as resolvers. ViewRenderer, representing and aliased to Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer and Zend\View\Renderer\RendererInterface. It is seeded with the ViewResolver and ViewHelperManager services. Additionally, the ViewModel helper gets seeded with the ViewModel as its root (layout) model. ViewPhpRendererStrategy, representing and aliased to Zend\View\Strategy\PhpRendererStrategy. It gets seeded with the ViewRenderer service. View, representing and aliased to Zend\View\View. It gets seeded with the EventManager service, and attaches the ViewPhpRendererStrategy as an aggregate listener.

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DefaultRenderingStrategy, representing and aliased to Zend\Mvc\View\DefaultRenderingStrategy. If the layout key is present, it is used to seed the strategys layout template. It is seeded with the View service. ExceptionStrategy, representing and aliased to Zend\Mvc\View\ExceptionStrategy. If the display_exceptions or exception_template keys are present, they are used to congure the strategy. RouteNotFoundStrategy, representing and aliased to Zend\Mvc\View\RouteNotFoundStrategy and 404Strategy. If the display_not_found_reason or not_found_template keys are present, they are used to congure the strategy. ViewModel. In this case, no service is registered; the ViewModel is simply retrieved from the MvcEvent and injected with the layout template name. The ViewManager also creates several other listeners, but does not expose them as services; these include Zend\Mvc\View\CreateViewModelListener, Zend\Mvc\View\InjectTemplateListener, and Zend\Mvc\View\InjectViewModelListener. These, along with RouteNotFoundStrategy, ExceptionStrategy, and DefaultRenderingStrategy are attached as listeners either to the application EventManager instance or the SharedEventManager instance. Finally, if you have a strategies key in your conguration, the ViewManager will loop over these and attach them in order to the View service as listeners, at a priority of 100 (allowing them to execute before the DefaultRenderingStrategy).

188.6 Application Conguration Options


The following options may be used to provide initial conguration for the ServiceManager, ModuleManager, and Application instances, allowing them to then nd and aggregate the conguration used for the Config service, which is intended for conguring all other objects in the system. These conguration directives go to the config/application.config.php le.
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<?php return array( // This should be an array of module namespaces used in the application. modules => array( ), // These are various options for the listeners attached to the ModuleManager module_listener_options => array( // This should be an array of paths in which modules reside. // If a string key is provided, the listener will consider that a module // namespace, the value of that key the specific path to that modules // Module class. module_paths => array( ), // An array of paths from which to glob configuration files after // modules are loaded. These effectively override configuration // provided by modules themselves. Paths may use GLOB_BRACE notation. config_glob_paths => array( ), // Whether or not to enable a configuration cache. // If enabled, the merged configuration will be cached and used in // subsequent requests. config_cache_enabled => $booleanValue,

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// The key used to create the configuration cache file name. config_cache_key => $stringKey, // Whether or not to enable a module class map cache. // If enabled, creates a module class map cache which will be used // by in future requests, to reduce the autoloading process. module_map_cache_enabled => $booleanValue, // The key used to create the class map cache file name. module_map_cache_key => $stringKey, // The path in which to cache merged configuration. cache_dir => $stringPath, // Whether or not to enable modules dependency checking. // Enabled by default, prevents usage of modules that depend on other modules // that werent loaded. check_dependencies => $booleanValue, ), // Used to create an own service manager. May contain one or more child arrays. service_listener_options => array( array( service_manager => $stringServiceManagerName, config_key => $stringConfigKey, interface => $stringOptionalInterface, method => $stringRequiredMethodName, ), ) // Initial configuration with which to seed the ServiceManager. // Should be compatible with Zend\ServiceManager\Config. service_manager => array( ), );

For an example, see the ZendSkeletonApplication conguration le.

188.7 Default Conguration Options


The following options are available when using the default services congured by the ServiceManagerConfig and ViewManager. These conguration directives can go to the config/autoload/{,*.}{global,local}.php les, or in the module/<module name>/config/module.config.php conguration les. The merging of these conguration les is done by the ModuleManager. It rst merges each modules module.config.php le, and then the les in config/autoload (rst the *.global.php and then the *.local.php les). The order of the merge is relevant so you can override a modules conguration with your application conguration. If you have both a config/autoload/my.global.config.php and config/autoload/my.local.config.php, the local conguration le overrides the global conguration. Warning: Local conguration les are intended to keep sensitive information, such as database credentials, and as such, it is highly recommended to keep these local conguration les out of your VCS. The ZendSkeletonApplications config/autoload/.gitignore le ignores *.local.php les by default. 188.7. Default Conguration Options 839

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<?php return array( // The following are used to configure controller loader // Should be compatible with Zend\ServiceManager\Config. controllers => array( // Map of controller "name" to class // This should be used if you do not need to inject any dependencies // in your controller invokables => array( ), // Map of controller "name" to factory for creating controller instance // You may provide either the class name of a factory, or a PHP callback. factories => array( ), ), // The following are used to configure controller plugin loader // Should be compatible with Zend\ServiceManager\Config. controller_plugins => array( ), // The following are used to configure view helper manager // Should be compatible with Zend\ServiceManager\Config. view_helpers => array( ), // The following is used to configure a Zend\Di\Di instance. // The array should be in a format that Zend\Di\Config can understand. di => array( ), // Configuration for the Router service // Can contain any router configuration, but typically will always define // the routes for the application. See the router documentation for details // on route configuration. router => array( routes => array( ), ), // ViewManager configuration view_manager => array( // Base URL path to the application base_path => $stringBasePath, // Doctype with which to seed the Doctype helper doctype => $doctypeHelperConstantString, // e.g. HTML5, XHTML1 // TemplateMapResolver configuration // template/path pairs template_map => array( ), // TemplatePathStack configuration // module/view script path pairs template_path_stack => array(

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), // Default suffix to use when resolving template scripts, if none, phtml is used default_template_suffix => $templateSuffix, // e.g. php // Layout template name layout => $layoutTemplateName, // e.g. layout/layout // ExceptionStrategy configuration display_exceptions => $bool, // display exceptions in template exception_template => $stringTemplateName, // e.g. error // RouteNotFoundStrategy configuration display_not_found_reason => $bool, // display 404 reason in template not_found_template => $stringTemplateName, // e.g. 404 // Additional strategies to attach // These should be class names or service names of View strategy classes // that act as ListenerAggregates. They will be attached at priority 100, // in the order registered. strategies => array( ViewJsonStrategy, // register JSON renderer strategy ViewFeedStrategy, // register Feed renderer strategy ), ), );

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Routing is the act of matching a request to a given controller. Typically, routing will examine the request URI, and attempt to match the URI path segment against provided constraints. If the constraints match, a set of matches are returned, one of which should be the controller name to execute. Routing can utilize other portions of the request URI or environment as well for example, the host or scheme, query parameters, headers, request method, and more. Routing has been written from the ground up for Zend Framework 2.0. Execution is quite similar, but the internal workings are more consistent, performant, and often simpler. Note: If you are a developer with knowledge of the routing system in Zend Framework 1.x, you should know that some of the old terminology does not apply in Zend Framework 2.x. In the new routing system we dont have a router as such, as every route can match and assemble URIs by themselves, which makes them routers, too. That said, in most cases the developer does not need to worry about this, because Zend Framework 2.x will take care of this under the hood. The work of the router will be done by Zend\Mvc\Router\SimpleRouteStack or Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack. The base unit of routing is a Route:
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A Route accepts a Request, and determines if it matches. If so, it returns a RouteMatch object:
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Usually you will have multiple routes you wish to test against. In order to facilitate this, you will use a route aggregate, usually implementing RouteStack:
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namespace Zend\Mvc\Router; interface RouteStackInterface extends RouteInterface { public function addRoute($name, $route, $priority = null); public function addRoutes(array $routes); public function removeRoute($name); public function setRoutes(array $routes); }

Typically, routes should be queried in a LIFO order, and hence the reason behind the name RouteStack. Zend Framework provides two implementations of this interface, SimpleRouteStack and TreeRouteStack. In each, you register routes either one at a time using addRoute(), or in bulk using addRoutes().
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// One at a time: $route = Literal::factory(array( route => /foo, defaults => array( controller => foo-index, action => index, ), )); $router->addRoute(foo, $route); // In bulk: $router->addRoutes(array( // using already instantiated routes: foo => $route, // providing configuration to allow lazy-loading routes: bar => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /bar, defaults => array( controller => bar-index, action => index, ), ), ), ));

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Two routers are provided, the SimpleRouteStack and TreeRouteStack. Each works with the above interface, but utilize slightly different options and execution paths. By default, the Zend\Mvc uses the TreeRouteStack as the router.

189.1.1 SimpleRouteStack
This router simply takes individual routes that provide their full matching logic in one go, and loops through them in LIFO order until a match is found. As such, routes that will match most often should be registered last, and least common routes rst. Additionally, you will need to ensure that routes that potentially overlap are registered such that the most specic match will match rst (i.e., register later). Alternatively, you can set priorities by giving the priority as third parameter to the addRoute() method, specifying the priority in the route specications or setting the priority property within a route instance before adding it to the route stack.

189.1.2 TreeRouteStack
Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack provides the ability to register trees of routes, and will use a Btree algorithm to match routes. As such, you register a single route with many children. A TreeRouteStack will consist of the following conguration: A base route, which describes the base match needed, the root of the tree. An optional route_plugins, which is a congured Zend\Mvc\Router\RoutePluginManager that can lazy-load routes. The option may_terminate, which hints to the router that no other segments will follow it. An optional child_routes array, which contains additional routes that stem from the base route (i.e., build from it). Each child route can itself be a TreeRouteStack if desired; in fact, the Part route works exactly this way. When a route matches against a TreeRouteStack, the matched parameters from each segment of the tree will be returned. A TreeRouteStack can be your sole route for your application, or describe particular path segments of the application. An example of a TreeRouteStack is provided in the documentation of the Part route.

189.2 HTTP Route Types


Zend Framework 2.0 ships with the following HTTP route types.

189.2.1 Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Hostname
The Hostname route attempts to match the hostname registered in the request against specic criteria. Typically, this will be in one of the following forms: subdomain.domain.tld :subdomain.domain.tld

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In the above, the second route would return a subdomain key as part of the route match. For any given hostname segment, you may also provide a constraint. As an example, if the subdomain segment needed to match only if it started with fw and contained exactly 2 digits following, the following route would be needed:
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In the above example, only a subdomain key will be returned in the RouteMatch. If you wanted to also provide other information based on matching, or a default value to return for the subdomain, you need to also provide defaults.
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$route = Hostname::factory(array( route => :subdomain.domain.tld, constraints => array( subdomain => fw\d{2}, ), defaults => array( type => json, ), ));

When matched, the above will return two keys in the RouteMatch, subdomain and type.

189.2.2 Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Literal
The Literal route is for doing exact matching of the URI path. Conguration therefore is solely the path you want to match, and the defaults, or parameters you want returned on a match.
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The above route would match a path /foo, and return the key action in the RouteMatch, with the value foo.

189.2.3 Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Method
The Method route is used to match the http method or verb specied in the request (See RFC 2616 Sec. 5.1.1). It can optionally be congured to match against multiple methods by providing a comma-separated list of method tokens.
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The above route would match an http POST or PUT request and return a RouteMatch object containing a key action with a value of form-submit.

189.2.4 Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Part
A Part route allows crafting a tree of possible routes based on segments of the URI path. It actually extends the TreeRouteStack. Part routes are difcult to describe, so well simply provide a sample one here.
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$route = Part::factory(array( route => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\IndexController, action => index, ), ), ), route_plugins => $routePlugins, may_terminate => true, child_routes => array( blog => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /blog, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\BlogController, action => index, ), ), may_terminate => true, child_routes => array( rss => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /rss, defaults => array( action => rss, ) ), may_terminate => true, child_routes => array( subrss => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /sub, defaults => array( action => subrss, ), ), ), ), ), ), ),

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forum => array( type => literal, options => array( route => forum, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\ForumController, action => index, ), ), ), ), ));

The above would match the following: / would load the Index controller, index action. /blog would load the Blog controller, index action. /blog/rss would load the Blog controller, rss action. /blog/rss/sub would load the Blog controller, subrss action. /forum would load the Forum controller, index action. You may use any route type as a child route of a Part route. Note: Part routes are not meant to be used directly. When you add denitions for child_routes to any route type, that route will become a Part route. As already said, describing Part routes with words is difcult, so hopefully the additional examples at the end will provide further insight.

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$routePlugins = new Zend\Mvc\Router\RoutePluginManager(); $plugins = array( hostname => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Hostname, literal => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Literal, part => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Part, regex => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Regex, scheme => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Scheme, segment => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Segment, wildcard => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Wildcard, query => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Query, method => Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Method, ); $foreach ($plugins as $name => $class) { $routePlugins->setInvokableClass($name, $class); }

When using Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack, the RoutePluginManager is set up by default, and the developer does not need to worry about the autoloading of standard HTTP routes.

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189.2.5 Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Regex
A Regex route utilizes a regular expression to match against the URI path. Any valid regular expression is allowed; our recommendation is to use named captures for any values you want to return in the RouteMatch. Since regular expression routes are often complex, you must specify a spec or specication to use when assembling URLs from regex routes. The spec is simply a string; replacements are identied using %keyname% within the string, with the keys coming from either the captured values or named parameters passed to the assemble() method. Just like other routes, the Regex route can accept defaults, parameters to include in the RouteMatch when successfully matched.
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$route = Regex::factory(array( regex => /blog/(?<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(\.(?<format>(json|html|xml|rss)))?, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\BlogController, action => view, format => html, ), spec => /blog/%id%.%format%, ));

The above would match /blog/001-some-blog_slug-here.html, and return four items in the RouteMatch, an id, the controller, the action, and the format. When assembling a URL from this route, the id and format values would be used to ll the specication.

189.2.6 Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Scheme
The Scheme route matches the URI scheme only, and must be an exact match. As such, this route, like the Literal route, simply takes what you want to match and the defaults, parameters to return on a match.
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$route = Scheme::factory(array( scheme => https, defaults => array( https => true, ), ));

The above route would match the https scheme, and return the key https in the RouteMatch with a boolean true value.

189.2.7 Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Segment
A Segment route allows matching any segment of a URI path. Segments are denoted using a colon, followed by alphanumeric characters; if a segment is optional, it should be surrounded by brackets. As an example, /:foo[/:bar] would match a / followed by text and assign it to the key foo; if any additional / characters are found, any text following the last one will be assigned to the key bar. The separation between literal and named segments can be anything. For example, the above could be done as /:foo{}[-:bar] as well. The {-} after the :foo parameter indicates a set of one or more delimiters, after which matching of the parameter itself ends. Each segment may have constraints associated with it. Each constraint should simply be a regular expression expressing the conditions under which that segment should match. Also, as you can in other routes, you may provide defaults to use; these are particularly useful when using optional segments. 189.2. HTTP Route Types 849

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As a complex example:
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$route = Segment::factory(array( route => /:controller[/:action], constraints => array( controller => [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]+, action => [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]+, ), defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\IndexController, action => index, ), ));

189.2.8 Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Query (Deprecated)


This route part is deprecated since you can now add query parameters without a query route. The Query route part allows you to specify and capture query string parameters for a given route. The intention of the Query part is that you do not instantiate it in its own right but to use it as a child of another route part. An example of its usage would be
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$route = Part::factory(array( route => array( type => literal, options => array( route => page, defaults => array( ), ), ), may_terminate => true, route_plugins => $routePlugins, child_routes => array( query => array( type => Query, options => array( defaults => array( foo => bar, ), ), ), ), ));

As you can see, its pretty straight forward to specify the query part. This then allows you to create query strings using the url view helper.
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As you can see above, you must add /query to your route name in order to append a query string. If you do not specify /query in the route name then no query string will be appended. Our example page route has only one dened parameter of name (/page[/:name]), meaning that the remaining parameters of format and limit will then be appended as a query string. The output from our example should then be /page/my-test-page?format=rss&limit=10

189.3 HTTP Routing Examples


Most of the routing denitions will be done in module conguration les, so the following examples will show how to set up routes in cong les.
Simple example with two literal routes return array( router => array( routes => array( // Literal route named "home" home => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\IndexController, action => index, ), ), ), // Literal route named "contact" contact => array( type => literal, options => array( route => contact, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\ContactController, action => form, ), ), ), ), ), );

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A complex example with child routes return array( router => array( routes => array( // Literal route named "home" home => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /,

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defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\IndexController, action => index, ), ), ), // Literal route named "blog", with child routes blog => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /blog, defaults => array( controller => Application\Controller\BlogController, action => index, ), ), may_terminate => true, child_routes => array( // Segment route for viewing one blog post post => array( type => segment, options => array( route => /[:slug], constraints => array( slug => [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+, ), defaults => array( action => view, ), ), ), // Literal route for viewing blog RSS feed rss => array( type => literal, options => array( route => /rss, defaults => array( action => rss, ), ), ), ), ), ), ), );

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Warning: When dening child routes pay attention that the may_terminate and child_routes denitions are in same level as the options and type denitions. A common pitfall is to have those two denitions nested in options, which will not result in the desired routes.

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189.4 Console Route Types


Zend Framework 2.0 also comes with routes for writing Console based applications, which is explained in the Console routes and routing section.

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THE MVCEVENT
The MVC layer of Zend Framework 2 incorporates and utilizes a custom Zend\EventManager\Event implementation - Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent. This event is created during Zend\Mvc\Application::bootstrap() and is passed directly to all the events that method triggers. Additionally, if your controllers implement the Zend\Mvc\InjectApplicationEventInterface, MvcEvent will be injected into those controllers. The MvcEvent adds accessors and mutators for the following: Application object. Request object. Response object. Router object. RouteMatch object. Result - usually the result of dispatching a controller. ViewModel object, typically representing the layout view model. The methods it denes are: setApplication($application) getApplication() setRequest($request) getRequest() setResponse($response) getResponse() setRouter($router) getRouter() setRouteMatch($routeMatch) getRouteMatch() setResult($result) getResult() setViewModel($viewModel) getViewModel() isError() setError()

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getError() getController() setController($name) getControllerClass() setControllerClass($class) The Application, Request, Response, Router, and ViewModel are all injected during the bootstrap event. Following the route event, it will be injected also with the RouteMatch object encapsulating the results of routing. Since this object is passed around throughout the MVC, it is a common location for retrieving the results of routing, the router, and the request and response objects. Additionally, we encourage setting the results of execution in the event, to allow event listeners to introspect them and utilize them within their execution. As an example, the results could be passed into a view renderer.

190.1 Order of events


The following events are triggered, in the following order: Table 190.1: MvcEvent Events Name Constant Description bootstrap MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP Bootstrap the application by creating the ViewManager. route MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE Perform all the route work (matching...). dispatch MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH Dispatch the matched route to a controller/action. dispatch.error MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR Event triggered in case of a problem during dispatch process (unknown controller...). render MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER Prepare the data and delegate the rendering to the view layer. render.errorMvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER_ERROR Event triggered in case of a problem during the render process (no renderer found...). finish MvcEvent::EVENT_FINISH Perform any task once everything is done. Those events are extensively describe in the following sections.

190.2 MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP
190.2.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): Table 190.2: MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP Listeners PriMethod Itself ority Called Triggers Zend\Mvc\View\Http\ViewManager 10000 onBootstrap none Class Description Prepares the view layer (instantiate a Zend\Mvc\View\Http\ViewManager).

190.2.2 Triggerers
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Table 190.3: MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP Triggerers Class Zend\Mvc\Application In Method bootstrap

190.3 MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE
190.3.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): Table 190.4: MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE Listeners Pri- Method Itself Triggers or- Called ity Zend\Mvc\ModuleRouteListener 1 onRoute none Class Description

This listener determines if the module namespace should be prepended to the controller name. This is the case if the route match contains a parameter key matching the MODULE_NAMESPACE constant. Zend\Mvc\RouteListener 1 onRoute MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR Tries to match the request to the router and return a (if no route is RouteMatch object. matched)

190.3.2 Triggerers
This event is triggered by the following classes: Table 190.5: MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE Triggerers In Method Zend\Mvc\Application run Class Description It also has a short circuit callback that allows to stop the propagation of the event if an error is raised during the routing.

190.4 MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH
190.4.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): Console context only Those listeners are only attached in a Console context:

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Table 190.6: MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH Listeners for Console context only Pri- Method Description or- Called ity Zend\Mvc\View\Console\InjectNamedConsoleParamsListener 1000 injectNamedParams Merge all the params (route matched params and params in the command) and add them to the Request object. Zend\Mvc\View\Console\CreateViewModelListener -80 createViewModelFromArray If the controller action returned an associative array, it casts it to a ConsoleModel object. Zend\Mvc\View\Console\CreateViewModelListener -80 createViewModelFromString If the controller action returned a string, it casts it to a ConsoleModel object. Zend\Mvc\View\Console\CreateViewModelListener -80 createViewModelFromNull If the controller action returned null, it casts it to a ConsoleModel object. Zend\Mvc\View\Console\InjectViewModelListener injectViewModel Inserts the ViewModel (in this case, a ConsoleModel) 100 and adds it to the MvcEvent object. It either (a) adds it as a child to the default, composed view model, or (b) replaces it if the result is marked as terminable. Http context only Those listeners are only attached in a Http context: Table 190.7: MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH Listeners for Http context only Pri- Method Description or- Called ity Zend\Mvc\View\Http\CreateViewModelListener -80 createViewModelFromArray If the controller action returned an associative array, it casts it to a ViewModel object. Zend\Mvc\View\Http\CreateViewModelListener -80 createViewModelFromNull If the controller action returned null, it casts it to a ViewModel object. Zend\Mvc\View\Http\RouteNotFoundStrategy -90 prepareNotFoundViewModel It creates and return a 404 ViewModel. Zend\Mvc\View\Http\InjectTemplateListener -90 injectTemplate Inject a template into the view model, if none present. Template is derived from the controller found in the route match, and, optionally, the action, if present. Zend\Mvc\View\Http\InjectViewModelListener injectViewModel Inserts the ViewModel (in this case, a ViewModel) and adds 100 it to the MvcEvent object. It either (a) adds it as a child to the default, composed view model, or (b) replaces it if the result is marked as terminable. All contexts Those listeners are attached for both contexts: Class Class

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Table 190.8: MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH Listeners for both contexts Pri- Method Itself Triggers Description or- Called ity Zend\Mvc\DispatchListener 1 onDispatch MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR Try to load the matched controller from the service (if an exception is raised manager (and throws various exceptions if it does during dispatch processes) not). Zend\Mvc\AbstractController 1 onDispatch none The onDispatch method of the AbstractController is an abstract method. In AbstractActionController for instance, it simply calls the action method. Class

190.4.2 Triggerers
This event is triggered by the following classes: Table 190.9: MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH Triggerers In Description Method Zend\Mvc\Application run It also has a short circuit callback that allows to stop the propagation of the event if an error is raised during the routing. Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractController dispatch If a listener returns a Response object, it stops propagation. Note: every AbstractController listen to this event and execute the onBootstrap method when it is triggered. Class

190.5 MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR
190.5.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): Console context only Table 190.10: MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR Listeners for Console context only Pri- Method Description or- Called ity Zend\Mvc\View\Console\RouteNotFoundStrategy 1 handleRouteNotFoundError Detect if an error is a route not found condition. If a controller not found or invalid controller error type is encountered, sets the response status code to 404. Zend\Mvc\View\Console\ExceptionStrategy 1 prepareExceptionViewModel Create an exception view model and set the status code to 404. Zend\Mvc\View\Console\InjectViewModelListener injectViewModel Inserts the ViewModel (in this case, a ConsoleModel) 100 and adds it to the MvcEvent object. It either (a) adds it as a child to the default, composed view model, or (b) replaces it if the result is marked as terminable. Class

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Http context only Those listeners are only attached in a Http context: Table 190.11: MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR Listeners for Http context only Pri- Method Description or- Called ity Zend\Mvc\View\Http\RouteNotFoundStrategy 1 detectNotFoundError Detect if an error is a 404 condition. If a controller not found or invalid controller error type is encountered, sets the response status code to 404. Zend\Mvc\View\Http\RouteNotFoundStrategy 1 prepareNotFoundViewModel Create and return a 404 view model. Zend\Mvc\View\Http\ExceptionStrategy 1 prepareExceptionViewModel Create an exception view model and set the status code to 404 Zend\Mvc\View\Http\InjectViewModelListener injectViewModel Inserts the ViewModel (in this case, a ViewModel) and 100 adds it to the MvcEvent object. It either (a) adds it as a child to the default, composed view model, or (b) replaces it if the result is marked as terminable. All contexts Those listeners are attached for both contexts: Table 190.12: MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR Listeners for both contexts Priority Zend\Mvc\DispatchListener 1 Class Method Called Description Class

reportMonitorEventUsed to monitoring when Zend Server is used.

190.5.2 Triggerers
Table 190.13: MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH_ERROR Triggerers Class Zend\Mvc\DispatchListener Zend\Mvc\DispatchListener Zend\Mvc\DispatchListener In Method onDispatch marshallControllerNotFoundEvent marshallBadControllerEvent

190.6 MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER
190.6.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): Console context only Those listeners are only attached in a Console context:

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Table 190.14: MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER Listeners for Console context only Class Zend\Mvc\View\Console\DefaultRenderingStrategy Http context only Those listeners are only attached in a Http context: Table 190.15: MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER Listeners for Http context only Class Zend\Mvc\View\Http\DefaultRenderingStrategy Priority -10000 Method Called render Description Render the view. Priority -10000 Method Called render Description Render the view.

190.6.2 Triggerers
This event is triggered by the following classes: Table 190.16: MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER Triggerers Class Zend\Mvc\Application In Method completeRequest Description This event is triggered just before the MvcEvent::FINISH event.

190.7 MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER_ERROR
190.7.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): Console context only Those listeners are only attached in a Console context: Table 190.17: MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER_ERROR Listeners for Console context only Pri- Method Description or- Called ity Zend\Mvc\View\Console\ExceptionStrategy 1 prepareExceptionViewModel Create an exception view model and set the status code to 404. Zend\Mvc\View\Console\InjectViewModelListener injectViewModel Inserts the ViewModel (in this case, a ConsoleModel) 100 and adds it to the MvcEvent object. It either (a) adds it as a child to the default, composed view model, or (b) replaces it if the result is marked as terminable. Http context only Those listeners are only attached in a Http context: Class

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Table 190.18: MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER_ERROR Listeners for Http context only Pri- Method Description or- Called ity Zend\Mvc\View\Console\ExceptionStrategy 1 prepareExceptionViewModel Create an exception view model and set the status code to 404. Zend\Mvc\View\Console\InjectViewModelListener injectViewModel Inserts the ViewModel (in this case, a ViewModel) and 100 adds it to the MvcEvent object. It either (a) adds it as a child to the default, composed view model, or (b) replaces it if the result is marked as terminable. Class

190.7.2 Triggerers
This event is triggered by the following classes: Table 190.19: MvcEvent::EVENT_RENDER_ERROR Triggerers In Description Method Zend\Mvc\View\Http\DefaultRenderingStrategy render This event is triggered if an exception is raised during rendering. Class

190.8 MvcEvent::EVENT_FINISH
190.8.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): Table 190.20: MvcEvent::EVENT_FINISH Listeners Pri- Method Description orCalled ity Zend\Mvc\SendResponseListener sendResponse It triggers the SendResponseEvent in order to prepare the 10000 response (see the next page for more information about SendResponseEvent). Class

190.8.2 Triggerers
This event is triggered by the following classes: Table 190.21: MvcEvent::EVENT_FINISH Triggerers Class In Method Zend\Mvc\Application run Description This event is triggered once the MvcEvent::ROUTE event returns a correct ResponseInterface. Zend\Mvc\Application run This event is triggered once the MvcEvent::DISPATCH event returns a correct ResponseInterface. Zend\Mvc\Application completeRequest This event is triggered after the MvcEvent::RENDER (this means that, at this point, the view is already rendered).

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THE SENDRESPONSEEVENT
The MVC layer of Zend Framework 2 also incorporates and utilizes a custom Zend\EventManager\Event implementation located at Zend\Mvc\ResponseSender\SendResponseEvent. This event allows listeners to update the response object, by setting headers and content. The methods it denes are: setResponse($response) getResponse() setContentSent() contentSent() setHeadersSent() headersSent()

191.1 Listeners
Currently, three listeners are listening to this event at different priorities based on which listener is used most. Table 191.1: SendResponseEvent Listeners PriMethod Description ority Called Zend\Mvc\SendResponseListener\PhpEnvironmentResponseSender __invoke This is used in context of HTTP 1000 (this is the most often used). Zend\Mvc\SendResponseListener\ConsoleResponseSender __invoke This is used in context of Console. 2000 Zend\Mvc\SendResponseListener\SimpleStreamResponseSender __invoke 3000 Because all these listeners have negative priorities, adding your own logic to modify Response object is easy: just add a new listener without any priority (it will default to 1) and it will always be executed rst. Class

191.2 Triggerers
This event is executed when MvcEvent::FINISH event is triggered, with a priority of -10000.

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AVAILABLE CONTROLLERS
Controllers in the MVC layer simply need to be objects Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface. That interface describes a single method:
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use Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface; use Zend\Stdlib\RequestInterface as Request; use Zend\Stdlib\ResponseInterface as Response; class Foo implements DispatchableInterface { public function dispatch(Request $request, Response $response = null) { // ... do something, and preferably return a Response ... } }

While this pattern is simple enough, chances are you dont want to implement custom dispatch logic for every controller (particularly as its not unusual or uncommon for a single controller to handle several related types of requests). The MVC also denes several interfaces that, when implemented, can provide controllers with additional capabilities.

192.1 Common Interfaces Used With Controllers


192.1.1 InjectApplicationEvent
The Zend\Mvc\InjectApplicationEventInterface hints to the Application instance that it should inject its MvcEvent into the controller itself. Why would this be useful? Recall that the MvcEvent composes a number of objects: the Request and Response, naturally, but also the router, the route matches (a RouteMatch instance), and potentially the result of dispatching. A controller that has the MvcEvent injected, then, can retrieve or inject these. As an example:
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$matches = $this->getEvent()->getRouteMatch(); $id = $matches->getParam(id, false); if (!$id) { $response = $this->getResponse(); $response->setStatusCode(500); $this->getEvent()->setResult(Invalid identifier; cannot complete request); return; }

The InjectApplicationEventInterface denes simply two methods:

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public function setEvent(Zend\EventManager\EventInterface $event); public function getEvent();

192.1.2 ServiceLocatorAware
In most cases, you should dene your controllers such that dependencies are injected by the applications ServiceManager, via either constructor arguments or setter methods. However, occasionally you may have objects you wish to use in your controller that are only valid for certain code paths. Examples include forms, paginators, navigation, etc. In these cases, you may decide that it doesnt make sense to inject those objects every time the controller is used. The ServiceLocatorAwareInterface interface hints to the ServiceManager that it should inject itself into the controller. It denes two simple methods:
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use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface; use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface; public function setServiceLocator(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator); public function getServiceLocator();

192.1.3 EventManagerAware
Typically, its nice to be able to tie into a controllers workow without needing to extend it or hardcode behavior into it. The solution for this at the framework level is to use the EventManager. You can hint to the ServiceManager that you want an EventManager injected by implementing the interface EventManagerAwareInterface, which tells the ServiceManager to inject an EventManager. You dene two methods. The rst, a setter, should also set any EventManager identiers you want to listen on, and the second, a getter, should simply return the composed EventManager instance.
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use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerAwareInterface; use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface; public function setEventManager(EventManagerInterface $events); public function getEventManager();

192.1.4 Controller Plugins


Code re-use is a common goal for developers. Another common goal is convenience. However, this is often difcult to achieve cleanly in abstract, general systems. Within your controllers, youll often nd yourself repeating tasks from one controller to another. Some common examples: Generating URLs Redirecting Setting and retrieving ash messages (self-expiring session messages) Invoking and dispatching additional controllers To facilitate these actions while also making them available to alternate controller implementations, weve created a PluginManager implementation for the controller layer, Zend\Mvc\Controller\PluginManager, building on the Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager functionality. To utilize it, you simply need 866 Chapter 192. Available Controllers

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use Zend\Mvc\Controller\PluginManager; public function setPluginManager(PluginManager $plugins) { $this->plugins = $plugins; $this->plugins->setController($this); return $this; } public function getPluginManager() { if (!$this->plugins) { $this->setPluginManager(new PluginManager()); } return $this->plugins; } public function plugin($name, array $options = null) { return $this->getPluginManager()->get($name, $options); }

192.2 The AbstractActionController


Implementing each of the above interfaces is a lesson in redundancy; you wont often want to do it. As such, weve developed two abstract, base controllers you can extend to get started. The rst is Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController. This controller implements each of the above interfaces, and uses the following assumptions: An action parameter is expected in the RouteMatch object composed in the attached MvcEvent. If none is found, a notFoundAction() is invoked. The action parameter is converted to a camelCased format and appended with the word Action to create a method name. As examples: foo maps to fooAction, foo-bar or foo.bar or foo_bar to fooBarAction. The controller then checks to see if that method exists. If not, the notFoundAction() method is invoked; otherwise, the discovered method is called. The results of executing the given action method are injected into the MvcEvents result property (via setResult(), and accessible via getResult()). Essentially, a route mapping to an AbstractActionController needs to return both controller and action keys in its matches. Creation of action controllers is then reasonably trivial:
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{ return array(title => __METHOD__); } public function batAction() { return array(title => __METHOD__); } }

192.2.1 Interfaces and Collaborators


AbstractActionController implements each of the following interfaces: Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface Zend\Mvc\InjectApplicationEventInterface Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface Zend\EventManager\EventManagerAwareInterface The composed EventManager will be congured to listen on the following contexts: Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractController Additionally, if you extend the class, it will listen on the extending classs name.

192.3 The AbstractRestfulController


The second abstract controller ZF2 provides is Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractRestfulController. This controller provides a native RESTful implementation that simply maps HTTP request methods to controller methods, using the following matrix: GET maps to either get() or getList(), depending on whether or not an id parameter is found in the route matches. If one is, it is passed as an argument to get(); if not, getList() is invoked. In the former case, you should provide a representation of the given entity with that identication; in the latter, you should provide a list of entities. POST maps to create(). That method expects a $data argument, usually the $_POST superglobal array. The data should be used to create a new entity, and the response should typically be an HTTP 201 response with the Location header indicating the URI of the newly created entity and the response body providing the representation. PUT maps to update(), and requires that an id parameter exists in the route matches; that value is passed as an argument to the method. It should attempt to update the given entity, and, if successful, return either a 200 or 202 response status, as well as the representation of the entity. DELETE maps to delete(), and requires that an id parameter exists in the route matches; that value is passed as an argument to the method. It should attempt to delete the given entity, and, if successful, return either a 200 or 204 response status. Additionally, you can map action methods to the AbstractRestfulController, just as you would in the AbstractActionController; these methods will be sufxed with Action, differentiating them from the

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RESTful methods listed above. This allows you to perform such actions as providing forms used to submit to the various RESTful methods, or to add RPC methods to your RESTful API.

192.3.1 Interfaces and Collaborators


AbstractRestfulController implements each of the following interfaces: Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface Zend\Mvc\InjectApplicationEventInterface Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface Zend\EventManager\EventManagerAwareInterface The composed EventManager will be congured to listen on the following contexts: Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractRestfulController Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractController Additionally, if you extend the class, it will listen on the extending classs name.

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When using the AbstractActionController or AbstractRestfulController, or if you implement the setPluginManager method in your custom controllers, you have access to a number of pre-built plugins. Additionally, you can register your own custom plugins with the manager. The built-in plugins are: Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\AcceptableViewModelSelector Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\FlashMessenger Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\Forward Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\Identity Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\Layout Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\Params Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\PostRedirectGet Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\Redirect Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\Url If your controller implements the setPluginManager, getPluginManager and plugin methods, you can access these using their shortname via the plugin() method:
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For an extra layer of convenience, both AbstractActionController and AbstractRestfulController have __call() implementations that allow you to retrieve plugins via method calls:
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193.1 AcceptableViewModelSelector Plugin


The AcceptableViewModelSelector is a helper that can be used to select an appropriate view model based on user dened criteria will be tested against the Accept header in the request. As an example:
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{ protected $acceptCriteria = array( Zend\View\Model\JsonModel => array( application/json, ), Zend\View\Model\FeedModel => array( application/rss+xml, ), ); public function apiAction() { $viewModel = $this->acceptableViewModelSelector($this->acceptCriteria); // Potentially vary execution based on model returned if ($viewModel instanceof JsonModel) { // ... } } }

The above would return a standard Zend\View\Model\ViewModel instance if the criteria is not met, and the specied view model types if the specic criteria is met. Rules are matched in order, with the rst match winning.

193.2 FlashMessenger Plugin


The FlashMessenger is a plugin designed to create and retrieve self-expiring, session-based messages. It exposes a number of methods: setSessionManager(Zend\Session\ManagerInterface $manager) Allows you to specify an alternate session manager, if desired. Return type Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\FlashMessenger getSessionManager() Allows you to retrieve the session manager registered. Return type Zend\Session\ManagerInterface getContainer() Returns the Zend\Session\Container instance in which the ash messages are stored. Return type Zend\Session\Container setNamespace(string $namespace = default) Allows you to specify a specic namespace in the container in which to store or from which to retrieve ash messages. Return type Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\FlashMessenger getNamespace() retrieves the name of the ash message namespace. getNamespace() Retrieves the name of the ash message namespace. Return type string addMessage(string $message) Allows you to add a message to the current namespace of the session container.

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Return type Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\FlashMessenger hasMessages() Lets you determine if there are any ash messages from the current namespace in the session container. Return type boolean getMessages() Retrieves the ash messages from the current namespace of the session container Return type array clearMessages() Clears all ash messages in current namespace of the session container. Returns true if messages were cleared, false if none existed. Return type boolean hasCurrentMessages() Indicates whether any messages were added during the current request. Return type boolean getCurrentMessages() Retrieves any messages added during the current request. Return type array clearCurrentMessages() Removes any messages added during the current request. Returns true if current messages were cleared, false if none existed. Return type boolean Additionally, the FlashMessenger implements both IteratorAggregate and Countable, allowing you to iterate over and count the ash messages in the current namespace within the session container.
Examples public function processAction() { // ... do some work ... $this->flashMessenger()->addMessage(You are now logged in.); return $this->redirect()->toRoute(user-success); } public function successAction() { $return = array(success => true); $flashMessenger = $this->flashMessenger(); if ($flashMessenger->hasMessages()) { $return[messages] = $flashMessenger->getMessages(); } return $return; }

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193.3 Forward Plugin


Occasionally, you may want to dispatch additional controllers from within the matched controller for instance, you might use this approach to build up widgetized content. The Forward plugin helps enable this. For the Forward plugin to work, the controller calling it must be ServiceLocatorAware; otherwise, the plugin will be unable to retrieve a congured and injected instance of the requested controller. The plugin exposes a single method, dispatch(), which takes two arguments: $name, the name of the controller to invoke. This may be either the fully qualied class name, or an alias dened and recognized by the ServiceManager instance attached to the invoking controller. $params is an optional array of parameters with which to see a RouteMatch object for purposes of this specic request. Meaning the parameters will be matched by their key to the routing identiers in the cong (otherwise non-matching keys are ignored) Forward returns the results of dispatching the requested controller; it is up to the developer to determine what, if anything, to do with those results. One recommendation is to aggregate them in any return value from the invoking controller. As an example:
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193.4 Identity Plugin


The Identity plugin allows for getting the identity from the AuthenticationService. For the Identity plugin to work, a Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService name or alias must be dened and recognized by the ServiceManager. Identity returns the identity in the AuthenticationService or null if no identity is available. As an example:
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When invoked, the Identity plugin will look for a service by the name or alias Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService in the ServiceManager. You can provide this service to the ServiceManager in a conguration le:
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), invokables => array( my_auth_service => Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService, ), ), );

The Identity plugin exposes two methods: setAuthenticationService(Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService $authenticationService) Sets the authentication service instance to be used by the plugin. Return type void getAuthenticationService() Retrieves the current authentication service instance if any is attached. Return type Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService

193.5 Layout Plugin


The Layout plugin allows for changing layout templates from within controller actions. It exposes a single method, setTemplate(), which takes one argument: $template, the name of the template to set. As an example:
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It also implements the __invoke magic method, which allows for even easier setting of the template:
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193.6 Params Plugin


The Params plugin allows for accessing parameters in actions from different sources. It exposes several methods, one for each parameter source: fromFiles(string $name = null, mixed $default = null) For retrieving all or one single le. If $name is null, all les will be returned. Return type array|ArrayAccess|null fromHeader(string $header = null, mixed $default = null) For retrieving all or one single header parameter. If $header is null, all header parameters will be returned. Return type null|Zend\Http\Header\HeaderInterface fromPost(string $param = null, mixed $default = null) For retrieving all or one single post parameter. If $param is null, all post parameters will be returned. Return type mixed fromQuery(string $param = null, mixed $default = null) For retrieving all or one single query parameter. If $param is null, all query parameters will be returned. Return type mixed 193.5. Layout Plugin 875

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fromRoute(string $param = null, mixed $default = null) For retrieving all or one single route parameter. If $param is null, all route parameters will be returned. Return type mixed It also implements the __invoke magic method, which allows for short circuiting to the fromRoute method:
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193.7 Post/Redirect/Get Plugin


When a user sends a POST request (e.g. after submitting a form), their browser will try to protect them from sending the POST again, breaking the back button, causing browser warnings and pop-ups, and sometimes reposting the form. Instead, when receiving a POST, we should store the data in a session container and redirect the user to a GET request. This plugin can be invoked with two arguments: $redirect, a string containing the redirect location which can either be a named route or a URL, based on the contents of the second parameter. $redirectToUrl, a boolean that when set to TRUE, causes the rst parameter to be treated as a URL instead of a route name (this is required when redirecting to a URL instead of a route). This argument defaults to false. When no arguments are provided, the current matched route is used.
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// Pass in the route/url you want to redirect to after the POST $prg = $this->prg(/user/register, true); if ($prg instanceof \Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Response) { // returned a response to redirect us return $prg; } elseif ($prg === false) { // this wasnt a POST request, but there were no params in the flash messenger // probably this is the first time the form was loaded return array(form => $myForm); } // $prg is an array containing the POST params from the previous request $form->setData($prg); // ... your form processing code here

193.8 File Post/Redirect/Get Plugin


While similar to the standard Post/Redirect/Get Plugin, the File PRG Plugin will work for forms with le inputs. The difference is in the behavior: The File PRG Plugin will interact directly with your form instance and the le inputs, rather than only returning the POST params from the previous request. By interacting directly with the form, the File PRG Plugin will turn off any le inputs required ags for already uploaded les (for a partially valid form state), as well as run the le input lters to move the uploaded les into a new location (congured by the user). 876 Chapter 193. Controller Plugins

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Warning: You must attach a Filter for moving the uploaded les to a new location, such as the RenameUpload Filter, or else your les will be removed upon the redirect. This plugin can be invoked with three arguments: $form: the form instance. $redirect: (Optional) a string containing the redirect location which can either be a named route or a URL, based on the contents of the third parameter. If this argument is not provided, it will default to the current matched route. $redirectToUrl: (Optional) a boolean that when set to TRUE, causes the second parameter to be treated as a URL instead of a route name (this is required when redirecting to a URL instead of a route). This argument defaults to false.
Example Usage $myForm = new Zend\Form\Form(my-form); $myForm->add(array( type => Zend\Form\Element\File, name => file, )); // NOTE: Without a filter to move the file, // our files will disappear between the requests $myForm->getInputFilter()->getFilterChain()->attach( new Zend\Filter\File\RenameUpload(array( target => ./data/tmpuploads/file, randomize => true, )) ); // Pass in the route/url you want to redirect to after the POST $prg = $this->prg($myForm, /user/profile-pic, true); if ($prg instanceof \Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Response) { // Returned a response to redirect us return $prg; } elseif ($prg === false) { // First time the form was loaded return array(form => $myForm); } // Form was submitted. // $prg is now an array containing the POST params from the previous request, // but we dont have to apply it to the form since that has already been done. // Process the form if ($form->isValid()) { // ...Save the form... return $this->redirect()->toRoute(/user/profile-pic/success); } else { // Form not valid, but file uploads might be valid and uploaded $fileErrors = $form->get(file)->getMessages(); if (empty($fileErrors)) { $tempFile = $form->get(file)->getValue(); } }

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193.9 Redirect Plugin


Redirections are quite common operations within applications. If done manually, you will need to do the following steps: Assemble a url using the router Create and inject a Location header into the Response object, pointing to the assembled URL Set the status code of the Response object to one of the 3xx HTTP statuses. The Redirect plugin does this work for you. It offers three methods: toRoute(string $route = null, array $params = array(), array $options = array(), boolean $reuseMatchedParams = false) Redirects to a named route, using the provided $params and $options to assembled the URL. Return type Zend\Http\Response toUrl(string $url) Simply redirects to the given URL. Return type Zend\Http\Response refresh() Refresh to current route Return type Zend\Http\Response In each case, the Response object is returned. If you return this immediately, you can effectively short-circuit execution of the request. Note: This plugin requires that the controller invoking it implements InjectApplicationEventInterface, and thus has an MvcEvent composed, as it retrieves the router from the event object. As an example:
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193.10 Url Plugin


Often you may want to generate URLs from route denitions within your controllers in order to seed the view, generate headers, etc. While the MvcEvent object composes the router, doing so manually would require this workow:
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The Url helper makes this slightly more convenient:


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The fromRoute() method is the only public method dened, and has the following signature:
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Note: This plugin requires that the controller invoking it implements InjectApplicationEventInterface, and thus has an MvcEvent composed, as it retrieves the router from the event object.

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194.1 Controllers
194.1.1 Accessing the Request and Response
When using AbstractActionController or AbstractRestfulController, the request and response object are composed directly into the controller as soon as dispatch() is called. You may access them in the following ways:
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// Using explicit accessor methods $request = $this->getRequest(); $response = $this->getResponse(); // Using direct property access $request = $this->request; $response = $this->response;

Additionally, if your controller implements InjectApplicationEventInterface (as both AbstractActionController and AbstractRestfulController do), you can access these objects from the attached MvcEvent:
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The above can be useful when composing event listeners into your controller.

194.1.2 Accessing routing parameters


The parameters returned when routing completes are wrapped in a Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteMatch object. This object is detailed in the section on Routing. Within your controller, if you implement InjectApplicationEventInterface (as both AbstractActionController and AbstractRestfulController do), you can access this object from the attached MvcEvent:
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Once you have the RouteMatch object, you can pull parameters from it. The same can be done using the Params plugin.

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194.1.3 Returning early


You can effectively short-circuit execution of the application at any point by returning a Response from your controller or any event. When such a value is discovered, it halts further execution of the event manager, bubbling up to the Application instance, where it is immediately returned. As an example, the Redirect plugin returns a Response, which can be returned immediately so as to complete the request as quickly as possible. Other use cases might be for returning JSON or XML results from web service endpoints, returning 401 Forbidden results, etc.

194.2 Bootstrapping
194.2.1 Registering module-specic listeners
Often you may want module-specic listeners. As an example, this would be a simple and effective way to introduce authorization, logging, or caching into your application. Each Module class can have an optional onBootstrap() method. Typically, youll do module-specic conguration here, or setup event listeners for you module here. The onBootstrap() method is called for every module on every page request and should only be used for performing lightweight tasks such as registering event listeners. The base Application class shipped with the framework has an EventManager associated with it, and once the modules are initialized, it triggers the bootstrap event, with a getApplication() method on the event. So, one way to accomplish module-specic listeners is to listen to that event, and register listeners at that time. As an example:
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namespace SomeCustomModule; class Module { /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function onBootstrap($e) { $application = $e->getApplication(); $config = $application->getConfig(); $view = $application->getServiceManager()->get(ViewHelperManager); // You must have these keys in you application config $view->headTitle($config[view][base_title]); // This is your custom listener $listener = new Listeners\ViewListener(); $listener->setView($view); $application->getEventManager()->attachAggregate($listener); } }

The above demonstrates several things. First, it demonstrates a listener on the applications bootstrap event (the onBootstrap() method). Second, it demonstrates that listener, and how it can be used to register listeners with the application. It grabs the Application instance; from the Application, it is able to grab the attached service manager and conguration. These are then used to retrieve the view, congure some helpers, and then register a listener aggregate with the application event manager.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\NAVIGATION
Zend\Navigation is a component for managing trees of pointers to web pages. Simply put: It can be used for creating menus, breadcrumbs, links, and sitemaps, or serve as a model for other navigation related purposes.

195.1 Pages and Containers


There are two main concepts in Zend\Navigation:

195.1.1 Pages
A page (Zend\Navigation\AbstractPage) in Zend\Navigation in its most basic form is an object that holds a pointer to a web page. In addition to the pointer itself, the page object contains a number of other properties that are typically relevant for navigation, such as label, title, etc. Read more about pages in the pages section.

195.1.2 Containers
A navigation container (Zend\Navigation\AbstractContainer) is a container class for pages. It has methods for adding, retrieving, deleting and iterating pages. It implements the SPL interfaces RecursiveIterator and Countable, and can thus be iterated with SPL iterators such as RecursiveIteratorIterator. Read more about containers in the containers section. Note: Zend\Navigation\AbstractPage extends Zend\Navigation\AbstractContainer, which means that a page can have sub pages.

195.2 View Helpers


195.2.1 Separation of data (model) and rendering (view)
Classes in the Zend\Navigation namespace do not deal with rendering of navigational elements. Rendering is done with navigational view helpers. However, pages contain information that is used by view helpers when rendering, such as; label, class (CSS), title, lastmod and priority properties for sitemaps, etc. Read more about rendering navigational elements in the view helpers section.

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The fastest way to get up and running with Zend\Navigation is by the navigation key in your service manager conguration and the navigation factory will handle the rest for you. After setting up the conguration simply use the key name with the Zend\Navigation view helper to output the container.
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<?php // your configuration file, e.g., config/autoload/global.php return array( // ... navigation => array( default => array( array( label => Home, route => home, ), array( label => Page #1, route => page-1, pages => array( array( label => Child #1, route => page-1-child, ), ), ), array( label => Page #2, route => page-2, ), ), ), service_manager => array( factories => array( navigation => Zend\Navigation\Service\DefaultNavigationFactory, ), ), // ... ); <!-- in your layout --> <!-- ... --> <body>

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Zend\Navigation ships with two page types: MVC pages using the class Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc URI pages using the class Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri MVC pages are link to on-site web pages, and are dened using MVC parameters (action, controller, route, params). URI pages are dened by a single property uri, which give you the full exibility to link off-site pages or do other things with the generated links (e.g. an URI that turns into <a href="#">foo<a>).

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All page classes must extend Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage, and will thus share a common set of features and properties. Most notably they share the options in the table below and the same initialization process. Option keys are mapped to set methods. This means that the option order maps to the method setOrder(), and reset_params maps to the method setResetParams(). If there is no setter method for the option, it will be set as a custom property of the page. Read more on extending Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage in Creating custom page types.

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Table 198.1: Common page options Key Type laString bel frag- String | NULL ment De- Description fault NULLA page label, such as Home or Blog.

NULLA fragment identier (anchor identier) pointing to an anchor within a resource that is subordinate to another, primary resource. The fragment identier introduced by a hash mark #. Example: http://www.example.org/foo.html#bar (bar is the fragment identier) id String | Integer NULLAn id tag/attribute that may be used when rendering the page, typically in an anchor element. class String NULLA CSS class that may be used when rendering the page, typically in an anchor element. tiString NULLA short page description, typically for using as the title attribute tle in an anchor. tar- String NULLSpecies a target that may be used for the page, typically in an get anchor element. rel Array arSpecies forward relations for the page. Each element in the ray() array is a key-value pair, where the key designates the relation/link type, and the value is a pointer to the linked page. An example of a key-value pair is alternate => format/plain.html. To allow full exibility, there are no restrictions on relation values. The value does not have to be a string. Read more about rel and rev in the section on the Links helper. rev Array arSpecies reverse relations for the page. Works exactly like rel. ray() or- String | Integer | NULL NULLWorks like order for elements in Zend\Form. If specied, the der page will be iterated in a specic order, meaning you can force a page to be iterated before others by setting the order attribute to a low number, e.g. -100. If a String is given, it must parse to a valid int. If NULL is given, it will be reset, meaning the order in which the page was added to the container will be used. reString | NULLACL resource to associate with the page. Read more in the sourceZend\Permissions\Acl\Resource\ResourceInterface section on ACL integration in view helpers. | NULL priv- String | NULL NULLACL privilege to associate with the page. Read more in the isection on ACL integration in view helpers. lege ac- Boolean FALSE Whether the page should be considered active for the current tive request. If active is FALSE or not given, MVC pages will check its properties against the request object upon calling $page->isActive(). vis- Boolean TRUEWhether page should be visible for the user, or just be a part of ithe structure. Invisible pages are skipped by view helpers. ble pages Array | Zend\Config | NULL NULLChild pages of the page. This could be an Array or Zend\Config object containing either page options that can be passed to the factory() method, or actual Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage instances, or a mixture of both.

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Note: Custom properties All pages support setting and getting of custom properties by use of the magic methods __set($name, $value), __get($name), __isset($name) and __unset($name). Custom properties may have any value, and will be included in the array that is returned from $page->toArray(), which means that pages can be serialized/deserialized successfully even if the pages contains properties that are not native in the page class. Both native and custom properties can be set using $page->set($name, $value) and retrieved using $page->get($name), or by using magic methods.

Custom page properties

This example shows how custom properties can be used.


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MVC pages are dened using MVC parameters known from the Zend\Mvc component. An MVC page will use Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteStackInterface internally in the getHref() method to generate hrefs, and the isActive() method will compare the Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteMatch params with the pages params to determine if the page is active. Note: Starting in version 2.2.0, if you want to re-use any matched route parameters when generating a link, you can do so via the useRouteMatch ag. This is particularly useful when creating segment routes that include the currently selected language or locale as an initial segment, as it ensures the links generated all include the matched value.

Table 199.1: MVC page options DeDescription fault action String NULL Action name to use when generating href to the page. controller String NULL Controller name to use when generating href to the page. params Array arUser params to use when generating href to the page. ray() route String NULL Route name to use when generating href to the page. routeMZend\Mvc\Router\RouteMatch NULL RouteInterface matches used for routing parameters atch and testing validity. useRouteM- Boolean FALSE If true, then getHref method will use the routeMatch atch parameters to assemble the URI router Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteStackInterface NULL Router for assembling URLs Note: The URI returned is relative to the baseUrl in Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack. In the examples, the baseUrl is / for simplicity. Key Type

getHref() generates the page URI

This example show that MVC pages use Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteStackInterface internally to generate URI s when calling $page->getHref().
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=> [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]+, => [0-9]+,

), array( controller => Album\Controller\Album, action => index, ) )); $router = new Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack(); $router->addRoute(default, $route); // getHref() returns /album/add $page = new Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc(array( action => add, controller => album, )); // getHref() returns /album/edit/1337 $page = new Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc(array( action => edit, controller => album, params => array(id => 1337), ));

isActive() determines if page is active

This example show that MVC pages determine whether they are active by using the params found in the route match object.
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/** * Dispatched request: * - controller: album index * - action: */ $page1 = new Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc(array( action => index, controller => album, )); $page2 = new Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc(array( action => edit, controller => album, )); $page1->isActive(); // returns true $page2->isActive(); // returns false /** * Dispatched request: * - controller: album edit * - action: 1337 * - id: */ $page = new Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc(array( action => edit, controller => album, params => array(id => 1337),

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)); // returns true, because request has the same controller and action $page->isActive(); /** * Dispatched request: * - controller: album edit * - action: */ $page = new Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc(array( action => edit, controller => album, params => array(id => null), )); // returns false, because page requires the id param to be set in the request $page->isActive(); // returns false

Using routes

Routes can be used with MVC pages. If a page has a route, this route will be used in getHref() to generate the URL for the page. Note: Note that when using the route property in a page, you do not need to specify the default params that the route denes (controller, action, etc.).
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// the following route is added to the ZF router $route = Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\Segment::factory(array( route => /a/:id, constraints => array( id => [0-9]+, ), array( controller => Album\Controller\Album, action => show, ) )); $router = new Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\TreeRouteStack(); $router->addRoute(albumShow, $route); // a page is created with a route option $page = new Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc(array( label => Show album, route => albumShow, params => array(id => 42) )); // returns: /a/42 $page->getHref();

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Pages of type Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri can be used to link to pages on other domains or sites, or to implement custom logic for the page. URI pages are simple; in addition to the common page options, a URI page takes only one option uri. The uri will be returned when calling $page->getHref(), and may be a String or NULL. Note: Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri will not try to determine whether it should be active when calling $page->isActive(). It merely returns what currently is set, so to make a URI page active you have to manually call $page->setActive() or specifying active as a page option when constructing.

Table 200.1: URI page options Key uri Type String Default NULL Description URI to page. This can be any string or NULL.

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CREATING CUSTOM PAGE TYPES


When extending Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage, there is usually no need to override the constructor or the methods setOptions() or setConfig(). The page constructor takes a single parameter, an Array or a Zend\Config object, which is passed to setOptions() or setConfig() respectively. Those methods will in turn call set() method, which will map options to native or custom properties. If the option internal_id is given, the method will rst look for a method named setInternalId(), and pass the option to this method if it exists. If the method does not exist, the option will be set as a custom property of the page, and be accessible via $internalId = $page->internal_id; or $internalId = $page->get(internal_id);.
The most simple custom page

The only thing a custom page class needs to implement is the getHref() method.
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A custom page with properties

When adding properties to an extended page, there is no need to override/modify setOptions() or setConfig().
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class My\Navigation\Page extends Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage { protected $foo; protected $fooBar; public function setFoo($foo) { $this->foo = $foo; } public function getFoo() { return $this->foo; }

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public function setFooBar($fooBar) { $this->fooBar = $fooBar; } public function getFooBar() { return $this->fooBar; } public function getHref() { return $this->foo . / . $this->fooBar; } } // can now construct using $page = new My\Navigation\Page(array( label => Property names are mapped to setters, foo => bar, foo_bar => baz )); // ...or $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( type => My\Navigation\Page, label => Property names are mapped to setters, foo => bar, foo_bar => baz ));

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CREATING PAGES USING THE PAGE FACTORY


All pages (also custom classes), can be created using the page factory, Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(). The factory can take an array with options, or a Zend\Config object. Each key in the array/cong corresponds to a page option, as seen in the section on Pages. If the option uri is given and no MVC options are given (action, controller, route), an URI page will be created. If any of the MVC options are given, an MVC page will be created. If type is given, the factory will assume the value to be the name of the class that should be created. If the value is mvc or uri and MVC/URI page will be created.
Creating an MVC page using the page factory $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( label => My MVC page, action => index, )); $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( label => Search blog, action => index, controller => search, )); $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( label => Home, route => home, )); $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( type => mvc, label => My MVC page, ));

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)); $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( label => Search, uri => http://www.example.com/search, active => true, )); $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( label => My URI page, uri => #, )); $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( type => uri, label => My URI page, ));

Creating a custom page type using the page factory

To create a custom page type using the factory, use the option type to specify a class name to instantiate.
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class My\Navigation\Page extends Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage { protected $_fooBar = ok; public function setFooBar($fooBar) { $this->_fooBar = $fooBar; } } $page = Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( type => My\Navigation\Page, label => My custom page, foo_bar => foo bar, ));

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CONTAINERS
Containers have methods for adding, retrieving, deleting and iterating pages. Containers implement the SPL interfaces RecursiveIterator and Countable, meaning that a container can be iterated using the SPL RecursiveIteratorIterator class.

203.1 Creating containers


Zend\Navigation\AbstractContainer can not be instantiated Zend\Navigation\Navigation if you want to instantiate a container. directly. Use

Zend\Navigation\Navigation can be constructed entirely empty, or take an array or a Zend\Config\Config object with pages to put in the container. Each page in the given array/cong will eventually be passed to the addPage() method of the container class, which means that each element in the array/cong can be an array, a cong object or a Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage instance.
Creating a container using an array
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/* * Create a container from an array * * Each element in the array will be passed to * Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory() when constructing. */ $container = new Zend\Navigation\Navigation(array( array( label => Page 1, id => home-link, uri => /, ), array( label => Zend, uri => http://www.zend-project.com/, order => 100, ), array( label => Page 2, controller => page2, pages => array( array( label => Page 2.1, action => page2_1,

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controller => page2, class => special-one, title => This element has a special class, active => true, ), array( label => Page 2.2, action => page2_2, controller => page2, class => special-two, title => This element has a special class too, ), ), ), array( label => Page 2 with params, action => index, controller => page2, // specify a param or two, params => array( format => json, foo => bar, ) ), array( label => Page 2 with params and a route, action => index, controller => page2, // specify a route name and a param for the route route => nav-route-example, params => array( format => json, ), ), array( label => Page 3, action => index, controller => index, module => mymodule, reset_params => false, ), array( label => Page 4, uri => #, pages => array( array( label => Page 4.1, uri => /page4, title => Page 4 using uri, pages => array( array( label => Page 4.1.1, title => Page 4 using mvc params, action => index, controller => page4, // lets say this page is active active => 1, )

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), ), ), ), array( label => Page 0?, uri => /setting/the/order/option, // setting order to -1 should make it appear first order => -1, ), array( label => Page 5, uri => /, // this page should not be visible visible => false, pages => array( array( label => Page 5.1, uri => #, pages => array( array( label => Page 5.1.1, uri => #, pages => array( array( label => Page 5.1.2, uri => #, // lets say this page is active active => true, ), ), ), ), ), ), ), array( label => ACL page 1 (guest), uri => #acl-guest, resource => nav-guest, pages => array( array( label => ACL page 1.1 (foo), uri => #acl-foo, resource => nav-foo, ), array( label => ACL page 1.2 (bar), uri => #acl-bar, resource => nav-bar, ), array( label => ACL page 1.3 (baz), uri => #acl-baz, resource => nav-baz, ), array( label => ACL page 1.4 (bat),

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uri => #acl-bat, resource => nav-bat, ), ), ), array( label => ACL page 2 (member), uri => #acl-member, resource => nav-member, ), array( label => ACL page 3 (admin, uri => #acl-admin, resource => nav-admin, pages => array( array( label => ACL page 3.1 (nothing), uri => #acl-nada, ), ), ), array( label => Zend Framework, route => zf-route, ), ));

Creating a container using a cong object /* CONTENTS OF /path/to/navigation.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <nav> <zend> <label>Zend</label> <uri>http://www.zend-project.com/</uri> <order>100</order> </zend> <page1> <label>Page 1</label> <uri>page1</uri> <pages> <page1_1> <label>Page 1.1</label> <uri>page1/page1_1</uri> </page1_1> </pages> </page1> <page2> <label>Page 2</label> <uri>page2</uri> <pages>

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<page2_1> <label>Page 2.1</label> <uri>page2/page2_1</uri> </page2_1> <page2_2> <label>Page 2.2</label> <uri>page2/page2_2</uri> <pages> <page2_2_1> <label>Page 2.2.1</label> <uri>page2/page2_2/page2_2_1</uri> </page2_2_1> <page2_2_2> <label>Page 2.2.2</label> <uri>page2/page2_2/page2_2_2</uri> <active>1</active> </page2_2_2> </pages> </page2_2> <page2_3> <label>Page 2.3</label> <uri>page2/page2_3</uri> <pages> <page2_3_1> <label>Page 2.3.1</label> <uri>page2/page2_3/page2_3_1</uri> </page2_3_1> <page2_3_2> <label>Page 2.3.2</label> <uri>page2/page2_3/page2_3_2</uri> <visible>0</visible> <pages> <page2_3_2_1> <label>Page 2.3.2.1</label> <uri>page2/page2_3/page2_3_2/1</uri> <active>1</active> </page2_3_2_1> <page2_3_2_2> <label>Page 2.3.2.2</label> <uri>page2/page2_3/page2_3_2/2</uri> <active>1</active> <pages> <page_2_3_2_2_1> <label>Ignore</label> <uri>#</uri> <active>1</active> </page_2_3_2_2_1>

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</pages> </page2_3_2_2> </pages> </page2_3_2> <page2_3_3> <label>Page 2.3.3</label> <uri>page2/page2_3/page2_3_3</uri> <resource>admin</resource> <pages> <page2_3_3_1> <label>Page 2.3.3.1</label> <uri>page2/page2_3/page2_3_3/1</uri> <active>1</active> </page2_3_3_1> <page2_3_3_2> <label>Page 2.3.3.2</label> <uri>page2/page2_3/page2_3_3/2</uri> <resource>guest</resource> <active>1</active> </page2_3_3_2> </pages> </page2_3_3> </pages> </page2_3> </pages> </page2> <page3> <label>Page 3</label> <uri>page3</uri> <pages> <page3_1> <label>Page 3.1</label> <uri>page3/page3_1</uri> <resource>guest</resource> </page3_1> <page3_2> <label>Page 3.2</label> <uri>page3/page3_2</uri> <resource>member</resource> <pages> <page3_2_1> <label>Page 3.2.1</label> <uri>page3/page3_2/page3_2_1</uri> </page3_2_1> <page3_2_2> <label>Page 3.2.2</label>

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<uri>page3/page3_2/page3_2_2</uri> <resource>admin</resource> </page3_2_2> </pages> </page3_2> <page3_3> <label>Page 3.3</label> <uri>page3/page3_3</uri> <resource>special</resource> <pages> <page3_3_1> <label>Page 3.3.1</label> <uri>page3/page3_3/page3_3_1</uri> <visible>0</visible> </page3_3_1> <page3_3_2> <label>Page 3.3.2</label> <uri>page3/page3_3/page3_3_2</uri> <resource>admin</resource> </page3_3_2> </pages> </page3_3> </pages> </page3> <home> <label>Home</label> <order>-100</order> <module>default</module> <controller>index</controller> <action>index</action> </home> </nav> */ $reader = new Zend\Config\Reader\Xml(); $config = $reader->fromFile(/path/to/navigation.xml); $container = new Zend\Navigation\Navigation($config);

203.2 Adding pages


Adding pages to a container can be done with the methods addPage(), addPages(), or setPages(). See examples below for explanation.

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Adding pages to a container // create container $container = new Zend\Navigation\Navigation(); // add page by giving a page instance $container->addPage( Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory( array( uri => http://www.example.com/, ) ) ); // add page by giving an array $container->addPage( array( uri => http://www.example.com/, ) ); // add page by giving a config object $container->addPage( new Zend\Config\Config( array( uri => http://www.example.com/, ) ) ); $pages = array( array( label => action => ), array( label => action => ) );

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Save, save,

Delete, delete,

// add two pages $container->addPages($pages); // remove existing pages and add the given pages $container->setPages($pages);

203.3 Removing pages


Removing pages can be done with removePage() or removePages(). The rst method accepts a an instance of a page, or an integer. The integer corresponds to the order a page has. The latter method will remove all pages in the container.

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Removing pages from a container $container = new array( label action ), array( label action order ), array( label action ) )); Zend\Navigation\Navigation(array( => Page 1, => page1,

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=> Page 2, => page2, => 200,

=> Page 3, => page3,

// remove page by implicit page order $container->removePage(0); // removes Page 1 // remove page by instance $page3 = $container->findOneByAction(page3); $container->removePage($page3); // removes Page 3 // remove page by explicit page order $container->removePage(200); // removes Page 2 // remove all pages $container->removePages();

// removes all pages

203.4 Finding pages


Containers have nder methods for retrieving pages. They are findOneBy($property, $value), findAllBy($property, $value), and findBy($property, $value, $all = false). Those methods will recursively search the container for pages matching the given $page->$property == $value. The rst method, findOneBy(), will return a single page matching the property with the given value, or NULL if it cannot be found. The second method will return all pages with a property matching the given value. The third method will call one of the two former methods depending on the $all ag. The nder methods can also be used magically by appending the property name to findBy, findOneBy, or findAllBy, e.g. findOneByLabel(Home) to return the rst matching page with label Home. Other combinations are findByLabel(...), findOneByTitle(...), findAllByController(...), etc. Finder methods also work on custom properties, such as findByFoo(bar).
Finding pages in a container $container = new Zend\Navigation\Navigation(array( array( label => Page 1, uri => page-1, foo => bar, pages => array( array(

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label => Page 1.1, uri => page-1.1, foo => bar, ), array( label => Page 1.2, uri => page-1.2, class => my-class, ), array( type => uri, label => Page 1.3, uri => page-1.3, action => about, ) ) ), array( label id class module controller action ), array( label id module controller ), )); // The id is not required to be unique, but be aware that // having two pages with the same id will render the same id // in menus and breadcrumbs. $found = $container->findBy(id, page_2_and_3); // returns $found = $container->findOneBy(id, page_2_and_3); // returns $found = $container->findBy(id, page_2_and_3, true); // returns $found = $container->findById(page_2_and_3); // returns $found = $container->findOneById(page_2_and_3); // returns $found = $container->findAllById(page_2_and_3); // returns // Find all matching CSS class my-class $found = $container->findAllBy(class, my-class); $found = $container->findAllByClass(my-class); // Find first matching CSS class my-class $found = $container->findOneByClass(my-class);

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Page Page Page Page

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// returns Page 1.2

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// Find first matching CSS class non-existant $found = $container->findOneByClass(non-existant); // returns null // Find all pages with custom property foo = bar $found = $container->findAllBy(foo, bar); // returns Page 1 and Page 1.1 // To achieve the same magically, foo must be in lowercase. // This is because foo is a custom property, and thus the // property name is not normalized to Foo $found = $container->findAllByfoo(bar); // Find all with controller = index $found = $container->findAllByController(index); // returns Page 2 and Page 3

203.5 Iterating containers


Zend\Navigation\AbstractContainer implements RecursiveIterator, and can be iterated using any Iterator class. To iterate a container recursively, use the RecursiveIteratorIterator class.
Iterating a container /* * Create a container from an array */ $container = new Zend\Navigation\Navigation(array( array( label => Page 1, uri => #, ), array( label => Page 2, uri => #, pages => array( array( label => Page 2.1, uri => #, ), array( label => Page 2.2, uri => #, ) ) ) array( label => Page 3, uri => #, ), )); // Iterate flat using regular foreach: // Output: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 foreach ($container as $page) { echo $page->label; }

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// Iterate recursively using RecursiveIteratorIterator $it = new RecursiveIteratorIterator( $container, RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST); // Output: Page 1, Page 2, Page 2.1, Page 2.2, Page 3 foreach ($it as $page) { echo $page->label; }

203.6 Other operations


The method hasPage(Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage $page) checks if the container has the given page. The method hasPages() checks if there are any pages in the container, and is equivalent to count($container) > 0. The toArray() method converts the container and the pages in it to an array. This can be useful for serializing and debugging.
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$container = new Zend\Navigation\Navigation(array( array( label => Page 1, uri => #, ), array( label => Page 2, uri => #, pages => array( array( label => Page 2.1, uri => #, ), array( label => Page 2.2, uri => #, ), ), ), )); var_dump($container->toArray()); /* Output: array(2) { [0]=> array(15) { ["label"]=> string(6) "Page 1" ["id"]=> NULL ["class"]=> NULL ["title"]=> NULL ["target"]=> NULL ["rel"]=> array(0) { } ["rev"]=> array(0) {

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} ["order"]=> NULL ["resource"]=> NULL ["privilege"]=> NULL ["active"]=> bool(false) ["visible"]=> bool(true) ["type"]=> string(23) "Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri" ["pages"]=> array(0) { } ["uri"]=> string(1) "#" } [1]=> array(15) { ["label"]=> string(6) "Page 2" ["id"]=> NULL ["class"]=> NULL ["title"]=> NULL ["target"]=> NULL ["rel"]=> array(0) { } ["rev"]=> array(0) { } ["order"]=> NULL ["resource"]=> NULL ["privilege"]=> NULL ["active"]=> bool(false) ["visible"]=> bool(true) ["type"]=> string(23) "Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri" ["pages"]=> array(2) { [0]=> array(15) { ["label"]=> string(8) "Page 2.1" ["id"]=> NULL ["class"]=> NULL ["title"]=> NULL ["target"]=> NULL ["rel"]=> array(0) { } ["rev"]=> array(0) { } ["order"]=> NULL ["resource"]=> NULL ["privilege"]=> NULL ["active"]=> bool(false) ["visible"]=> bool(true) ["type"]=> string(23) "Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri" ["pages"]=> array(0) { } ["uri"]=> string(1) "#" } [1]=> array(15) { ["label"]=> string(8) "Page 2.2" ["id"]=> NULL ["class"]=> NULL ["title"]=> NULL ["target"]=> NULL ["rel"]=> array(0) { } ["rev"]=> array(0) {

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} ["order"]=> NULL ["resource"]=> NULL ["privilege"]=> NULL ["active"]=> bool(false) ["visible"]=> bool(true) ["type"]=> string(23) "Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri" ["pages"]=> array(0) { } ["uri"]=> string(1) "#" } } ["uri"]=> string(1) "#" } } */

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The navigation helpers are used for rendering navigational elements from Zend\Navigation\Navigation instances. There are 5 built-in helpers: Breadcrumbs, used for rendering the path to the currently active page. Links, used for rendering navigational head links (e.g. <link rel="next" href="..." />) Menu, used for rendering menus. Sitemap, used for rendering sitemaps conforming to the Sitemaps XML format. Navigation, used for proxying calls to other navigational helpers. All built-in helpers extend Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\AbstractHelper, adds integration with ACL and translation. The abstract class implements the Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\HelperInterface, which denes the following methods: which interface

getContainer() and setContainer() gets and sets the navigation container the helper should operate on by default, and hasContainer() checks if the helper has container registered. getTranslator() and setTranslator() gets and sets the translator used for translating labels and titles. getUseTranslator() and setUseTranslator() controls whether the translator should be enabled. The method hasTranslator() checks if the helper has a translator registered. getAcl(), setAcl(), getRole() and setRole(), (Zend\Permissions\Acl\AclInterface) instance and Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\RoleInterface) used for ltering getUseAcl() and setUseAcl() controls whether ACL should be enabled. hasRole() checks if the helper has an ACL instance or a role registered. gets and sets ACL role (String or out pages when rendering. The methods hasAcl() and

__toString(), magic method to ensure that helpers can be rendered by echoing the helper instance directly. render(), must be implemented by concrete helpers to do the actual rendering. In addition to the method stubs from the interface, the abstract class also implements the following methods: getIndent() and setIndent() gets and sets indentation. The setter accepts a String or an Integer. In the case of an Integer, the helper will use the given number of spaces for indentation. I.e., setIndent(4) means 4 initial spaces of indentation. Indentation can be specied for all helpers except the Sitemap helper. getMinDepth() and setMinDepth() gets and sets the minimum depth a page must have to be included by the helper. Setting NULL means no minimum depth. getMaxDepth() and setMaxDepth() gets and sets the maximum depth a page can have to be included by the helper. Setting NULL means no maximum depth.

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getRenderInvisible() and setRenderInvisible() gets and sets whether to render items that have been marked as invisible or not. __call() is used for proxying calls to the container registered in the helper, which means you can call methods on a helper as if it was a container. See example below. findActive($container, $minDepth, $maxDepth) is used for nding the deepest active page in the given container. If depths are not given, the method will use the values retrieved from getMinDepth() and getMaxDepth(). The deepest active page must be between $minDepth and $maxDepth inclusively. Returns an array containing a reference to the found page instance and the depth at which the page was found. htmlify() renders an a HTML element from a Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage instance. accept() is used for determining if a page should be accepted when iterating containers. This method checks for page visibility and veries that the helpers role is allowed access to the pages resource and privilege. The static method setDefaultAcl() is used for setting a default ACL object that will be used by helpers. The static method setDefaultRole() is used for setting a default Role that will be used by helpers If a container is not explicitly set, the helper will create an empty Zend\Navigation\Navigation container when calling $helper->getContainer().
Proxying calls to the navigation container

Navigation view helpers use the magic method __call() to proxy method calls to the navigation container that is registered in the view helper.
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The call above will add a page to the container in the Navigation helper.

204.1 Translation of labels and titles


The navigation helpers support translation of page labels and titles. You can set a translator of type Zend\I18n\Translator in the helper using $helper->setTranslator($translator). If you want to disable translation, use $helper->setUseTranslator(false). The proxy helper will inject its own translator to the helper it proxies to if the proxied helper doesnt already have a translator. Note: There is no translation in the sitemap helper, since there are no page labels or titles involved in an XML sitemap.

204.2 Integration with ACL


All navigational view helpers support ACL inherently from the class Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\AbstractHelper. An object implementing Zend\Permissions\Acl\AclInterface can be assigned to a helper instance with $helper->setAcl($acl), and role with $helper->setRole(member) or $helper->setRole(new Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole(member)). If ACL is used in the helper, the role in the helper must be allowed by the ACL to access a pages resource and/or have the pages privilege for the page to be included when rendering. 916 Chapter 204. View Helpers

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This example shows the setup of a navigation container for a ctional software company. Notes on the setup: The domain for the site is www.example.com. Interesting page properties are marked with a comment. Unless otherwise is stated in other examples, the user is requesting the URL http://www.example.com/products/server/faq/, which translates to the page labeled FAQ under Foo Server. The assumed ACL and router setup is shown below the container setup.
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/* * Navigation container (config/array) * Each element in the array will be passed to * Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory() when constructing * the navigation container below. */ $pages = array( array( label => Home, title => Go Home, module => default, controller => index, action => index, order => -100 // make sure home is the first page ), array( label => Special offer this week only!, module => store, controller => offer, action => amazing, visible => false // not visible ), array( label => Products, module => products, controller => index, action => index, pages => array( array( label => Foo Server, module => products, controller => server, action => index, pages => array( array( label => FAQ,

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module => products, controller => server, action => faq, rel => array( canonical => http://www.example.com/?page=faq, alternate => array( module => products, controller => server, action => faq, params => array(format => xml) ) ) ), array( label module controller action ), array( label module controller action )

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module => company, controller => about, action => investors ), array( label => News, class => rss, // class module => company, controller => news, action => index, pages => array( array( label => Press Releases, module => company, controller => news, action => press ), array( label => Archive, route => archive, // route module => company, controller => news, action => archive ) ) ) ) ), array( label => Community, module => community, controller => index, action => index, pages => array( array( label => My Account, module => community, controller => account, action => index, resource => mvc:community.account // resource ), array( label => Forums, uri => http://forums.example.com/, class => external // class ) ) ), array( label => Administration, module => admin, controller => index, action => index, resource => mvc:admin, // resource pages => array( array( label => Write new article, module => admin,

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controller => post, action => write ) ) ) ); // Create container from array $container = new Zend\Navigation\Navigation($pages); // Store the container in the proxy helper: $view->plugin(navigation)->setContainer($container); // ...or simply: $view->navigation($container);

In addition to the container above, the following setup is assumed:


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<?php // module/MyModule/config/module.config.php return array( /* ... */ router array( routes => array( archive => array( type => Segment, options => array( route => /archive/:year, defaults => array( module => company, controller => news, action => archive, year => (int) date(Y) - 1, ), constraints => array( year => \d+, ), ), ), /* You can have other routes here... */ ), ), /* ... */ ); <?php // module/MyModule/Module.php namespace MyModule; use use use use Zend\View\HelperPluginManager; Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl; Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole; Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource\GenericResource;

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/* ... */ public function getViewHelperConfig() { return array( factories => array( // This will overwrite the native navigation helper navigation => function(HelperPluginManager $pm) { // Setup ACL: $acl = new Acl(); $acl->addRole(new GenericRole(member)); $acl->addRole(new GenericRole(admin)); $acl->addResource(new GenericResource(mvc:admin)); $acl->addResource(new GenericResource(mvc:community.account)); $acl->allow(member, mvc:community.account); $acl->allow(admin, null); // Get an instance of the proxy helper $navigation = $pm->get(Zend\View\Helper\Navigation); // Store ACL and role in the proxy helper: $navigation->setAcl($acl) ->setRole(member); // Return the new navigation helper instance return $navigation; } ) ); } /* ... */ }

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VIEW HELPER - BREADCRUMBS


Breadcrumbs are used for indicating where in a sitemap a user is currently browsing, and are typically rendered like this: You are here: Home > Products > FantasticProduct 1.0. The breadcrumbs helper follows the guidelines from Breadcrumbs Pattern - Yahoo! Design Pattern Library, and allows simple customization (minimum/maximum depth, indentation, separator, and whether the last element should be linked), or rendering using a partial view script. The Breadcrumbs helper works like this; it nds the deepest active page in a navigation container, and renders an upwards path to the root. For MVC pages, the activeness of a page is determined by inspecting the request object, as stated in the section on Zend\Navigation\Page\Mvc. The helper sets the minDepth property to 1 by default, meaning breadcrumbs will not be rendered if the deepest active page is a root page. If maxDepth is specied, the helper will stop rendering when at the specied depth (e.g. stop at level 2 even if the deepest active page is on level 3). Methods in the breadcrumbs helper: {get|set}Separator() gets/sets separator string that is used between breadcrumbs. Default is &gt; . {get|set}LinkLast() gets/sets whether the last breadcrumb should be rendered as an anchor or not. Default is FALSE. {get|set}Partial() gets/sets a partial view script that should be used for rendering breadcrumbs. If a partial view script is set, the helpers render() method will use the renderPartial() method. If no partial is set, the renderStraight() method is used. The helper expects the partial to be a String or an Array with two elements. If the partial is a String, it denotes the name of the partial script to use. If it is an Array, the rst element will be used as the name of the partial view script, and the second element is the module where the script is found. renderStraight() is the default render method. renderPartial() is used for rendering using a partial view script.
Rendering breadcrumbs

This example shows how to render breadcrumbs with default settings.


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In a view script or layout: <?php echo $this->navigation()->breadcrumbs(); ?> The two calls above take advantage of the magic __toString() method, and are equivalent to: <?php echo $this->navigation()->breadcrumbs()->render(); ?> Output: <a href="/products">Products</a> &gt; <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> &gt; FAQ

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Specifying indentation

This example shows how to render breadcrumbs with initial indentation.


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Rendering with 8 spaces indentation: <?php echo $this->navigation()->breadcrumbs()->setIndent(8);?> Output: <a href="/products">Products</a> &gt; <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> &gt; FAQ

Customize breadcrumbs output

This example shows how to customize breadcrumbs output by specifying various options.
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In a view script or layout: <?php echo $this->navigation() ->breadcrumbs() ->setLinkLast(true) // link last page ->setMaxDepth(1) // stop at level 1 ->setSeparator( . PHP_EOL); // cool separator with newline ?> Output: <a href="/products">Products</a> <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// Setting minimum depth required to render breadcrumbs: <?php $this->navigation()->breadcrumbs()->setMinDepth(10); echo $this->navigation()->breadcrumbs(); ?> Output: Nothing, because the deepest active page is not at level 10 or deeper.

Rendering breadcrumbs using a partial view script

This example shows how to render customized breadcrumbs using a partial vew script. By calling setPartial(), you can specify a partial view script that will be used when calling render(). When a partial is specied, the renderPartial() method will be called. This method will nd the deepest active page and pass an array of pages that leads to the active page to the partial view script. In a layout:
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VIEW HELPER - LINKS


The links helper is used for rendering HTML LINK elements. Links are used for describing document relationships of the currently active page. Read more about links and link types at Document relationships: the LINK element (HTML4 W3C Rec.) and Link types (HTML4 W3C Rec.) in the HTML4 W3C Recommendation. There are two types of relations; forward and reverse, indicated by the kewyords rel and rev. Most methods in the helper will take a $rel param, which must be either rel or rev. Most methods also take a $type param, which is used for specifying the link type (e.g. alternate, start, next, prev, chapter, etc). Relationships can be added to page objects manually, or found by traversing the container registered in the helper. The method findRelation($page, $rel, $type) will rst try to nd the given $rel of $type from the $page by calling $page->ndRel($type) or $page->ndRel($type). If the $page has a relation that can be converted to a page instance, that relation will be used. If the $page instance doesnt have the specied $type, the helper will look for a method in the helper named search$rel$type (e.g. searchRelNext() or searchRevAlternate()). If such a method exists, it will be used for determining the $pages relation by traversing the container. Not all relations can be determined by traversing the container. These are the relations that will be found by searching: searchRelStart(), forward start relation: the rst page in the container. searchRelNext(), forward next relation; nds the next page in the container, i.e. the page after the active page. searchRelPrev(), forward prev relation; nds the previous page, i.e. the page before the active page. searchRelChapter(), forward chapter relations; nds all pages on level 0 except the start relation or the active page if its on level 0. searchRelSection(), forward section relations; nds all child pages of the active page if the active page is on level 0 (a chapter). searchRelSubsection(), forward subsection relations; nds all child pages of the active page if the active pages is on level 1 (a section). searchRevSection(), reverse section relation; nds the parent of the active page if the active page is on level 1 (a section). searchRevSubsection(), reverse subsection relation; nds the parent of the active page if the active page is on level 2 (a subsection). Note: When looking for relations in the page instance ($page->getRel($type) or $page->getRev($type)), the helper accepts the values of type String, Array, Zend\Config, or Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage. If a string is found, it will be converted to a Zend\Navigation\Page\Uri. If an array or a cong is found, it will be converted to one or several page instances. If the rst key of the array/cong is numeric, it will be considered to contain several pages, and each element will be passed to the page factory. If the rst key is not numeric, the array/cong will be passed to the page factory directly, and a single page will be returned.

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The helper also supports magic methods for nding relations. E.g. to nd forward alternate relations, call $helper>ndRelAlternate($page), and to nd reverse section relations, call $helper->ndRevSection($page). Those calls correspond to $helper->ndRelation($page, rel, alternate); and $helper->ndRelation($page, rev, section); respectively. To customize which relations should be rendered, the helper uses a render ag. The render ag is an integer value, and will be used in a bitwise and (&) operation against the helpers render constants to determine if the relation that belongs to the render constant should be rendered. See the example below for more information. Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_ALTERNATE Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_STYLESHEET Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_START Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_NEXT Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_PREV Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_CONTENTS Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_INDEX Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_GLOSSARY Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_COPYRIGHT Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_CHAPTER Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_SECTION Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_SUBSECTION Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_APPENDIX Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_HELP Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_BOOKMARK Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_CUSTOM Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_ALL The constants from RENDER_ALTERNATE to RENDER_BOOKMARK denote standard HTML link types. RENDER_CUSTOM denotes non-standard relations that specied in pages. RENDER_ALL denotes standard and nonstandard relations. Methods in the links helper: {get|set}RenderFlag() gets/sets the render ag. Default is RENDER_ALL. See examples below on how to set the render ag. findAllRelations() nds all relations of all types for a given page. findRelation() nds all relations of a given type from a given page. searchRel{Start|Next|Prev|Chapter|Section|Subsection}() traverses a container to nd forward relations to the start page, the next page, the previous page, chapters, sections, and subsections. searchRev{Section|Subsection}() traverses a container to nd reverse relations to sections or subsections. renderLink() renders a single link element.

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Specify relations in pages

This example shows how to specify relations in pages.


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$container = new Zend\Navigation\Navigation(array( array( label => Relations using strings, rel => array( alternate => http://www.example.org/ ), rev => array( alternate => http://www.example.net/ ) ), array( label => Relations using arrays, rel => array( alternate => array( label => Example.org, uri => http://www.example.org/ ) ) ), array( label => Relations using configs, rel => array( alternate => new Zend\Config\Config(array( label => Example.org, uri => http://www.example.org/ )) ) ), array( label => Relations using pages instance, rel => array( alternate => Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage::factory(array( label => Example.org, uri => http://www.example.org/ )) ) ) ));

Default rendering of links

This example shows how to render a menu from a container registered/found in the view helper.
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In a view script or layout: <?php echo $this->view->navigation()->links(); ?> Output: <link rel="alternate" href="/products/server/faq/format/xml"> <link rel="start" href="/" title="Home"> <link rel="next" href="/products/server/editions" title="Editions"> <link rel="prev" href="/products/server" title="Foo Server"> <link rel="chapter" href="/products" title="Products"> <link rel="chapter" href="/company/about" title="Company">

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<link rel="chapter" href="/community" title="Community"> <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/?page=server-faq"> <link rev="subsection" href="/products/server" title="Foo Server">

Specify which relations to render

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Render only start, next, and prev: $helper->setRenderFlag(Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_START | Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_NEXT | Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_PREV); Output: <link rel="start" href="/" title="Home"> <link rel="next" href="/products/server/editions" title="Editions"> <link rel="prev" href="/products/server" title="Foo Server"> Render only native link types: $helper->setRenderFlag(Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_ALL ^ Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_CUSTOM); Output: <link rel="alternate" href="/products/server/faq/format/xml"> <link rel="start" href="/" title="Home"> <link rel="next" href="/products/server/editions" title="Editions"> <link rel="prev" href="/products/server" title="Foo Server"> <link rel="chapter" href="/products" title="Products"> <link rel="chapter" href="/company/about" title="Company"> <link rel="chapter" href="/community" title="Community"> <link rev="subsection" href="/products/server" title="Foo Server"> Render all but chapter: $helper->setRenderFlag(Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_ALL ^ Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\Links::RENDER_CHAPTER); Output: <link rel="alternate" href="/products/server/faq/format/xml"> <link rel="start" href="/" title="Home"> <link rel="next" href="/products/server/editions" title="Editions"> <link rel="prev" href="/products/server" title="Foo Server"> <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/?page=server-faq"> <link rev="subsection" href="/products/server" title="Foo Server">

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The Menu helper is used for rendering menus from navigation containers. By default, the menu will be rendered using HTML UL and LI tags, but the helper also allows using a partial view script. Methods in the Menu helper: {get|set}UlClass() gets/sets the CSS class used in renderMenu(). {get|set}OnlyActiveBranch() gets/sets a ag specifying whether only the active branch of a container should be rendered. {get|set}RenderParents() gets/sets a ag specifying whether parents should be rendered when only rendering active branch of a container. If set to FALSE, only the deepest active menu will be rendered. {get|set}Partial() gets/sets a partial view script that should be used for rendering menu. If a partial view script is set, the helpers render() method will use the renderPartial() method. If no partial is set, the renderMenu() method is used. The helper expects the partial to be a String or an Array with two elements. If the partial is a String, it denotes the name of the partial script to use. If it is an Array, the rst element will be used as the name of the partial view script, and the second element is the module where the script is found. htmlify() overrides the method from the abstract class to return span elements if the page has no href. renderMenu($container = null, $options = array()) is the default render method, and will render a container as a HTML UL list. If $container is not given, the container registered in the helper will be rendered. $options is used for overriding options specied temporarily without resetting the values in the helper instance. It is an associative array where each key corresponds to an option in the helper. Recognized options: indent; indentation. Expects a String or an int value. minDepth; minimum depth. Expects an int or NULL (no minimum depth). maxDepth; maximum depth. Expects an int or NULL (no maximum depth). ulClass; CSS class for ul element. Expects a String. onlyActiveBranch; whether only active branch should be rendered. Expects a Boolean value. renderParents; whether parents should be rendered if only rendering active branch. Expects a Boolean value. If an option is not given, the value set in the helper will be used. renderPartial() is used for rendering the menu using a partial view script.

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renderSubMenu() renders the deepest menu level of a containers active branch.


Rendering a menu

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In a view script or layout: <?php echo $this->navigation()->menu()->render() ?> Or simply: <?php echo $this->navigation()->menu() ?> Output: <ul class="navigation"> <li> <a title="Go Home" href="/">Home</a> </li> <li class="active"> <a href="/products">Products</a> <ul> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> <ul> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server/faq">FAQ</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/products/studio/customers">Customer Stories</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/studio/support">Support</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a title="About us" href="/company/about">Company</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/company/about/investors">Investor Relations</a> </li> <li> <a class="rss" href="/company/news">News</a> <ul>

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<li> <a href="/company/news/press">Press Releases</a> </li> <li> <a href="/archive">Archive</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="/community">Community</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/community/account">My Account</a> </li> <li> <a class="external" href="http://forums.example.com/">Forums</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

Calling renderMenu() directly

This example shows how to render a menu that is not registered in the view helper by calling the renderMenu() directly and specifying a few options.
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<?php // render only the Community menu $community = $this->navigation()->findOneByLabel(Community); $options = array( indent => 16, ulClass => community ); echo $this->navigation() ->menu() ->renderMenu($community, $options); ?> Output: <ul class="community"> <li> <a href="/community/account">My Account</a> </li> <li> <a class="external" href="http://forums.example.com/">Forums</a> </li> </ul>

Rendering the deepest active menu

This example shows how the renderSubMenu() will render the deepest sub menu of the active branch. Calling renderSubMenu($container, $ulClass, $indent) renderMenu($container, $options) with the following options: is equivalent to calling

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<?php echo $this->navigation() ->menu() ->renderSubMenu(null, sidebar, 4); ?> The output will be the same if FAQ or Foo Server is active: <ul class="sidebar"> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server/faq">FAQ</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a> </li> </ul>

Rendering a menu with maximum depth


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<?php echo $this->navigation() ->menu() ->setMaxDepth(1); ?> Output: <ul class="navigation"> <li> <a title="Go Home" href="/">Home</a> </li> <li class="active"> <a href="/products">Products</a> <ul> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a title="About us" href="/company/about">Company</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/company/about/investors">Investor Relations</a>

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</li> <li> <a class="rss" href="/company/news">News</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="/community">Community</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/community/account">My Account</a> </li> <li> <a class="external" href="http://forums.example.com/">Forums</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

Rendering a menu with minimum depth


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<?php echo $this->navigation() ->menu() ->setMinDepth(1); ?> Output: <ul class="navigation"> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> <ul> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server/faq">FAQ</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/products/studio/customers">Customer Stories</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/studio/support">Support</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="/company/about/investors">Investor Relations</a> </li>

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<li> <a class="rss" href="/company/news">News</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/company/news/press">Press Releases</a> </li> <li> <a href="/archive">Archive</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="/community/account">My Account</a> </li> <li> <a class="external" href="http://forums.example.com/">Forums</a> </li> </ul>

Rendering only the active branch of a menu <?php echo $this->navigation() ->menu() ->setOnlyActiveBranch(true); ?> Output: <ul class="navigation"> <li class="active"> <a href="/products">Products</a> <ul> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> <ul> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server/faq">FAQ</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

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->setOnlyActiveBranch(true) ->setMinDepth(1); ?> Output: <ul class="navigation"> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> <ul> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server/faq">FAQ</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

Rendering only the active branch of a menu with maximum depth <?php echo $this->navigation() ->menu() ->setOnlyActiveBranch(true) ->setMaxDepth(1); ?> Output: <ul class="navigation"> <li class="active"> <a href="/products">Products</a> <ul> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

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Output: <ul class="navigation"> <li class="active"> <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a> </li> <li> <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a> </li> </ul>

Rendering a custom menu using a partial view script

This example shows how to render a custom menu using a partial view script. By calling setPartial(), you can specify a partial view script that will be used when calling render(). When a partial is specied, the renderPartial() method will be called. This method will assign the container to the view with the key container. In a layout:
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In module/MyModule/view/my-module/partials/menu.phtml:
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foreach ($this->container as $page) { echo $this->navigation()->menu()->htmlify($page) . PHP_EOL; }

Output:
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<a <a <a <a

title="Go Home" href="/">Home</a> href="/products">Products</a> title="About us" href="/company/about">Company</a> href="/community">Community</a>

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The Sitemap helper is used for generating XML sitemaps, as dened by the Sitemaps XML format. Read more about Sitemaps on Wikipedia. By default, the sitemap helper uses sitemap validators to validate each element that is rendered. This can be disabled by calling $helper->setUseSitemapValidators(false). Note: If you disable sitemap validators, the custom properties (see table) are not validated at all. The sitemap helper also supports Sitemap XSD Schema validation of the generated sitemap. This is disabled by default, since it will require a request to the Schema le. It can be enabled with $helper->setUseSchemaValidation(true).

Table 208.1: Sitemap XML elements Element loc lastmod Description

Absolute URL to page. An absolute URL will be generated by the helper. The date of last modication of the le, in W3C Datetime format. This time portion can be omitted if desired, and only use YYYY-MM-DD. The helper will try to retrieve the lastmod value from the pages custom property lastmod if it is set in the page. If the value is not a valid date, it is ignored. change- How frequently the page is likely to change. This value provides general information to search engines freq and may not correlate exactly to how often they crawl the page. Valid values are: alwayshourlydailyweeklymonthlyyearlynever The helper will try to retrieve the changefreq value from the pages custom property changefreq if it is set in the page. If the value is not valid, it is ignored. priorThe priority of this URL relative to other URLs on your site. Valid values range from 0.0 to 1.0. The ity helper will try to retrieve the priority value from the pages custom property priority if it is set in the page. If the value is not valid, it is ignored. Methods in the sitemap helper: {get|set}FormatOutput() gets/sets a ag indicating whether XML output should be formatted. This corresponds to the formatOutput property of the native DOMDocument class. Read more at PHP: DOMDocument - Manual. Default is FALSE. {get|set}UseXmlDeclaration() gets/sets a ag indicating whether the XML declaration should be included when rendering. Default is TRUE. {get|set}UseSitemapValidators() gets/sets a ag indicating whether sitemap validators should be used when generating the DOM sitemap. Default is TRUE. {get|set}UseSchemaValidation() gets/sets a ag indicating whether the helper should use XML Schema validation when generating the DOM sitemap. Default is FALSE. If TRUE.

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{get|set}ServerUrl() gets/sets server URL that will be prepended to non-absolute URLs in the url() method. If no server URL is specied, it will be determined by the helper. url() is used to generate absolute URLs to pages. getDomSitemap() generates a DOMDocument from a given container.
Rendering an XML sitemap

This example shows how to render an XML sitemap based on the setup we did further up.
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// In a view script or layout: // format output $this->navigation() ->sitemap() ->setFormatOutput(true); // default is false // // // // other possible methods: ->setUseXmlDeclaration(false); // default is true ->setServerUrl(http://my.otherhost.com); default is to detect automatically

// print sitemap echo $this->navigation()->sitemap();

Notice how pages that are invisible or pages with ACL roles incompatible with the view helper are ltered out:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/products</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/products/server</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/products/server/faq</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/products/server/editions</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/products/server/requirements</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/products/studio</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/products/studio/customers</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/products/studio/support</loc> </url> <url>

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<loc>http://www.example.com/company/about</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/company/about/investors</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/company/news</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/company/news/press</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/archive</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/community</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/community/account</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://forums.example.com/</loc> </url> </urlset>

Render the sitemap using no ACL role (should lter out /community/account):
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<loc>http://www.example.com/products/studio/support</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/company/about</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/company/about/investors</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/company/news</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/company/news/press</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/archive</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://www.example.com/community</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://forums.example.com/</loc> </url> </urlset>

Render the sitemap using a maximum depth of 1.


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<loc>http://www.example.com/community/account</loc> </url> <url> <loc>http://forums.example.com/</loc> </url> </urlset>

Note: UTF-8 encoding used by default By default, Zend Framework uses UTF-8 as its default encoding, and, specic to this case, Zend\View does as well. So if you want to use another encoding with Sitemap, you will have do three things: 1. Create a custom renderer and implement a getEncoding() method; 2. Create a custom rendering strategy that will return an instance of your custom renderer; 3. Attach the custom strategy in the ViewEvent; See the example from **headStile** documentation to see how you can achieve this.

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The Navigation helper is a proxy helper that relays calls to other navigational helpers. It can be considered an entry point to all navigation-related view tasks. The aforementioned navigational helpers are in the namespace Zend\View\Helper\Navigation, and would thus require the path Zend/View/Helper/Navigation to be added as a helper path to the view. With the proxy helper residing in the Zend\View\Helper namespace, it will always be available, without the need to add any helper paths to the view. The Navigation helper nds other helpers that implement the Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\HelperInterface, which means custom view helpers can also be proxied. This would, however, require that the custom helper path is added to the view. When proxying to other helpers, the Navigation helper can inject its container, ACL/role, and translator. This means that you wont have to explicitly set all three in all navigational helpers, nor resort to injecting by means of static methods. findHelper() nds the given helper, veries that it is a navigational helper, and injects container, ACL/role and translator. {get|set}InjectContainer() gets/sets a ag indicating whether the container should be injected to proxied helpers. Default is TRUE. {get|set}InjectAcl() gets/sets a ag indicating whether the ACL/role should be injected to proxied helpers. Default is TRUE. {get|set}InjectTranslator() gets/sets a ag indicating whether the translator should be injected to proxied helpers. Default is TRUE. {get|set}DefaultProxy() gets/sets the default proxy. Default is menu. render() proxies to the render method of the default proxy.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\PAGINATOR
Zend\Paginator is a exible component for paginating collections of data and presenting that data to users. The primary design goals of Zend\Paginator are as follows: Paginate arbitrary data, not just relational databases Fetch only the results that need to be displayed Do not force users to adhere to only one way of displaying data or rendering pagination controls Loosely couple Zend\Paginator to other Zend Framework components so that users who wish to use it independently of Zend\View, Zend\Db, etc. can do so

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211.1 Paginating data collections
In order to paginate items into pages, Zend\Paginator must have a generic way of accessing that data. For that reason, all data access takes place through data source adapters. Several adapters ship with Zend Framework by default: Table 211.1: Adapters for Zend\Paginator Adapter ArrayAdapter DbSelect Iterator Null Description Accepts a PHP array Accepts a Zend\Db\Sql\Select plus either a Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter or Zend\Db\Sql\Sql to paginate rows from a database Accepts an Iterator instance Does not use Zend\Paginator to manage data pagination. You can still take advantage of the pagination control feature.

Note: Instead of selecting every matching row of a given query, the DbSelect adapter retrieves only the smallest amount of data necessary for displaying the current page. Because of this, a second query is dynamically generated to determine the total number of matching rows. To create an instance of Zend\Paginator, you must supply an adapter to the constructor:
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In the case of the Null adapter, in lieu of a data collection you must supply an item count to its constructor. Although the instance is technically usable in this state, in your controller action youll need to tell the paginator what page number the user requested. This allows advancing through the paginated data.
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The simplest way to keep track of this value is through a URL parameter. The following is an example route you might use in an Array conguration le:
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With the above route (and using Zend Framework MVC components), you might set the current page number in your controller action like so:
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There are other options available; see Conguration for more on them. Finally, youll need to assign the paginator instance to your view. If youre using Zend Framework MVC component, you can assign the paginator object to your view model:
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211.2 The DbSelect adapter


The usage of most adapters is pretty straight-forward. However, the database adapter requires a more detailed explanation regarding the retrieval and count of the data from the database. To use the DbSelect adapter you dont have to retrieve the data upfront from the database. The adapter will do the retrieval for you, as well as the counting of the total pages. If additional work has to be done on the database results which cannot be expressed via the provided Zend\Db\Sql\Select object you must extend the adapter and override the getItems() method. Additionally this adapter does not fetch all records from the database in order to count them. Instead, the adapter manipulates the original query to produce a corresponding COUNT query. Paginator then executes that COUNT query to get the number of rows. This does require an extra round-trip to the database, but this is many times faster than fetching an entire result set and using count(), especially with large collections of data. The database adapter will try and build the most efcient query that will execute on pretty much any modern database. However, depending on your database or even your own schema setup, there might be more efcient ways to get a rowcount. For this scenario, you can extend the provided DbSelect adapter and implement a custom getRowCount method. For example, if you keep track of the count of blog posts in a separate table, you could achieve a faster count query with the following setup:
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$adapter = new MyDbSelect($query, $adapter); $paginator = new Zend\Paginator\Paginator($adapter);

This approach will probably not give you a huge performance gain on small collections and/or simple select queries. However, with complex queries and large collections, a similar approach could give you a signicant performance boost. The DbSelect adapter also supports returning of fetched records using the Zend\Db\ResultSet component of Zend\Db. You can override the concrete RowSet implementation by passing an object implementing Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSetInterface as the third constructor argument to the DbSelect adapter:
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Now when we iterate over $paginator we will get instances of our custom entity instead of key-value-pair arrays.

211.3 Rendering pages with view scripts


The view script is used to render the page items (if youre using Zend\Paginator to do so) and display the pagination control. Because Zend\Paginator implements the SPL interface IteratorAggregate, looping over your items and displaying them is simple.
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<html> <body> <h1>Example</h1> <?php if (count($this->paginator)): ?> <ul> <?php foreach ($this->paginator as $item): ?> <li><?php echo $item; ?></li> <?php endforeach; ?> </ul> <?php endif; ?>

<?php echo $this->paginationControl($this->paginator, Sliding, my_pagination_control, array(route => application/paginator </body> </html>

Notice the view helper call near the end. PaginationControl accepts up to four parameters: the paginator instance, a scrolling style, a view script name, and an array of additional parameters. The second and third parameters are very important. Whereas the view script name is used to determine how the pagination control should look, the scrolling style is used to control how it should behave. Say the view script is in the style of a search pagination control, like the one below:

What happens when the user clicks the next link a few times? Well, any number of things could happen. The current page number could stay in the middle as you click through (as it does on Yahoo!), or it could advance to the end of

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the page range and then appear again on the left when the user clicks next one more time. The page numbers might even expand and contract as the user advances (or scrolls) through them (as they do on Google). There are four scrolling styles packaged with Zend Framework: Table 211.2: Scrolling styles for Zend\Paginator Scrolling style All Elastic Jumping Sliding Description Returns every page. This is useful for dropdown menu pagination controls with relatively few pages. In these cases, you want all pages available to the user at once. A Google-like scrolling style that expands and contracts as a user scrolls through the pages. As users scroll through, the page number advances to the end of a given range, then starts again at the beginning of the new range. A Yahoo!-like scrolling style that positions the current page number in the center of the page range, or as close as possible. This is the default style.

The fourth and nal parameter is reserved for an optional associative array of additional variables that you want available in your view (available via $this). For instance, these values could include extra URL parameters for pagination links. By setting the default view script name, default scrolling style, and view instance, you can eliminate the calls to PaginationControl completely:
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When all of these values are set, you can render the pagination control inside your view script with a simple echo statement:
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You could then access paginator values from a template like so:
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211.3.1 Example pagination controls


The following example pagination controls will hopefully help you get started: Search pagination:
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<a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route, array(page => $this->previous)); ?>"> &lt; Previous </a> | <?php else: ?> <span class="disabled">&lt; Previous</span> | <?php endif; ?> <!-- Numbered page links --> <?php foreach ($this->pagesInRange as $page): ?> <?php if ($page != $this->current): ?> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route, array(page => $page)); ?>"> <?php echo $page; ?> </a> | <?php else: ?> <?php echo $page; ?> | <?php endif; ?> <?php endforeach; ?> <!-- Next page link --> <?php if (isset($this->next)): ?> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route, array(page => $this->next)); ?>"> Next &gt; </a> <?php else: ?> <span class="disabled">Next &gt;</span> <?php endif; ?> </div> <?php endif; ?>

Item pagination:
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<!-See http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/pattern.php?pattern=itempagination --> <?php if ($this->pageCount): ?> <div class="paginationControl"> <?php echo $this->firstItemNumber; ?> - <?php echo $this->lastItemNumber; ?> of <?php echo $this->totalItemCount; ?> <!-- First page link --> <?php if (isset($this->previous)): ?> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route, array(page => $this->first)); ?>"> First </a> | <?php else: ?> <span class="disabled">First</span> | <?php endif; ?> <!-- Previous page link --> <?php if (isset($this->previous)): ?> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route, array(page => $this->previous)); ?>"> &lt; Previous </a> | <?php else: ?> <span class="disabled">&lt; Previous</span> | <?php endif; ?> <!-- Next page link -->

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<?php if (isset($this->next)): ?> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route, array(page => $this->next)); ?>"> Next &gt; </a> | <?php else: ?> <span class="disabled">Next &gt;</span> | <?php endif; ?> <!-- Last page link --> <?php if (isset($this->next)): ?> <a href="<?php echo $this->url($this->route, array(page => $this->last)); ?>"> Last </a> <?php else: ?> <span class="disabled">Last</span> <?php endif; ?> </div> <?php endif; ?>

Dropdown pagination:
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<?php if ($this->pageCount): ?> <select id="paginationControl" size="1"> <?php foreach ($this->pagesInRange as $page): ?> <?php $selected = ($page == $this->current) ? selected="selected" : ; ?> <option value="<?php echo $this->url($this->route, array(page => $page));?>"<?php echo $selected ?>> <?php echo $page; ?> </option> <?php endforeach; ?> </select> <?php endif; ?> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/prototype/1.6.0.2/prototype.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(paginationControl).observe(change, function() { window.location = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value; }) </script>

211.3.2 Listing of properties


The following options are available to pagination control view scripts:

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Table 211.3: Properties available to view partials Property rst rstItemNumber rstPageInRange current currentItemCount itemCountPerPage last lastItemNumber lastPageInRange next pageCount pagesInRange previous totalItemCount Type integer integer integer integer integer integer integer integer integer integer integer array integer integer Description First page number (i.e., 1) Absolute number of the rst item on this page First page in the range returned by the scrolling style Current page number Number of items on this page Maximum number of items available to each page Last page number Absolute number of the last item on this page Last page in the range returned by the scrolling style Next page number Number of pages Array of pages returned by the scrolling style Previous page number Total number of items

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Zend\Paginator has several conguration methods that can be called: Table 212.1: Conguration methods for Zend\Paginator\Paginator Method setCurrentPageNumber setItemCountPerPage setPageRange setView Description Sets the current page number (default 1). Sets the maximum number of items to display on a page (default 10).

Sets the number of items to display in the pagination control (default 10). Note: Most of the time this number will be adhered to exactly, but scrolling styles do have the option of only using it as a guideline or starting value (e.g., Elastic). Sets the view instance, for rendering convenience.

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213.1 Custom data source adapters
At some point you may run across a data type that is not covered by the packaged adapters. In this case, you will need to write your own. To do so, you must implement Zend\Paginator\Adapter\AdapterInterface. There are two methods required to do this: count() getItems($offset, $itemCountPerPage) Additionally, youll want to implement a constructor that takes your data source as a parameter and stores it as a protected or private property. How you wish to go about doing this specically is up to you. If youve ever used the SPL interface Countable, youre familiar with count(). As used with Zend\Paginator, this is the total number of items in the data collection. Additionally, the Zend\Paginator\Paginator instance provides a method countAllItems() that proxies to the adapter count() method. The getItems() method is only slightly more complicated. For this, your adapter is supplied with an offset and the number of items to display per page. You must return the appropriate slice of data. For an array, that would be:
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Take a look at the packaged adapters (all of which implement the Zend\Paginator\Adapter\AdapterInterface) for ideas of how you might go about implementing your own.

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This method should calculate a lower and upper bound for page numbers within the range of so-called local pages (that is, pages that are nearby the current page). Unless it extends another scrolling style (see Zend\Paginator\ScrollingStyle\Elastic for an example), your custom scrolling style will inevitably end with something similar to the following line of code:
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Theres nothing special about this call; its merely a convenience method to check the validity of the lower and upper bound and return an array of the range to the paginator. When youre ready to use your new scrolling style, youll need to tell Zend\Paginator\Paginator what directory to look in. To do that, do the following:
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213.3 Caching features


Zend\Paginator\Paginator can be told to cache the data it has already passed on, preventing the adapter from fetching them each time they are used. To tell paginator to automatically cache the adapters data, just pass to its setCache() method a pre-congured cache object implementing the Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface interface.
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$cache = StorageFactory::adapterFactory(filesystem, array( cache_dir => /tmp, ttl => 3600, plugins => array( serializer ), )); Zend\Paginator\Paginator::setCache($cache);

As long as Zend\Paginator\Paginator has been seeded with a cache storage object the data it generates will be cached. Sometimes you would like not to cache data even if you already passed a cache instance. You should then use setCacheEnable() for that.
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// $cache is a Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface instance Zend\Paginator\Paginator::setCache($cache); // ... later on the script $paginator->setCacheEnable(false); // cache is now disabled

When a cache is set, data are automatically stored in it and pulled out from it. It then can be useful to empty the cache manually. You can get this done by calling clearPageItemCache($pageNumber). If you dont pass any parameter, the whole cache will be empty. You can optionally pass a parameter representing the page number to empty in the cache:
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// $cache is a Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface instance Zend\Paginator\Paginator::setCache($cache); // $paginator is a fully configured Zend\Paginator\Paginator instance $items = $paginator->getCurrentItems(); // page 1 is now in cache $page3Items = $paginator->getItemsByPage(3); // page 3 is now in cache // clear the cache of the results for page 3 $paginator->clearPageItemCache(3); // clear all the cache data $paginator->clearPageItemCache();

Changing the item count per page will empty the whole cache as it would have become invalid:
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// $paginator is a fully configured Zend\Paginator\Paginator instance $items = $paginator->getCurrentItems(); // all the cache data will be flushed: $paginator->setItemCountPerPage(2);

It is also possible to see the data in cache and ask for them directly. getPageItemCache() can be used for that:
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// $cache is a Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface instance Zend\Paginator\Paginator::setCache($cache); // $paginator is a fully configured Zend\Paginator\Paginator instance $paginator->setItemCountPerPage(3); // fetch some items $items = $paginator->getCurrentItems(); $otherItems = $paginator->getItemsPerPage(4); // see the cached items as a two-dimension array: var_dump($paginator->getPageItemCache());

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\PERMISSIONS\ACL
The Zend\Permissions\Acl component provides a lightweight and exible access control list (ACL) implementation for privileges management. In general, an application may utilize such ACLs to control access to certain protected objects by other requesting objects. For the purposes of this documentation: a resource is an object to which access is controlled. a role is an object that may request access to a Resource. Put simply, roles request access to resources. For example, if a parking attendant requests access to a car, then the parking attendant is the requesting role, and the car is the resource, since access to the car may not be granted to everyone. Through the specication and use of an ACL, an application may control how roles are granted access to resources.

214.1 Resources
Creating a resource using Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl is very simple. A resource interface Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource\ResourceInterface is provided to facilitate creating resources in an application. A class need only implement this interface, which consists of a single method, getResourceId(), for Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl to recognize the object as a resource. Additionally, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource\GenericResource is provided as a basic resource implementation for developers to extend as needed. Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl provides a tree structure to which multiple resources can be added. Since resources are stored in such a tree structure, they can be organized from the general (toward the tree root) to the specic (toward the tree leaves). Queries on a specic resource will automatically search the resources hierarchy for rules assigned to ancestor resources, allowing for simple inheritance of rules. For example, if a default rule is to be applied to each building in a city, one would simply assign the rule to the city, instead of assigning the same rule to each building. Some buildings may require exceptions to such a rule, however, and this can be achieved in Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl by assigning such exception rules to each building that requires such an exception. A resource may inherit from only one parent resource, though this parent resource can have its own parent resource, etc. Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl also supports privileges on resources (e.g., create, read, update, delete), so the developer can assign rules that affect all privileges or specic privileges on one or more resources.

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214.2 Roles
As with resources, creating a role is also very simple. All roles must implement Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\RoleInterface. This interface consists of a single method, getRoleId(), Additionally, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole is provided by the Zend\Permissions\Acl component as a basic role implementation for developers to extend as needed. In Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl, a role may inherit from one or more roles. This is to support inheritance of rules among roles. For example, a user role, such as sally, may belong to one or more parent roles, such as editor and administrator. The developer can assign rules to editor and administrator separately, and sally would inherit such rules from both, without having to assign rules directly to sally. Though the ability to inherit from multiple roles is very useful, multiple inheritance also introduces some degree of complexity. The following example illustrates the ambiguity condition and how Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl solves it.
Multiple Inheritance among Roles

The following code denes three base roles - guest, member, and admin - from which other roles may inherit. Then, a role identied by someUser is established and inherits from the three other roles. The order in which these roles appear in the $parents array is important. When necessary, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl searches for access rules dened not only for the queried role (herein, someUser), but also upon the roles from which the queried role inherits (herein, guest, member, and admin):
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use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl; use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole as Role; use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource\GenericResource as Resource; $acl = new Acl(); $acl->addRole(new Role(guest)) ->addRole(new Role(member)) ->addRole(new Role(admin)); $parents = array(guest, member, admin); $acl->addRole(new Role(someUser), $parents); $acl->addResource(new Resource(someResource)); $acl->deny(guest, someResource); $acl->allow(member, someResource); echo $acl->isAllowed(someUser, someResource) ? allowed : denied;

Since there is no rule specically dened for the someUser role and someResource, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl must search for rules that may be dened for roles that someUser inherits. First, the admin role is visited, and there is no access rule dened for it. Next, the member role is visited, and Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl nds that there is a rule specifying that member is allowed access to someResource. If Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl were to continue examining the rules dened for other parent roles, however, it would nd that guest is denied access to someResource. This fact introduces an ambiguity because now someUser is both denied and allowed access to someResource, by reason of having inherited conicting rules from different parent roles. Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl resolves this ambiguity by completing a query when it nds the rst rule that is

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directly applicable to the query. In this case, since the member role is examined before the guest role, the example code would print allowed. Note: When specifying multiple parents for a role, keep in mind that the last parent listed is the rst one searched for rules applicable to an authorization query.

214.3 Creating the Access Control List


An Access Control List (ACL) can represent any set of physical or virtual objects that you wish. For the purposes of demonstration, however, we will create a basic Content Management System (CMS) ACL that maintains several tiers of groups over a wide variety of areas. To create a new ACL object, we instantiate the ACL with no parameters:
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Note: Until a developer species an allow rule, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl denies access to every privilege upon every resource by every role.

214.4 Registering Roles


CMSs will nearly always require a hierarchy of permissions to determine the authoring capabilities of its users. There may be a Guest group to allow limited access for demonstrations, a Staff group for the majority of CMS users who perform most of the day-to-day operations, an Editor group for those responsible for publishing, reviewing, archiving and deleting content, and nally an Administrator group whose tasks may include all of those of the other groups as well as maintenance of sensitive information, user management, back-end conguration data, backup and export. This set of permissions can be represented in a role registry, allowing each group to inherit privileges from parent groups, as well as providing distinct privileges for their unique group only. The permissions may be expressed as follows: Table 214.1: Access Controls for an Example CMS Name Guest Staff Editor Administrator Unique Permissions View Edit, Submit, Revise Publish, Archive, Delete (Granted all access) Inherit Permissions From N/A Guest Staff N/A

For this example, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole is used, but any object that implements Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\RoleInterface is acceptable. These groups can be added to the role registry as follows:
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use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl; use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole as Role; $acl = new Acl(); // Add groups to the Role registry using Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole // Guest does not inherit access controls $roleGuest = new Role(guest); $acl->addRole($roleGuest);

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// Staff inherits from guest $acl->addRole(new Role(staff), $roleGuest); /* Alternatively, the above could be written: $acl->addRole(new Role(staff), guest); */ // Editor inherits from staff $acl->addRole(new Role(editor), staff); // Administrator does not inherit access controls $acl->addRole(new Role(administrator));

214.5 Dening Access Controls


Now that the ACL contains the relevant roles, rules can be established that dene how resources may be accessed by roles. You may have noticed that we have not dened any particular resources for this example, which is simplied to illustrate that the rules apply to all resources. Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl provides an implementation whereby rules need only be assigned from general to specic, minimizing the number of rules needed, because resources and roles inherit rules that are dened upon their ancestors. Note: In general, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl obeys a given rule if and only if a more specic rule does not apply. Consequently, we can dene a reasonably complex set of rules with a minimum amount of code. To apply the base permissions as dened above:
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use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl; use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole as Role; $acl = new Acl(); $roleGuest = new Role(guest); $acl->addRole($roleGuest); $acl->addRole(new Role(staff), $roleGuest); $acl->addRole(new Role(editor), staff); $acl->addRole(new Role(administrator)); // Guest may only view content $acl->allow($roleGuest, null, view); /* Alternatively, the above could be written: $acl->allow(guest, null, view); //*/ // Staff inherits view privilege from guest, but also needs additional // privileges $acl->allow(staff, null, array(edit, submit, revise)); // Editor inherits view, edit, submit, and revise privileges from // staff, but also needs additional privileges $acl->allow(editor, null, array(publish, archive, delete));

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// Administrator inherits nothing, but is allowed all privileges $acl->allow(administrator);

The NULL values in the above allow() calls are used to indicate that the allow rules apply to all resources.

214.6 Querying an ACL


We now have a exible ACL that can be used to determine whether requesters have permission to perform functions throughout the web application. Performing queries is quite simple using the isAllowed() method:
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echo $acl->isAllowed(guest, null, view) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed echo $acl->isAllowed(staff, null, publish) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied echo $acl->isAllowed(staff, null, revise) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed echo $acl->isAllowed(editor, null, view) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed because of inheritance from guest echo $acl->isAllowed(editor, null, update) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied because no allow rule for update echo $acl->isAllowed(administrator, null, view) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed because administrator is allowed all privileges echo $acl->isAllowed(administrator) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed because administrator is allowed all privileges echo $acl->isAllowed(administrator, null, update) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed because administrator is allowed all privileges

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REFINING ACCESS CONTROLS


215.1 Precise Access Controls
The basic ACL as dened in the previous section shows how various privileges may be allowed upon the entire ACL (all resources). In practice, however, access controls tend to have exceptions and varying degrees of complexity. Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl allows to you accomplish these renements in a straightforward and exible manner. For the example CMS, it has been determined that whilst the staff group covers the needs of the vast majority of users, there is a need for a new marketing group that requires access to the newsletter and latest news in the CMS. The group is fairly self-sufcient and will have the ability to publish and archive both newsletters and the latest news. In addition, it has also been requested that the staff group be allowed to view news stories but not to revise the latest news. Finally, it should be impossible for anyone (administrators included) to archive any announcement news stories since they only have a lifespan of 1-2 days. First we revise the role registry to reect these changes. We have determined that the marketing group has the same basic permissions as staff, so we dene marketing in such a way that it inherits permissions from staff:
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// The new marketing group inherits permissions from staff use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl; use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\GenericRole as Role; use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource\GenericResource as Resource; $acl = new Acl(); $acl->addRole(new Role(marketing), staff);

Next, note that the above access controls refer to specic resources (e.g., newsletter, latest news, announcement news). Now we add these resources:
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// Create Resources for the rules // newsletter $acl->addResource(new Resource(newsletter)); // news $acl->addResource(new Resource(news)); // latest news $acl->addResource(new Resource(latest), news); // announcement news $acl->addResource(new Resource(announcement), news);

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Then it is simply a matter of dening these more specic rules on the target areas of the ACL:
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// Marketing must be able to publish and archive newsletters and the // latest news $acl->allow(marketing, array(newsletter, latest), array(publish, archive)); // Staff (and marketing, by inheritance), are denied permission to // revise the latest news $acl->deny(staff, latest, revise); // Everyone (including administrators) are denied permission to // archive news announcements $acl->deny(null, announcement, archive);

We can now query the ACL with respect to the latest changes:
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echo $acl->isAllowed(staff, newsletter, publish) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, newsletter, publish) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed echo $acl->isAllowed(staff, latest, publish) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, latest, publish) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, latest, archive) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, latest, revise) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied echo $acl->isAllowed(editor, announcement, archive) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied echo $acl->isAllowed(administrator, announcement, archive) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied

215.2 Removing Access Controls


To remove one or more access rules from the ACL, simply use the available removeAllow() or removeDeny() methods. As with allow() and deny(), you may provide a NULL value to indicate application to all roles, resources, and/or privileges:

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// Remove the denial of revising latest news to staff (and marketing, // by inheritance) $acl->removeDeny(staff, latest, revise); echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, latest, revise) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed // Remove the allowance of publishing and archiving newsletters to // marketing $acl->removeAllow(marketing, newsletter, array(publish, archive)); echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, newsletter, publish) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, newsletter, archive) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // denied

Privileges may be modied incrementally as indicated above, but a NULL value for the privileges overrides such incremental changes:
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// Allow marketing all permissions upon the latest news $acl->allow(marketing, latest); echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, latest, publish) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, latest, archive) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed echo $acl->isAllowed(marketing, latest, anything) ? "allowed" : "denied"; // allowed

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216.1 Storing ACL Data for Persistence
The Zend\Permissions\Acl component was designed in such a way that it does not require any particular backend technology such as a database or cache server for storage of the ACL data. Its complete PHP implementation enables customized administration tools to be built upon Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl with relative ease and exibility. Many situations require some form of interactive maintenance of the ACL, and Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl provides methods for setting up, and querying against, the access controls of an application. Storage of ACL data is therefore left as a task for the developer, since use cases are expected to vary widely for various situations. Because Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl is serializable, ACL objects may be serialized with PHPs serialize() function, and the results may be stored anywhere the developer should desire, such as a le, database, or caching mechanism.

216.2 Writing Conditional ACL Rules with Assertions


Sometimes a rule for allowing or denying a role access to a resource should not be absolute but dependent upon various criteria. For example, suppose that certain access should be allowed, but only between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm. Another example would be denying access because a request comes from an IP address that has been agged as a source of abuse. Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl has built-in support for implementing rules based on whatever conditions the developer needs. Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl provides support for conditional rules with Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionInterface. In order to use the rule assertion interface, a developer writes a class that implements the assert() method of the interface:
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class CleanIPAssertion implements Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionInterface { public function assert(Zend\Permissions\Acl $acl, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Role\RoleInterface $role = null, Zend\Permissions\Acl\Resource\ResourceInterface $resource = null, $privilege = null) { return $this->_isCleanIP($_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]); } protected function _isCleanIP($ip) { // ...

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} }

Once an assertion class is available, the developer must supply an instance of the assertion class when assigning conditional rules. A rule that is created with an assertion only applies when the assertion method returns TRUE.
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use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Acl; $acl = new Acl(); $acl->allow(null, null, null, new CleanIPAssertion());

The above code creates a conditional allow rule that allows access to all privileges on everything by everyone, except when the requesting IP is blacklisted. If a request comes in from an IP that is not considered clean, then the allow rule does not apply. Since the rule applies to all roles, all resources, and all privileges, an unclean IP would result in a denial of access. This is a special case, however, and it should be understood that in all other cases (i.e., where a specic role, resource, or privilege is specied for the rule), a failed assertion results in the rule not applying, and other rules would be used to determine whether access is allowed or denied. The assert() method of an assertion object is passed the ACL, role, resource, and privilege to which the authorization query (i.e., isAllowed()) applies, in order to provide a context for the assertion class to determine its conditions where needed.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\PERMISSIONS\RBAC
The Zend\Permissions\Rbac component provides a lightweight role-based access control implementation based around PHP 5.3s SPL RecursiveIterator and RecursiveIteratorIterator. RBAC differs from access control lists (ACL) by putting the emphasis on roles and their permissions rather than objects (resources). For the purposes of this documentation: an identity has one or more roles. a role requests access to a permission. a permission is given to a role. Thus, RBAC has the following model: many to many relationship between identities and roles. many to many relationship between roles and permissions. roles can have a parent role.

217.1 Roles
The easiest way to create a role is by extending the abstract class Zend\Permission\Rbac\AbstractRole or simply using the default class provided in Zend\Permission\Rbac\Role. You can instantiate a role and add it to the RBAC container or add a role directly using the RBAC container addRole() method.

217.2 Permissions
Each role can have zero or more permissions and can be set directly to the role or by rst retrieving the role from the RBAC container. Any parent role will inherit the permissions of their children.

217.3 Dynamic Assertions


In certain situations simply checking a permission key for access may not be enough. For example, assume two users, Foo and Bar, both have article.edit permission. Whats to stop Bar from editing Foos articles? The answer is dynamic assertions which allow you to specify extra runtime credentials that must pass for access to be granted.

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Zend\Permissions\Rbac\AbstractIterator current getChildren hasChildren key next rewind valid Zend\Permissions\Rbac\AbstractRole addChild addPermission getName hasPermission setParent getParent Zend\Permissions\Rbac\AssertionInterface assert Zend\Permissions\Rbac\Rbac addRole getCreateMissingRoles getRole hasRole isGranted setCreateMissingRoles Zend\Permissions\Rbac\Role __construct

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The following is a list of common use-case examples for Zend\Permission\Rbac.

219.1 Roles
Extending and adding roles via instantiation.
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<?php use Zend\Permissions\Rbac\Rbac; use Zend\Permissions\Rbac\AbstractRole; class MyRole extends AbstractRole { // .. implementation } // Creating roles manually $foo = new MyRole(foo); $rbac = new Rbac(); $rbac->addRole($foo); var_dump($rbac->hasRole(foo)); // true

Adding roles directly to RBAC with the default Zend\Permission\Rbac\Role.


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Handling roles with children.


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// 1 - Add a role with child role directly with instantiated classes. $foo->addChild($bar); $rbac->addRole($foo); // 2 - Same as one, only via rbac container. $rbac->addRole(boo, baz); // baz is a parent of boo $rbac->addRole(baz, array(out, of, roles)); // create several parents of baz

219.2 Permissions
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<?php use Zend\Permissions\Rbac\Rbac; use Zend\Permissions\Rbac\Role; $rbac = new Rbac(); $foo = new Role(foo); $foo->addPermission(bar); var_dump($foo->hasPermission(bar)); // true $rbac->addRole($foo); $rbac->isGranted(foo, bar); // true $rbac->isGranted(foo, baz); // false $rbac->getRole(foo)->addPermission(baz); $rbac->isGranted(foo, baz); // true

219.3 Dynamic Assertions


Checking permission using isGranted() with a class implementing Zend\Permissions\Rbac\AssertionInterface.
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<?php use Zend\Permissions\Rbac\AssertionInterface; use Zend\Permissions\Rbac\Rbac; class AssertUserIdMatches implements AssertionInterface { protected $userId; protected $article; public function __construct($userId) { $this->userId = $userId; } public function setArticle($article) { $this->article = $article; } public function assert(Rbac $rbac) { if (!$this->article) {

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return false; } return $this->userId == $article->getUserId(); } } // User is assigned the foo role with id 5 // News article belongs to userId 5 // Jazz article belongs to userId 6 $rbac $user $news $jazz = = = = new Rbac(); $mySessionObject->getUser(); $articleService->getArticle(5); $articleService->getArticle(6);

$rbac->addRole($user->getRole()); $rbac->getRole($user->getRole())->addPermission(edit.article); $assertion = new AssertUserIdMatches($user->getId()); $assertion->setArticle($news); // true always - bad! if ($rbac->isGranted($user->getRole(), edit.article)) { // hacks another users article } // true for user id 5, because he belongs to write group and user id matches if ($rbac->isGranted($user->getRole(), edit.article, $assertion)) { // edits his own article } $assertion->setArticle($jazz); // false for user id 5 if ($rbac->isGranted($user->getRole(), edit.article, $assertion)) { // can not edit another users article }

Performing the same as above with a Closure.


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<?php // assume same variables from previous example $assertion = function($rbac) use ($user, $news) { return $user->getId() == $news->getUserId(); }; // true if ($rbac->isGranted($user->getRole(), edit.article, $assertion)) { // edits his own article }

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220.1 Introduction
Zend\ProgressBar is a component to create and update progress bars in different environments. It consists of a single backend, which outputs the progress through one of the multiple adapters. On every update, it takes an absolute value and optionally a status message, and then calls the adapter with some precalculated values like percentage and estimated time left.

220.2 Basic Usage


Zend\ProgressBar is quite easy in its usage. You simply create a new instance of Zend\Progressbar, dening a min- and a max-value, and choose an adapter to output the data. If you want to process a le, you would do something like:
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$progressBar = new Zend\ProgressBar\ProgressBar($adapter, 0, $fileSize); while (!feof($fp)) { // Do something $progressBar->update($currentByteCount); } $progressBar->finish();

In the rst step, an instance of Zend\ProgressBar is created, with a specic adapter, a min-value of 0 and a max-value of the total lesize. Then a le is processed and in every loop the progressbar is updated with the current byte count. At the end of the loop, the progressbar status is set to nished. You can also call the update() method of Zend\ProgressBar without arguments, which just recalculates ETA and noties the adapter. This is useful when there is no data update but you want the progressbar to be updated.

220.3 Persistent Progress


If you want the progressbar to be persistent over multiple requests, you can give the name of a session namespace as fourth argument to the constructor. In that case, the progressbar will not notify the adapter within the constructor, but only when you call update() or finish(). Also the current value, the status text and the start time for ETA calculation will be fetched in the next request run again.

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220.4 Standard Adapters


Zend\ProgressBar comes with the following three adapters: Zend\Progressbar\Adapter\Console Zend\Progressbar\Adapter\JsPush Zend\ProgressBar\Adapter\JsPull

220.4.1 Console Adapter


Zend\ProgressBar\Adapter\Console is a text-based adapter for terminals. It can automatically detect terminal widths but supports custom widths as well. You can dene which elements are displayed with the progressbar and as well customize the order of them. You can also dene the style of the progressbar itself. Note: Automatic console width recognition shell_exec is required for this feature to work on *nix based systems. On windows, there is always a xed terminal width of 80 character, so no recognition is required there. You can set the adapter options either via the set* methods or give an array or a Zend\Config\Config instance with options as rst parameter to the constructor. The available options are: outputStream: A different output-stream, if you dont want to stream to STDOUT. Can be any other stream like php://stderr or a path to a le. width: Either an integer or the AUTO constant of Zend\Console\ProgressBar. elements: Either NULL for default or an array with at least one of the following constants of Zend\Console\ProgressBar as value: ELEMENT_PERCENT: The current value in percent. ELEMENT_BAR: The visual bar which display the percentage. ELEMENT_ETA: The automatic calculated ETA. This element is rstly displayed after ve seconds, because in this time, it is not able to calculate accurate results. ELEMENT_TEXT: An optional status message about the current process. textWidth: Width in characters of the ELEMENT_TEXT element. Default is 20. charset: Charset of the ELEMENT_TEXT element. Default is utf-8. barLeftChar: A string which is used left-hand of the indicator in the progressbar. barRightChar: A string which is used right-hand of the indicator in the progressbar. barIndicatorChar: A string which is used for the indicator in the progressbar. This one can be empty.

220.4.2 JsPush Adapter


Zend\ProgressBar\Adapter\JsPush is an adapter which lets you update a progressbar in a browser via Javascript Push. This means that no second connection is required to gather the status about a running process, but that the process itself sends its status directly to the browser. You can set the adapter options either via the set* methods or give an array or a Zend\Config\Config instance with options as rst parameter to the constructor. The available options are:

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updateMethodName: The JavaScript method which should be called on every update. Zend\ProgressBar\Update.

Default value is

nishMethodName: The JavaScript method which should be called after nish status was set. Default value is NULL, which means nothing is done. The usage of this adapter is quite simple. First you create a progressbar in your browser, either with JavaScript or previously created with plain HTML. Then you dene the update method and optionally the nish method in JavaScript, both taking a json object as single argument. Then you call a webpage with the long-running process in a hidden iframe or object tag. While the process is running, the adapter will call the update method on every update with a json object, containing the following parameters: current: The current absolute value max: The max absolute value percent: The calculated percentage timeTaken: The time how long the process ran yet timeRemaining: The expected time for the process to nish text: The optional status message, if given
Basic example for the client-side stuff

This example illustrates a basic setup of HTML, CSS and JavaScript for the JsPush adapter
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<div id="zend-progressbar-container"> <div id="zend-progressbar-done"></div> </div> <iframe src="long-running-process.php" id="long-running-process"></iframe> #long-running-process { position: absolute; left: -100px; top: -100px; width: 1px; height: 1px; } #zend-progressbar-container { width: 100px; height: 30px; border: 1px solid #000000; background-color: #ffffff; } #zend-progressbar-done { width: 0; height: 30px; background-color: #000000; }

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function Zend\ProgressBar\Update(data) { document.getElementById(zend-progressbar-done).style.width = data.percent + %; }

This will create a simple container with a black border and a block which indicates the current process. You should not hide the iframe or object by display: none;, as some browsers like Safari 2 will not load the actual content then. Instead of creating your custom progressbar, you may want to use one of the available JavaScript libraries like Dojo, jQuery etc. For example, there are: Dojo: http://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/dijit/ProgressBar.html jQuery: http://t.wits.sg/2008/06/20/jquery-progress-bar-11/ MooTools: http://davidwalsh.name/dw-content/progress-bar.php Prototype: http://livepipe.net/control/progressbar Note: Interval of updates You should take care of not sending too many updates, as every update has a min-size of 1kb. This is a requirement for the Safari browser to actually render and execute the function call. Internet Explorer has a similar limitation of 256 bytes.

220.4.3 JsPull Adapter


Zend\ProgressBar\Adapter\JsPull is the opposite of jsPush, as it requires to pull for new updates, instead of pushing updates out to the browsers. Generally you should use the adapter with the persistence option of the Zend\ProgressBar. On notify, the adapter sends a JSON string to the browser, which looks exactly like the JSON string which is send by the jsPush adapter. The only difference is, that it contains an additional parameter, finished, which is either FALSE when update() is called or TRUE, when finish() is called. You can set the adapter options either via the set*() methods or give an array or a Zend\Config\Config instance with options as rst parameter to the constructor. The available options are: exitAfterSend: Exits the current request after the data were send to the browser. Default is TRUE.

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221.1 Introduction
Zend\ProgressBar\Upload provides handlers that can give you the actual state of a le upload in progress. To use this feature you need to choose one of the upload progress handlers (APC, uploadprogress, or Session) and ensure that your server setup has the appropriate extension or feature enabled. All of the progress handlers use the same interface. When uploading a le with a form POST, you must also include the progress identier in a hidden input. The File Upload Progress View Helpers provide a convenient way to add the hidden input based on your handler type.

221.2 Methods of Reporting Progress


There are two methods for reporting the current upload progress status. By either using a ProgressBar Adapter, or by using the returned status array manually.

221.2.1 Using a ProgressBar Adapter


A Zend\ProgressBar adapter can be used to display upload progress to your users.
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$adapter = new \Zend\ProgressBar\Adapter\JsPush(); $progress = new \Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\SessionProgress(); $filter $id = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alnum(false, en_US); = $filter->filter($_GET[id]);

$status = null; while (empty($status[done])) { $status = $progress->getProgress($id); }

Each time the getProgress() method is called, the ProgressBar adapter will be updated.

221.2.2 Using the Status Array


You can also work manually with getProgress() without using a Zend\ProgressBar adapter. The getProgress() will return you an array with several keys. They will sometimes differ based on the specic Upload handler used, but the following keys are always standard:

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total: The total le size of the uploaded le(s) in bytes as integer. current: The current uploaded le size in bytes as integer. rate: The average upload speed in bytes per second as integer. done: Returns TRUE when the upload is nished and FALSE otherwise. message: A status message. Either the progress as text in the form 10kB / 200kB, or a helpful error message in the case of a problem. Problems such as: no upload in progress, failure while retrieving the data for the progress, or that the upload has been canceled. All other returned keys are provided directly from the specic handler. An example of using the status array manually:
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// In a Controller... public function sessionProgressAction() { $id = $this->params()->fromQuery(id, null); $progress = new \Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\SessionProgress(); return new \Zend\View\Model\JsonModel($progress->getProgress($id)); } // Returns JSON //{ // "total" // "current" // "rate" // "message" // "done" //}

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204800, 10240, 1024, "10kB / 200kB", false

221.3 Standard Handlers


Zend\ProgressBar\Upload comes with the following three upload handlers: Zend\Progressbar\Upload\ApcProgress Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\SessionProgress Zend\Progressbar\Upload\UploadProgress

221.3.1 APC Progress Handler


The Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\ApcProgress handler uses the APC extension for tracking upload progress. Note: The APC extension is required. This handler is best used with the FormFileApcProgress view helper, to provide a hidden element with the upload progress identier.

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221.3.2 Session Progress Handler


The Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\SessionProgress handler uses the PHP 5.4 Session Progress feature for tracking upload progress. Note: PHP 5.4 is required. This handler is best used with the FormFileSessionProgress view helper, to provide a hidden element with the upload progress identier.

221.3.3 Upload Progress Handler


The Zend\ProgressBar\Upload\UploadProgress handler uses the PECL Uploadprogress extension for tracking upload progress. Note: The PECL Uploadprogress extension is required. This handler is best used with the FormFileUploadProgress view helper, to provide a hidden element with the upload progress identier.

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The Zend\Serializer component provides an adapter based interface to simply generate storable representation of PHP types by different facilities, and recover. For more information what a serializer is read the wikipedia page of Serialization.

222.1 Quick Start


Serializing adapters can either be created from the provided Zend\Serializer\Serializer::factory method, or by simply instantiating one of the Zend\Serializer\Adapter\* classes.
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use Zend\Serializer\Serializer; // Via factory: $serializer = Zend\Serializer\Serializer::factory(PhpSerialize); // Alternately: $serializer = new Zend\Serializer\Adapter\PhpSerialize(); // Now $serializer is an instance of Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface, // specifically Zend\Serializer\Adapter\PhpSerialize try { $serialized = $serializer->serialize($data); // now $serialized is a string $unserialized = $serializer->unserialize($serialized); // now $data == $unserialized } catch (Zend\Serializer\Exception\ExceptionInterface $e) { echo $e; }

The method serialize() generates a storable string. To regenerate this serialized data you can simply call the method unserialize(). Any time an error is encountered serializing or unserializing, Zend\Serializer\Exception\ExceptionInterface. Zend\Serializer will throw a

Because of an application often uses internally only one serializer it is possible to dene and use a default serializer. That serializer will be used by default by other components like Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin\Serializer. To use the default serializer you can simply use the static serialization methods of the basic Zend\Serializer\Serializer:

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use Zend\Serializer\Serializer; try { $serialized = Serializer::serialize($data); // now $serialized is a string $unserialized = Serializer::unserialize($serialized); // now $data == $unserialized } catch (Zend\Serializer\Exception\ExceptionInterface $e) { echo $e; }

222.2 Basic conguration Options


To congure a serializer adapter, you can optionally use an instance of Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterOptions, an instance of one of the adapter specic options class, an array or an instance of Traversable. The adapter will convert it into the adapter specic options class instance (if present) or into the basic Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterOptions class instance. Options can be passed as second argument to the provided Zend\Serializer\Serializer::factory method, using the method setOptions or set as constructor argument.

222.3 Available Methods


Each serializer implements the interface Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface. This interface denes the following methods: serialize(mixed $value) Generates a storable representation of a value. Return type string unserialize(string $value) Creates a PHP value from a stored representation. Return type mixed The basic class Zend\Serializer\Serializer will be used to instantiate the adapters, to congure the factory and to handle static serializing. It denes the following static methods:

factory(string|Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface $adapterName, Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterOptions|array|Traversable $adapterOptions = null) Create a serializer adapter instance. Return type Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface setAdapterPluginManager(Zend\Serializer\AdapterPluginManager $adapters) Change the adapter plugin manager. Return type void getAdapterPluginManager() Get the adapter plugin manager. Return type Zend\Serializer\AdapterPluginManager

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resetAdapterPluginManager() Resets the internal adapter plugin manager. Return type void setDefaultAdapter(string|Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface $adapter, Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterOptions|array|Traversable|null $adapterOptions = null) Change the default adapter. Return type void getDefaultAdapter() Get the default adapter. Return type Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface serialize(mixed $value, string|Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface|null $adapter = null, Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterOptions|array|Traversable|null $adapterOptions = null) Generates a storable representation of a value using the default adapter. Optionally different adapter could be provided as second argument. Return type string unserialize(string $value, string|Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface|null $adapter = null, Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterOptions|array|Traversable|null $adapterOptions = null) Creates a PHP value from a stored representation using the default adapter. Optionally different adapter could be provided as second argument. Return type mixed

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Zend\Serializer adapters create a bridge for different methods of serializing with very little effort. Every adapter has different pros and cons. In some cases, not every PHP datatype (e.g., objects) can be converted to a string representation. In most such cases, the type will be converted to a similar type that is serializable. As an example, PHP objects will often be cast to arrays. Zend\Serializer\Exception\ExceptionInterface will be thrown. If this fails, a

223.1 The PhpSerialize Adapter


The Zend\Serializer\Adapter\PhpSerialize adapter uses the built-in un/serialize PHP functions, and is a good default adapter choice. There are no congurable options for this adapter.

223.2 The IgBinary Adapter


Igbinary is Open Source Software released by Sulake Dynamoid Oy and since 2011-03-14 moved to PECL maintained by Pierre Joye. Its a drop-in replacement for the standard PHP serializer. Instead of time and space consuming textual representation, igbinary stores PHP data structures in a compact binary form. Savings are signicant when using memcached or similar memory based storages for serialized data. You need the igbinary PHP extension installed on your system in order to use this adapter. There are no congurable options for this adapter.

223.3 The Wddx Adapter


WDDX (Web Distributed Data eXchange) is a programming-language-, platform-, and transport-neutral data interchange mechanism for passing data between different environments and different computers. The adapter simply uses the wddx_*() PHP functions. Please read the PHP manual to determine how you may enable them in your PHP installation. Additionally, the SimpleXML PHP extension is used to check if a returned NULL value from wddx_unserialize() is based on a serialized NULL or on invalid data. Available options include:

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Table 223.1: ZendSerializerAdapterWddx Options Option comment Data Type string Default Value Description An optional comment that appears in the packet header.

223.4 The Json Adapter


The JSON adapter provides a bridge to the Zend\Json component. Please read the ZendJson documentation for further information. Available options include: Table 223.2: ZendSerializerAdapterJson Options Option cycle_check object_decode_type enable_json_expr_nder Data Type boolean Zend\Json\Json::TYPE_* boolean Default Value false Zend\Json\Json::TYPE_ARRAY false

223.5 The PythonPickle Adapter


This adapter converts PHP types to a Python Pickle string representation. With it, you can read the serialized data with Python and read Pickled data of Python with PHP. Available options include: Table 223.3: ZendSerializerAdapterPythonPickle Options Option protocol Data Type integer (0|1|2|3) Default Value 0 Description The Pickle protocol version used on serialize

Table 223.4: Datatype merging (PHP to Python Pickle) PHP Type NULL boolean integer float string array list array map object Python Pickle Type None boolean integer float string list dictionary dictionary

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Table 223.5: Datatype merging (Python Pickle to PHP) Python Pickle Type None boolean integer long oat string bytes unicode string list tuple dictionary All other types PHP Type NULL boolean integer integer or float or string or Zend\Serializer\Exception\ExceptionInterface float string string string UTF-8 array list array list array map Zend\Serializer\Exception\ExceptionInterface

223.6 The PhpCode Adapter


The Zend\Serializer\Adapter\PhpCode adapter generates a parsable PHP code representation using var_export(). On restoring, the data will be executed using eval. There are no conguration options for this adapter. Warning: Unserializing objects Objects will be serialized using the __set_state magic method. If the class doesnt implement this method, a fatal error will occur during execution. Warning: Uses eval() The PhpCode adapter utilizes eval() to unserialize. This introduces both a performance and potential security issue as a new process will be executed. Typically, you should use the PhpSerialize adapter unless you require human-readability of the serialized data.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\SERVER
The Zend\Server family of classes provides functionality for the various server classes, including Zend\XmlRpc\Server and Zend\Json\Server. Zend\Server\Server provides an interface that mimics PHP 5s SoapServer class; all server classes should implement this interface in order to provide a standard server API. The Zend\Server\Reflection tree provides a standard mechanism for performing function and class introspection for use as callbacks with the server classes, and provides data suitable for use with Zend\Server\Servers getFunctions() and loadFunctions() methods.

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225.1 Introduction
Zend\Server\Reflection provides a standard mechanism for performing function and class introspection for use with server classes. It is based on PHP 5s Reection API, augmenting it with methods for retrieving parameter and return value types and descriptions, a full list of function and method prototypes (i.e., all possible valid calling combinations), and function or method descriptions. Typically, this functionality will only be used by developers of server classes for the framework.

225.2 Usage
Basic usage is simple:
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$class = Zend\Server\Reflection::reflectClass(My\Class); $function = Zend\Server\Reflection::reflectFunction(my_function); // Get prototypes $prototypes = $function->getPrototypes(); // Loop through each prototype for the function foreach ($prototypes as $prototype) { // Get prototype return type echo "Return type: ", $prototype->getReturnType(), "\n"; // Get prototype parameters $parameters = $prototype->getParameters(); echo "Parameters: \n"; foreach ($parameters as $parameter) { // Get parameter type echo " ", $parameter->getType(), "\n"; } } // Get namespace for a class, function, or method. // Namespaces may be set at instantiation time (second argument), or using // setNamespace() $class->getNamespace();

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reflectFunction() returns a Zend\Server\Reflection\Function object; reflectClass() returns a Zend\Server\Reflection\Class object. Please refer to the API documentation to see what methods are available to each.

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ZEND\SERVICEMANAGER
The Service Locator design pattern is implemented by the Zend\ServiceManager component. The Service Locator is a service/object locator, tasked with retrieving other objects. Following is the Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface API:
namespace Zend\ServiceManager; interface ServiceLocatorInterface { public function get($name); public function has($name); }

has($name), tests whether the ServiceManager has a named service; get($name), retrieves a service by the given name. A Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager is an implementation of the ServiceLocatorInterface. In addition to the above described methods, the ServiceManager provides additional API: Service registration. ServiceManager::setService allows you to register an object as a service:
$serviceManager->setService(my-foo, new stdClass()); $serviceManager->setService(my-settings, array(password => super-secret)); var_dump($serviceManager->get(my-foo)); // an instance of stdClass var_dump($serviceManager->get(my-settings)); // array(password => super-secret)

Lazy-loaded service objects. ServiceManager::setInvokableClass allows you to tell the ServiceManager what class to instantiate when a particular service is requested:
$serviceManager->setInvokableClass(foo-service-name, Fully\Qualified\Classname); var_dump($serviceManager->get(foo-service-name)); // an instance of Fully\Qualified\Classname

Service factories. Instead of an actual object instance or a class name, you can tell the ServiceManager to invoke a provided factory in order to get the object instance. Factories may be either a PHP callback, an object implementing Zend\ServiceManager\FactoryInterface, or the name of a class implementing that interface:
use Zend\ServiceManager\FactoryInterface; use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface; class MyFactory implements FactoryInterface { public function createService()

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{ return new \stdClass(); } } // registering a factory instance $serviceManager->setFactory(foo-service-name, new MyFactory()); // registering a factory by factory class name $serviceManager->setFactory(bar-service-name, MyFactory); // registering a callback as a factory $serviceManager->setFactory(baz-service-name, function () { return new \stdClass(); }); var_dump($serviceManager->get(foo-service-name)); // stdClass(1) var_dump($serviceManager->get(bar-service-name)); // stdClass(2) var_dump($serviceManager->get(baz-service-name)); // stdClass(3)

Service aliasing. With ServiceManager::setAlias you can create aliases of any registered service, factory or invokable, or even other aliases:
$foo = new \stdClass(); $foo->bar = baz!; $serviceManager->setService(my-foo, $foo); $serviceManager->setAlias(my-bar, my-foo); $serviceManager->setAlias(my-baz, my-bar); var_dump($serviceManager->get(my-foo)->bar); // baz! var_dump($serviceManager->get(my-bar)->bar); // baz! var_dump($serviceManager->get(my-baz)->bar); // baz!

Abstract factories. An abstract factory can be considered as a fallback factory. If the service manager was not able to nd a service for the requested name, it will check the registered abstract factories:
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface; use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractFactoryInterface;

class MyAbstractFactory implements AbstractFactoryInterface { public function canCreateServiceWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $re { // this abstract factory only knows about foo and bar return $requestedName === foo || $requestedName === bar; }

public function createServiceWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $reque { $service = new \stdClass(); $service->name = $requestedName; return $service; } } $serviceManager->addAbstractFactory(MyAbstractFactory); var_dump($serviceManager->get(foo)->name); // foo

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var_dump($serviceManager->get(bar)->name); // bar var_dump($serviceManager->get(bar)->name); // exception! Zend\ServiceManager\Exception\Service

Initializers. You may want certain injection points to be always called. As an example, any object you load via the service manager that implements Zend\EventManager\EventManagerAwareInterface should likely receive an EventManager instance. Initializers are PHP callbacks or classes implementing Zend\ServiceManager\InitializerInterface. They receive the new instance, and can then manipulate it:
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface; use Zend\ServiceManager\InitializerInterface; class MyInitializer implements InitializerInterface { public function initialize($instance, ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator) { if ($instance instanceof \stdClass) { $instance->initialized = initialized!; } } } $serviceManager->setInvokableClass(my-service, stdClass); var_dump($serviceManager->get(my-service)->initialized); // initialized!

In addition to the above, the ServiceManager also provides optional ties to Zend\Di, allowing Di to act as an initializer or an abstract factory for the service manager.

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By default, Zend Framework utilizes Zend\ServiceManager within the MVC layer and in various other components. As such, in most cases youll be providing services, invokable classes, aliases, and factories either via conguration or via your module classes. By default, the module manager listener Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ServiceListener will do the following: For modules implementing Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ServiceProviderInterface, or the getServiceConfig() method, it will call that method and merge the retrieved conguration. After all modules have been processed, it will grab the conguration from the registered Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ConfigListener, and merge any conguration under the service_manager key. Finally, it will use the merged conguration to congure the ServiceManager instance. In most cases, you wont interact with the ServiceManager, other than to providing services to it; your application will typically rely on the conguration of the ServiceManager to ensure that services are congured correctly with their dependencies. When creating factories, however, you may want to interact with the ServiceManager to retrieve other services to inject as dependencies. Additionally, there are some cases where you may want to receive the ServiceManager to lazy-retrieve dependencies; as such, you may want to implement ServiceLocatorAwareInterface and know more details about the API of the ServiceManager.

227.1 Using Conguration


Conguration requires a service_manager key at the top level of your conguration, with any of the following sub-keys: abstract_factories, which should be an array of abstract factory class names. aliases, which should be an associative array of alias name/target name pairs (where the target name may also be an alias). factories, an array of service name/factory class name pairs. The factories should be either classes implementing Zend\ServiceManager\FactoryInterface or invokable classes. If you are using PHP conguration les, you may provide any PHP callable as the factory. invokables, an array of service name/class name pairs. The class name should be class that may be directly instantiated without any constructor arguments. services, an array of service name/object pairs. Clearly, this will only work with PHP conguration. 1007

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shared, an array of service name/boolean pairs, indicating whether or not a service should be shared. By default, the ServiceManager assumes all services are shared, but you may specify a boolean false value here to indicate a new instance should be returned.

227.2 Modules as Service Providers


Modules may act as service conguration providers. To do so, the Module class must either implement Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ServiceProviderInterface or simply the method getServiceConfig() (which is also dened in the interface). This method must return one of the following: An array (or Traversable object) of conguration compatible with Zend\ServiceManager\Config. (Basically, it should have the keys for conguration as discussed in the previous section. A string providing the name of a class implementing Zend\ServiceManager\ConfigInterface. An instance of either Zend\ServiceManager\Config, Zend\ServiceManager\ConfigInterface. or an object implementing

As noted previously, this conguration will be merged with the conguration returned from other modules as well as conguration les, prior to being passed to the ServiceManager; this allows overriding conguration from modules easily.

227.3 Examples
227.3.1 Sample Conguration
The following is valid conguration for any conguration being merged in your application, and demonstrates each of the possible conguration keys. Conguration is merged in the following order: Conguration returned from Module classes via the getServiceConfig() method, in the order in which modules are processed. Module conguration under the service_manager key, in the order in which modules are processed. Application conguration under the config/autoload/ directory, in the order in which they are processed. As such, you have a variety of ways to override service manager conguration settings.
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<?php // a module configuration, "module/SomeModule/config/module.config.php" return array( service_manager => array( abstract_factories => array( // Valid values include names of classes implementing // AbstractFactoryInterface, instances of classes implementing // AbstractFactoryInterface, or any PHP callbacks SomeModule\Service\FallbackFactory, ), aliases => array( // Aliasing a FQCN to a service name SomeModule\Model\User => User, // Aliasing a name to a known service name AdminUser => User, // Aliasing to an alias SuperUser => AdminUser, ),

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factories => array( // Keys are the service names. // Valid values include names of classes implementing // FactoryInterface, instances of classes implementing // FactoryInterface, or any PHP callbacks User => SomeModule\Service\UserFactory, UserForm => function ($serviceManager) { $form = new SomeModule\Form\User(); // Retrieve a dependency from the service manager and inject it! $form->setInputFilter($serviceManager->get(UserInputFilter)); return $form; }, ), invokables => array( // Keys are the service names // Values are valid class names to instantiate. UserInputFiler => SomeModule\InputFilter\User, ), services => array( // Keys are the service names // Values are objects Auth => new SomeModule\Authentication\AuthenticationService(), ), shared => array( // Usually, youll only indicate services that should **NOT** be // shared -- i.e., ones where you want a different instance // every time. UserForm => false, ), ), );

Note: Conguration and PHP Typically, you should not have your conguration les create new instances of objects or even closures for factories; at the time of conguration, not all autoloading may be in place, and if another conguration overwrites this one later, youre now spending CPU and memory performing work that is ultimately lost. For instances that require factories, write a factory. If youd like to inject specic, congured instances, use the Module class to do so, or a listener. Additionally you will lose the ability to use the caching feature of the conguration les when you use closures within them. This is a limitation of PHP which cant (de)serialize closures.

Note: Service names good practices When dening a new service, it is usually a good idea to use the fully qualied class name of the produced instance or of one of the interfaces it implements as service name. Using a FQCN as service name makes collisions with other services very hard if the class is part of your own code base, and also aids the developer that consumes that service to have a clear overview on what the API of the service looks like. If the service is not an instance of a class/interface of your own code base, you should always consider using a prex for it, so that collisions with other services are avoided.

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The following demonstrates returning an array of conguration from a module class. It can be substantively the same as the array conguration from the previous example.
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namespace SomeModule; // you may eventually want to implement Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ServiceProviderInterface class Module { public function getServiceConfig() { return array( abstract_factories => array(), aliases => array(), factories => array(), invokables => array(), services => array(), shared => array(), ); } }

Creating a ServiceLocator-aware class

By default, the Zend Framework MVC registers an initializer that will inject the ServiceManager instance, which is an implementation of Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface, into any class implementing Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface. A simple implementation looks like following:
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namespace SomeModule\Controller; use use use use use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface; Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface; Zend\Stdlib\DispatchableInterface as Dispatchable; Zend\Stdlib\RequestInterface as Request; Zend\Stdlib\ResponseInterface as Response;

class BareController implements Dispatchable, ServiceLocatorAwareInterface { protected $services; public function setServiceLocator(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator) { $this->services = $serviceLocator; } public function getServiceLocator() { return $this->services; } public function dispatch(Request $request, Response $response = null) {

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// ... // Retrieve something from the service manager $router = $this->getServiceLocator()->get(Router); // ... } }

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Zend\ServiceManager can instantiate delegators of requested services, decorating them as specied in a delegate factory implementing the delegator factory interface. The delegate pattern is useful in cases when you want to wrap a real service in a decorator, or generally intercept actions being performed on the delegate in an AOP fashioned way.

228.1 Delegator factory signature


A delegator factory has the following signature:
namespace Zend\ServiceManager;

interface DelegatorFactoryInterface { public function createDelegatorWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $requeste }

The parameters passed to the DelegatorFactoryInterface#createDelegatorWithName factory are the following: $serviceLocator is the service locator that is used while creating the delegator for the requested service $name is the canonical name of the service being requested $requestedName is the name of the service as originally requested to the service locator $callback is a callable that is responsible of instantiating the delegated service (the real service instance)

228.2 A Delegator factory use case


A typical use case for delegators is to handle logic before or after a method is called. In the following example, an event is being triggered before Buzzer::buzz() is called and some output text is prepended. The delegated object Buzzer (original object) is dened as following:
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class Buzzer { public function buzz() { return Buzz!;

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} }

The delegator class BuzzerDelegator has the following structure:


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use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface; class BuzzerDelegator extends Buzzer { protected $realBuzzer; protected $eventManager; public function __construct(Buzzer $realBuzzer, EventManagerInterface $eventManager) { $this->realBuzzer = $realBuzzer; $this->eventManager = $eventManager; } public function buzz() { $this->eventManager->trigger(buzz, $this); return $this->realBuzzer->buzz(); } }

To use the BuzzerDelegator, you can run the following code:


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$wrappedBuzzer = new Buzzer(); $eventManager = new Zend\EventManager\EventManager(); $eventManager->attach(buzz, function () { echo "Stare at the art!\n"; }); $buzzer = new BuzzerDelegator($wrappedBuzzer, $eventManager); echo $buzzer->buzz(); // "Stare at the art!\nBuzz!"

This logic is fairly simple as long as you have access to the instantiation logic of the $wrappedBuzzer object. You may not always be able to dene how $wrappedBuzzer is created, since a factory for it may be dened by some code to which you dont have access, or which you cannot modify without introducing further complexity. Delegator factories solve this specic problem by allowing you to wrap, decorate or modify any existing service. A simple delegator factory for the buzzer service can be implemented as following:
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use Zend\ServiceManager\DelegatorFactoryInterface; use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;

class BuzzerDelegatorFactory implements DelegatorFactoryInterface { public function createDelegatorWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $requeste { $realBuzzer = call_user_func($callback); $eventManager = $serviceLocator->get(EventManager); $eventManager->attach(buzz, function () { echo "Stare at the art!\n"; }); return new BuzzerDelegator($realBuzzer, $eventManager);

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} }

You can then instruct the service manager to handle the service buzzer as a delegate:
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$serviceManager = new Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager(); $serviceManager->setInvokableClass(buzzer, Buzzer); // usually not under our control // as opposed to normal factory classes, a delegator factory is a // service like any other, and must be registered: $serviceManager->setInvokableClass(buzzer-delegator-factory, BuzzerDelegatorFactory); // telling the service manager to use a delegator factory to handle service buzzer $serviceManager->addDelegator(buzzer, buzzer-delegator-factory); // now, when fetching buzzer, we get a BuzzerDelegator instead $buzzer = $serviceManager->get(buzzer); $buzzer->buzz(); // "Stare at the art!\nBuzz!"

You can also call $serviceManager->addDelegator() multiple times, with the same or different delegator factory service names. Each call will add one decorator around the instantiation logic of that particular service. Another way of conguring the service manager to use delegator factories is via conguration:
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$config = array( invokables => array( buzzer => Buzzer, buzzer-delegator-factory => BuzzerDelegatorFactory, ), delegators => array( buzzer => array( buzzer-delegator-factory // eventually add more delegators here ), ), );

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Zend\ServiceManager can use delegator factories to generate lazy references to your services. Lazy services are proxies that get lazily instantiated, and keep a reference to the real instance of the proxied service.

229.1 Use cases


You may want to lazily initialize a service when it is instantiated very often, but not always used. A typical example is a database connection: it is a dependency to many other elements in your application, but that doesnt mean that every request will execute queries through it. Additionally, instantiating a connection to the database may require some time and eat up resources. Proxying the database connection would allow to delay that overhead until the object is really needed.

229.2 Setup
Zend\ServiceManager\Proxy\LazyServiceFactory is a delegator factory capable of generating lazy loading proxies for your services. The LazyServiceFactory depends on ProxyManager, so be sure to install it before going through the following steps:
php composer.phar require ocramius/proxy-manager:0.3.*

229.3 Practical example


To demonstrate how a lazy service works, you may use the following Buzzer example class, which is designed to be slow at instantiation time for demonstration purposes:
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namespace MyApp; class Buzzer { public function __construct() { // deliberately halting the application for 5 seconds sleep(5); }

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public function buzz() { return Buzz!; } }

You can then proceed and congure the service manager to generate proxies instead of real services:
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$serviceManager = new \Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager(); $config = array( lazy_services => array( // mapping services to their class names is required // since the ServiceManager is not a declarative DIC map => array( buzzer => MyApp\Buzzer, ), ), );

$serviceManager->setService(Config, $config); $serviceManager->setInvokableClass(buzzer, MyApp\Buzzer); $serviceManager->setFactory(LazyServiceFactory, Zend\ServiceManager\Proxy\LazyServiceFactoryFactor $serviceManager->addDelegator(buzzer, LazyServiceFactory);

This will tell the service manager to use the LazyServiceFactory delegator factory to instantiate the buzzer service. As you may have noticed, the standard setup for the LazyServiceFactory requires you to dene a Config service. Thats because the functionality was thought to be easily integrated into Zend\Mvc. You can now simply retrieve the buzzer:
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$buzzer = $serviceManager->get(buzzer); echo $buzzer->buzz();

To verify that the proxying occurred correctly, you can simply run the following code, which should delay the 5 seconds wait time hardcoded in Buzzer::__construct until Buzzer::buzz is invoked:
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for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i += 1) { $buzzer = $serviceManager->create(buzzer); echo "created buzzer $i\n"; } echo $buzzer->buzz();

The setup above can also be represented via conguration in an MVC applications context:
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return array( service_manager => array( invokables => array( buzzer => MyApp\Buzzer, ), delegators => array( buzzer => array( LazyServiceFactory ),

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), factories => array( LazyServiceFactory => Zend\ServiceManager\Proxy\LazyServiceFactoryFactory, ), ), lazy_services => array( map => array( buzzer => MyApp\Buzzer, ), ), );

229.4 Conguration
This is the cong structure expected by Zend\ServiceManager\Proxy\LazyServiceFactoryFactory:
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return array( lazy_services => array( // map of service names and their relative class names - this // is required since the service manager cannot know the // class name of defined services upfront map => array( // foo => MyApplication\Foo, ), // directory where proxy classes will be written - default to system_get_tmp_dir() proxies_target_dir => null, // boolean flag to indicate whether to generate proxies // proxies are auto-generated by default auto_generate_proxies => null, // namespace of the generated proxies, default to "ProxyManagerGeneratedProxy" proxies_namespace => null, // whether the generated proxy classes should be written to disk write_proxy_files => false, ), );

229.4. Conguration

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Zend Framework comes with a standard set of cong classes which are ready for you to use. Cong handles setting various conguration such as where a cookie lives, lifetime, including several bits to congure ext/session when using Zend\Session\Config\SessionConfig.

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Zend\Session\Config\StandardConfig provides you a basic interface for implementing sessions when not leveraging ext/session. This is utilized more for specialized cases such as when you might have session management done by another system.

231.1 Basic Conguration Options


The following conguration options are dened by Zend\Session\Config\StandardConfig. Option cache_expire cookie_domain cookie_httponly cookie_lifetime cookie_path cookie_secure entropy_length entropy_le gc_maxlifetime gc_divisor gc_probability Data Type integer string boolean integer string boolean integer string integer integer integer Description Species time-to-live for cached session pages in minutes. Species the domain to set in the session cookie. Marks the cookie as accessible only through the HTTP protocol. Species the lifetime of the cookie in seconds which is sent to the browser. Species path to set in the session cookie. Species whether cookies should only be sent over secure connections. Species the number of bytes which will be read from the le specied in entropy_le. Denes a path to an external resource (le) which will be used as an additional entropy. Species the number of seconds after which data will be seen as garbage. Denes the probability that the gc process is started on every session initialization. Denes the probability that the gc process is started on every session initialization. Denes how many bits are stored in each character when converting the binary hash data. Species the name of the session which is used as cookie name. Species how long to remember the session before clearing data. Denes the argument which is passed to the save handler. Species whether the module will use cookies to store the session id.

hash_bits_per_characterinteger name remember_me_seconds save_path use_cookies string integer string boolean

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A basic example is one like the following:
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use Zend\Session\Config\StandardConfig; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $config = new StandardConfig(); $config->setOptions(array( remember_me_seconds => 1800, name => zf2, )); $manager = new SessionManager($config);

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SESSION CONFIG
Zend\Session\Config\SessionConfig provides you a basic interface for implementing sessions when that leverage PHPs ext/session. Most conguration options congure either the Zend\Session\Storage OR congure ext/session directly.

233.1 Basic Conguration Options


The following conguration options are dened by Zend\Session\Config\SessionConfig, note that it inherits all conguration from Zend\Session\Config\StandardConfig. Data Type cache_limiter string hash_function string php_save_handler string serialstring ize_handler url_rewriter_tags string use_trans_sid boolean Option Description Species the cache control method used for session pages. Allows you to specify the hash algorithm used to generate the session IDs. Denes the name of a PHP save_handler embedded into PHP. Denes the name of the handler which is used to serialize/deserialize data. Species which HTML tags are rewritten to include session id if transparent sid enabled. Whether transparent sid support is enabled or not.

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A basic example is one like the following:
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use Zend\Session\Config\SessionConfig; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $config = new SessionConfig(); $config->setOptions(array( phpSaveHandler => redis, savePath => tcp://127.0.0.1:6379?weight=1&timeout=1, )); $manager = new SessionManager($config);

234.1 Custom Conguration


In the event that you prefer to create your own session conguration; you must implement Zend\Session\Config\ConfigInterface which contains the basic interface for items needed when implementing a session. This includes cookie conguration, lifetime, session name, save path and an interface for getting and setting options.

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SESSION CONTAINER
Zend\Session\Container instances provide the primary API for manipulating session data in the Zend Framework. Containers are used to segregate all session data, although a default namespace exists for those who only want one namespace for all their session data. Each instance of Zend\Session\Container corresponds to an entry of the Zend\Session\Storage, where the namespace is used as the key. Zend\Session\Container itself is an instance of an ArrayObject.

235.1 Basic Usage


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use Zend\Session\Container; $container = new Container(namespace); $container->item = foo;

235.2 Setting the Default Session Manager


In the event you are using multiple session managers or prefer to be explicit, the default session manager that is utilized can be explicitly set.
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use Zend\Session\Container; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $manager = new SessionManager(); Container::setDefaultManager($manager);

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SESSION MANAGER
The session manager, Zend\Session\SessionManager, is a class that is responsible for all aspects of session management. It initializes and congures conguration, storage and save handling. Additionally the session manager can be injected into the session container to provide a wrapper or namespace around your session data. The session manager is responsible for session start, session exists, session write, regenerate id, time to live and session destroy. The session manager can validate sessions from a validator chain to ensure that the session data is indeed correct.

236.1 Initializing the Session Manager


Generally speaking you will always want to initialize the session manager and ensure that you had initialized it on your end; this puts in place a simple solution to prevent against session xation. Generally you will setup conguration and then inside of your Application module bootstrap the session manager. Additionally you will likely want to supply validators to prevent against session hijacking. The following illustrates how you may congure session manager by setting options in your local or global cong:
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return array( session => array( config => array( class => Zend\Session\Config\SessionConfig, options => array( name => myapp, ), ), storage => Zend\Session\Storage\SessionArrayStorage, validators => array( Zend\Session\Validator\RemoteAddr, Zend\Session\Validator\HttpUserAgent, ), ), );

The following illustrates how you might utilize the above conguration to create the session manager:
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{ $eventManager = $e->getApplication()->getEventManager(); $serviceManager = $e->getApplication()->getServiceManager(); $moduleRouteListener = new ModuleRouteListener(); $moduleRouteListener->attach($eventManager); $this->bootstrapSession($e); } public function bootstrapSession($e) { $session = $e->getApplication() ->getServiceManager() ->get(Zend\Session\SessionManager); $session->start(); $container = new Container(initialized); if (!isset($container->init)) { $session->regenerateId(true); $container->init = 1; } } public function getServiceConfig() { return array( factories => array( Zend\Session\SessionManager => function ($sm) { $config = $sm->get(config); if (isset($config[session])) { $session = $config[session];

$sessionConfig = null; if (isset($session[config])) { $class = isset($session[config][class]) ? $session[config][class $options = isset($session[config][options]) ? $session[config][opt $sessionConfig = new $class(); $sessionConfig->setOptions($options); } $sessionStorage = null; if (isset($session[storage])) { $class = $session[storage]; $sessionStorage = new $class(); }

$sessionSaveHandler = null; if (isset($session[save_handler])) { // class should be fetched from service manager since it will require con $sessionSaveHandler = $sm->get($session[save_handler]); }

$sessionManager = new SessionManager($sessionConfig, $sessionStorage, $sessio if (isset($session[validators])) { $chain = $sessionManager->getValidatorChain(); foreach ($session[validators] as $validator) { $validator = new $validator(); $chain->attach(session.validate, array($validator, isValid));

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} } } else { $sessionManager = new SessionManager(); } Container::setDefaultManager($sessionManager); return $sessionManager; }, ), ); } }

When you create a new Zend\Session\Container (see Session Container page) in a controller for example, it will use the session congured above.

236.2 Session Compatibility


In order to work with other 3rd party libraries and share sessions across software that may not be ZF2 related; you will need to ensure that you still provide access to the ZF2 autoloader as well as module autoloading. In the shared software make certain before the session starts that you bootstrap the ZF2 autoloader and initialize the ZF2 Application.
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$cwd = getcwd(); chdir(/path/to/zf2-application); require init_autoloader.php; Zend\Mvc\Application::init(require config/application.config.php); chdir($cwd); session_start();

236.2. Session Compatibility

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SESSION SAVE HANDLERS


Zend Framework comes with a standard set of save handler classes which are ready for you to use. Save Handlers themselves are decoupled from PHPs save handler functions and are only implemented as a PHP save handler when utilized in conjunction with Zend\Session\SessionManager.

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CACHE
Zend\Session\SaveHandler\Cache allows you to provide an instance of Zend\Cache to be utilized as a session save handler. Generally if you are utilizing the Cache save handler; you are likely using products such as memcached.

238.1 Basic usage


A basic example is one like the following:
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use Zend\Cache\StorageFactory; use Zend\Session\SaveHandler\Cache; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $cache = StorageFactory::factory(array( name => memcached, options => array( server => 127.0.0.1, ), )); $saveHandler = new Cache($cache); $manager = new SessionManager(); $manager->setSaveHandler($saveHandler);

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DBTABLEGATEWAY
Zend\Session\SaveHandler\DbTableGateway allows you to utilize Zend\Db as a session save handler. Setup of the DbTableGateway requires an instance of Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway and an instance of Zend\Session\SaveHandler\DbTableGatewayOptions. In the most basic setup, a TableGateway object and using the defaults of the DbTableGatewayOptions will provide you with what you need.

239.1 Creating the database table


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CREATE TABLE session ( id char(32), name char(32), modified int, lifetime int, data text, PRIMARY KEY (id, name) );

239.2 Basic usage


A basic example is one like the following:
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use use use use

Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway; Zend\Session\SaveHandler\DbTableGateway; Zend\Session\SaveHandler\DbTableGatewayOptions; Zend\Session\SessionManager;

$tableGateway = new TableGateway(session, $adapter); $saveHandler = new DbTableGateway($tableGateway, new DbTableGatewayOptions()); $manager = new SessionManager(); $manager->setSaveHandler($saveHandler);

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Zend\Session\SaveHandler\MongoDB allows you to provide a MongoDB instance to be utilized as a session save handler. You provide the options in the Zend\Session\SaveHandler\MongoDBOptions class.

240.1 Basic Usage


A basic example is one like the following:
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use use use use

Mongo; Zend\Session\SaveHandler\MongoDB; Zend\Session\SaveHandler\MongoDBOptions; Zend\Session\SessionManager;

$mongo = new Mongo(); $options = new MongoDBOptions(array( database => myapp, collection => sessions, )); $saveHandler = new MongoDB($mongo, $options); $manager = new SessionManager(); $manager->setSaveHandler($saveHandler);

240.2 Custom Save Handlers


There may be cases where you want to create a save handler where a save handler currently does not exist. Creating a custom save handler is much like creating a custom PHP save handler. All save handlers must implement Zend\Session\SaveHandler\SaveHandlerInterface. Generally if your save handler has options you will create another options class for conguration of the save handler.

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Zend Framework comes with a standard set of storage classes which are ready for you to use. Storage handlers is the intermediary between when the session starts and when the session writes and closes. The default session storage is Zend\Session\Storage\SessionArrayStorage.

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ARRAY STORAGE
Zend\Session\Storage\ArrayStorage provides a facility to store all information in an ArrayObject. This storage method is likely incompatible with 3rd party libraries and all properties will be inaccessible through the $_SESSION property. Additionally ArrayStorage will not automatically repopulate the storage container in the case of each new request and would have to manually be re-populated.

242.1 Basic Usage


A basic example is one like the following:
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use Zend\Session\Storage\ArrayStorage; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $populateStorage = array(foo => bar); $storage = new ArrayStorage($populateStorage); $manager = new SessionManager(); $manager->setStorage($storage);

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SESSION STORAGE
Zend\Session\Storage\SessionStorage replaces $_SESSION providing a facility to store all information in an ArrayObject. This means that it may not be compatible with 3rd party libraries. Although information stored in the $_SESSION superglobal should be available in other scopes.

243.1 Basic Usage


A basic example is one like the following:
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use Zend\Session\Storage\SessionStorage; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $manager = new SessionManager(); $manager->setStorage(new SessionStorage());

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SESSION ARRAY STORAGE


Zend\Session\Storage\SessionArrayStorage provides a facility to store all information directly in the $_SESSION superglobal. This storage class provides the most compatibility with 3rd party libraries and allows for directly storing information into $_SESSION.

244.1 Basic Usage


A basic example is one like the following:
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use Zend\Session\Storage\SessionArrayStorage; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $manager = new SessionManager(); $manager->setStorage(new SessionArrayStorage());

244.2 Custom Storage


In the event that you prefer a different type of storage; to create a new custom storage container, you must implement Zend\Session\Storage\StorageInterface which is mostly in implementing ArrayAccess, Traversable, Serializable and Countable. StorageInterface denes some additional functionality that must be implemented.

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SESSION VALIDATORS
Session validators provide various protection against session hijacking. Session hijacking in particular has various drawbacks when you are protecting against it. Such as an IP address may change from the end user depending on their ISP; or a browsers user agent may change during the request either by a web browser extension OR an upgrade that retains session cookies.

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HTTP USER AGENT


Zend\Session\Validator\HttpUserAgent provides a validator to check the session against the originally stored $_SERVER[HTTP_USER_AGENT] variable. Validation will fail in the event that this does not match and throws an exception in Zend\Session\SessionManager after session_start() has been called.

246.1 Basic Usage


A basic example is one like the following:
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use Zend\Session\Validator\HttpUserAgent; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $manager = new SessionManager(); $manager->getValidatorChain()->attach(session.validate, array(new HttpUserAgent(), isValid));

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Zend\Session\Validator\RemoteAddr provides a validator to check the session against the originally stored $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR] variable. Validation will fail in the event that this does not match and throws an exception in Zend\Session\SessionManager after session_start() has been called.

247.1 Basic Usage


A basic example is one like the following:
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use Zend\Session\Validator\RemoteAddr; use Zend\Session\SessionManager; $manager = new SessionManager(); $manager->getValidatorChain()->attach(session.validate, array(new RemoteAddr(), isValid));

247.2 Custom Validators


You may want to provide your own custom validators to validate against other items from storing a token and validating a token to other various techniques. To create a custom validator you must implement the validation interface Zend\Session\Validator\ValidatorInterface.

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ZEND\SOAP\SERVER
Zend\Soap\Server class is intended to simplify Web Services server part development for PHP programmers. It may be used in WSDL or non-WSDL mode, and using classes or functions to dene Web Service API. When Zend\Soap\Server component works in the WSDL mode, it uses already prepared WSDL document to dene server object behavior and transport layer options. WSDL document may be auto-generated with functionality provided by Zend\Soap\AutoDiscovery component or should be constructed manually using Zend\Soap\Wsdl class or any other XML generating tool. If the non-WSDL mode is used, then all protocol options have to be set using options mechanism.

248.1 Zend\Soap\Server constructor


Zend\Soap\Server constructor should be used a bit differently for WSDL and non-WSDL modes.

248.1.1 Zend\Soap\Server constructor for the WSDL mode


Zend\Soap\Server constructor takes two optional parameters when it works in WSDL mode: $wsdl, which is an URI of a WSDL le 1 . $options- options to create SOAP server object 2 . The following options are recognized in the WSDL mode: soap_version (soapVersion) - soap version to use (SOAP_1_1 or SOAP_1_2). actor - the actor URI for the server. classmap (classMap) which can be used to map some WSDL types to PHP classes. The option must be an array with WSDL types as keys and names of PHP classes as values. encoding - internal character encoding (UTF-8 is always used as an external encoding). wsdl which is equivalent to setWsdl($wsdlValue) call.
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The rst constructor parameter must be set to NULL if you plan to use Zend\Soap\Server functionality in nonWSDL mode. You also have to set uri option in this case (see below). The second constructor parameter ($options) is an array with options to create SOAP server object 3 . The following options are recognized in the non-WSDL mode: soap_version (soapVersion) - soap version to use (SOAP_1_1 or SOAP_1_2). actor - the actor URI for the server. classmap (classMap) which can be used to map some WSDL types to PHP classes. The option must be an array with WSDL types as keys and names of PHP classes as values. encoding - internal character encoding (UTF-8 is always used as an external encoding). uri (required) - URI namespace for SOAP server.

248.2 Methods to dene Web Service API


There are two ways to dene Web Service API when your want to give access to your PHP code through SOAP. The rst one is to attach some class to the Zend\Soap\Server object which has to completely describe Web Service API :
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... class MyClass { /** * This method takes ... * * @param integer $inputParam * @return string */ public function method1($inputParam) { ... } /** * This method takes ... * * @param integer $inputParam1 * @param string $inputParam2 * @return float */ public function method2($inputParam1, $inputParam2) { ... } ... } ... $server = new Zend\Soap\Server(null, $options); // Bind Class to Soap Server $server->setClass(MyClass);
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// Bind already initialized object to Soap Server $server->setObject(new MyClass()); ... $server->handle();

Note: Important! You should completely describe each method using method docblock if you plan to use autodiscover functionality to prepare corresponding Web Service WSDL. The second method of dening Web Service API is using set of functions and addFunction() or loadFunctions() methods:
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... /** * This function ... * * @param integer $inputParam * @return string */ function function1($inputParam) { ... } /** * This function ... * * @param integer $inputParam1 * @param string $inputParam2 * @return float */ function function2($inputParam1, $inputParam2) { ... } ... $server = new Zend\Soap\Server(null, $options); $server->addFunction(function1); $server->addFunction(function2); ... $server->handle();

248.3 Request and response objects handling


Note: Advanced This section describes advanced request/response processing options and may be skipped. Zend\Soap\Server component performs request/response processing automatically, but allows to catch it and do some pre- and post-processing.

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248.3.1 Request processing


Zend\Soap\Server::handle() method takes request from the standard input stream (php://input). It may be overridden either by supplying optional parameter to the handle() method or by setting request using setRequest() method:
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... $server = new Zend\Soap\Server(...); ... // Set request using optional $request parameter $server->handle($request); ... // Set request using setRequest() method $server->setRequest(); $server->handle();

Request object may be represented using any of the following: DOMDocument (casted to XML) DOMNode (owner document is grabbed and casted to XML) SimpleXMLElement (casted to XML) stdClass (__toString() is called and veried to be valid XML) string (veried to be valid XML) Last processed request may be retrieved using getLastRequest() method as an XML string:
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... $server = new Zend\Soap\Server(...); ... $server->handle(); $request = $server->getLastRequest();

248.3.2 Response pre-processing


Zend\Soap\Server::handle() method automatically emits generated response to the output stream. It may be blocked using setReturnResponse() with TRUE or FALSE as a parameter 4 . Generated response is returned by handle() method in this case. Returned response can be a string or a SoapFault exception object. Caution: Check always the returned response type for avoid return SoapFault object as string, which will return to the customer a string with the exception stacktrace.
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... $server = new Zend\Soap\Server(...); ... // Get a response as a return value of handle() method // instead of emitting it to the standard output $server->setReturnResponse(true); ... $response = $server->handle(); if ($response instanceof \SoapFault) { ... } else { ...
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Last response may be also retrieved by getLastResponse() method for some post-processing:
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... $server = new Zend\Soap\Server(...); ... $server->handle(); $response = $server->getLastResponse(); if ($response instanceof \SoapFault) { ... } else { ... } ...

248.4 Document/Literal WSDL Handling


Using the document/literal binding-style/encoding pattern is used to make SOAP messages as human-readable as possible and allow abstraction between very incompatible languages. The Dot NET framework uses this pattern for SOAP service generation by default. The central concept of this approach to SOAP is the introduction of a Request and an Response object for every function/method of the SOAP service. The parameters of the function are properties on request object and the response object contains a single parameter that is built in the style methodNameResult Zend SOAP supports this pattern in both AutoDiscovery and in the Server component. You can write your service object without knowledge about using this pattern. Use docblock comments to hint the parameter and return types as usual. The Zend\Soap\Server\DocumentLiteralWrapper wraps around your service object and converts request and response into normal method calls on your service. See the class doc block of the DocumentLiteralWrapper for a detailed example and discussion.

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ZEND\SOAP\CLIENT
The Zend\Soap\Client class simplies SOAP client development for PHP programmers. It may be used in WSDL or non-WSDL mode. Under the WSDL mode, the Zend\Soap\Client component uses a WSDL document to dene transport layer options. The WSDL description is usually provided by the web service the client will access. If the WSDL description is not made available, you may want to use Zend\Soap\Client in non-WSDL mode. Under this mode, all SOAP protocol options have to be set explicitly on the Zend\Soap\Client class.

249.1 Zend\Soap\Client Constructor


The Zend\Soap\Client constructor takes two parameters: $wsdl- the URI of a WSDL le. $options- options to create SOAP client object. Both of these parameters may be set later using setWsdl($wsdl) and setOptions($options) methods respectively. Note: Important! If you use Zend\Soap\Client component in non-WSDL mode, you must set the location and uri options. The following options are recognized: soap_version (soapVersion) - soap version to use (SOAP_1_1 or SOAP_1_2). classmap (classMap) - can be used to map some WSDL types to PHP classes. The option must be an array with WSDL types as keys and names of PHP classes as values. encoding - internal character encoding (UTF-8 is always used as an external encoding). wsdl which is equivalent to setWsdl($wsdlValue) call. Zend\Soap\Client object to or from WSDL mode. Changing this option may switch

uri - target namespace for the SOAP service (required for non-WSDL-mode, doesnt work for WSDL mode). location - the URL to request (required for non-WSDL-mode, doesnt work for WSDL mode). style - request style (doesnt work for WSDL mode): SOAP_RPC or SOAP_DOCUMENT. use - method to encode messages (doesnt work for WSDL mode): SOAP_ENCODED or SOAP_LITERAL.

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login and password - login and password for an HTTP authentication. proxy_host, proxy_port, proxy_login, and proxy_password - an HTTP connection through a proxy server. local_cert and passphrase -HTTPS client certicate authentication options. compression - compression options; its a combination of SOAP_COMPRESSION_ACCEPT, SOAP_COMPRESSION_GZIP and SOAP_COMPRESSION_DEFLATE options which may be used like this:
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// Accept response compression $client = new Zend\Soap\Client("some.wsdl", array(compression => SOAP_COMPRESSION_ACCEPT)); ... // Compress requests using gzip with compression level 5 $client = new Zend\Soap\Client("some.wsdl", array(compression => SOAP_COMPRESSION_ACCEPT | SOAP_COMPRESSION_GZIP | 5)); ... // Compress requests using deflate compression $client = new Zend\Soap\Client("some.wsdl", array(compression => SOAP_COMPRESSION_ACCEPT | SOAP_COMPRESSION_DEFLATE));

249.2 Performing SOAP Requests


After weve created a Zend\Soap\Client object we are ready to perform SOAP requests. Each web service method is mapped to the virtual Zend\Soap\Client object method which takes parameters with common PHP types. Use it like in the following example:
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//**************************************************************** // Server code //**************************************************************** // class MyClass { // /** // * This method takes ... // * // * @param integer $inputParam // * @return string // */ // public function method1($inputParam) { // ... // } // // /** // * This method takes ... // * // * @param integer $inputParam1 // * @param string $inputParam2 // * @return float // */ // public function method2($inputParam1, $inputParam2) { // ... // } //

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// ... // } // ... // $server = new Zend\Soap\Server(null, $options); // $server->setClass(MyClass); // ... // $server->handle(); // //**************************************************************** // End of server code //**************************************************************** $client = new Zend\Soap\Client("MyService.wsdl"); ... // $result1 is a string $result1 = $client->method1(10); ... // $result2 is a float $result2 = $client->method2(22, some string);

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WSDL ACCESSOR
Note: Zend\Soap\Wsdl class is used by Zend\Soap\Server component internally to operate with WSDL documents. Nevertheless, you could also use functionality provided by this class for your own needs. The Zend\Soap\Wsdl package contains both a parser and a builder of WSDL documents. If you dont plan to do this, you can skip this documentation section.

250.1 Zend\Soap\Wsdl constructor


Zend\Soap\Wsdl constructor takes three parameters: $name - name of the Web Service being described. $uri - URI where the WSDL will be available (could also be a reference to the le in the lesystem.) $strategy - optional ag used to identify the strategy for complex types (objects) detection. To read more on complex type detection strategies go to the section: Add complex types. $classMap - Optional array of class name translations from PHP Type (key) to WSDL type (value).

250.2 addMessage() method


addMessage($name, $parts) method adds new message description to the WSDL document (/denitions/message element). Each message correspond to methods in terms of Zend\Soap\Server and Zend\Soap\Client functionality. $name parameter represents the message name. $parts parameter is an array of message parts which describes SOAP call parameters. Its an associative array: part name (SOAP call parameter name) => part type. Type mapping management is performed using addTypes(), addTypes() and addComplexType() methods (see below). Note: Messages parts can http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_messages). use either element or type attribute for typing (see

element attribute must refer to a corresponding element of data type denition. type attribute refers to a corresponding complexType entry. All standard XSD types have http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/). both element and complexType denitions (see

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All non-standard types, which may be added using Zend\Soap\Wsdl::addComplexType() method, are described using complexType node of /denitions/types/schema/ section of WSDL document. So addMessage() method always uses type attribute to describe types.

250.3 addPortType() method


addPortType($name) method adds new port type to the WSDL document (/denitions/portType) with the specied port type name. It joins a set of Web Service methods dened in terms of Zend\Soap\Server implementation. See http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_porttypes for the details.

250.4 addPortOperation() method


addPortOperation($portType, $name, $input = false, $output = false, $fault = false) method adds new port operation to the specied port type of the WSDL document (/denitions/portType/operation). Each port operation corresponds to a class method (if Web Service is based on a class) or function (if Web Service is based on a set of methods) in terms of Zend\Soap\Server implementation. It also adds corresponding port operation messages depending on specied $input, $output and $fault parameters. Note: Zend\Soap\Server component generates two messages for each port operation while describing service based on Zend\Soap\Server class: input message with name $methodName . Request. output message with name $methodName . Response. See http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_request-response for the details.

250.5 addBinding() method


addBinding($name, $portType) method adds new binding to the WSDL document (/denitions/binding). binding WSDL document node denes message format and protocol details for operations and messages dened by a particular portType (see http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_bindings). The method creates binding node and returns it. Then it may be used to ll with actual data. Zend\Soap\Server implementation uses $serviceName . Binding name for binding element of WSDL document.

250.6 addBindingOperation() method


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It takes an XML_Tree_Node object returned by addBinding() as an input ($binding parameter) to add operation element with input/output/false entries depending on specied parameters Zend\Soap\Server implementation adds corresponding binding entry for each Web Service method with input and output entries dening soap:body element as <soap:body use=encoded encodingStyle=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding//> See http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_bindings for the details.

250.7 addSoapBinding() method


addSoapBinding($binding, $style = document, $transport = http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http) method adds SOAP binding (soap:binding) entry to the binding element (which is already linked to some port type) with the specied style and transport (Zend\Soap\Server implementation uses RPC style over HTTP). /denitions/binding/soap:binding element is used to signify that the binding is bound to the SOAP protocol format. See http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_bindings for the details.

250.8 addSoapOperation() method


addSoapOperation($binding, $soap_action) method adds SOAP operation (soap:operation) entry to the binding element with the specied action. style attribute of the soap:operation element is not used since programming model (RPC-oriented or document-oriented) may be using addSoapBinding() method soapAction attribute of /denitions/binding/soap:operation element species the value of the SOAPAction header for this operation. This attribute is required for SOAP over HTTP and must not be specied for other transports. Zend\Soap\Server implementation uses $serviceUri . # . $methodName for SOAP operation action name. See http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_soap:operation for the details.

250.9 addService() method


addService($name, $port_name, $binding, $location) method adds /denitions/service element to the WSDL document with the specied Wed Service name, port name, binding, and location. WSDL 1.1 allows to have several port types (sets of operations) per service. This ability is not used by Zend\Soap\Server implementation and not supported by Zend\Soap\Wsdl class. Zend\Soap\Server implementation uses: $name . Service as a Web Service name, $name . Port as a port type name, tns: . $name . Binding 1 as binding name, script URI 2 as a service URI for Web Service denition using classes.
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where $name is a class name for the Web Service denition mode using class and script name for the Web Service denition mode using set of functions. See http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_services for the details.

250.10 Type mapping


ZendSoap WSDL accessor implementation uses the following type mapping between PHP and SOAP types: PHP strings <-> xsd:string. PHP integers <-> xsd:int. PHP oats and doubles <-> xsd:oat. PHP booleans <-> xsd:boolean. PHP arrays <-> soap-enc:Array. PHP object <-> xsd:struct. PHP class <-> based on complex type strategy (See: this section) 3 . PHP void <-> empty type. If type is not matched to any of these types by some reason, then xsd:anyType is used. Where xsd: is http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema namespace, soap-enc: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/ namespace, tns: is a target namespace for a service. is a

250.10.1 Retrieving type information


getType($type) method may be used to get mapping for a specied PHP type:
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... $wsdl = new Zend\Soap\Wsdl(My_Web_Service, $myWebServiceUri); ... $soapIntType = $wsdl->getType(int); ... class MyClass { ... } ... $soapMyClassType = $wsdl->getType(MyClass);

250.10.2 Adding complex type information


addComplexType($type) method is used to add complex types (PHP classes) to a WSDL document.
3 By default Zend\Soap\Wsdl will be created with the Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\DefaultComplexType class as detection algorithm for complex types. The rst parameter of the AutoDiscover constructor takes any complex type strategy implementing Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\ComplexTypeStrategyInterface or a string with the name of the class. For backwards compatibility with $extractComplexType boolean variables are parsed the following way: If TRUE, Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\DefaultComplexType, if FALSE Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\AnyType.

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Its automatically used by getType() method to add corresponding complex types of method parameters or return types. Its detection and building algorithm is based on the currently active detection strategy for complex types. You can set the detection strategy either by specifying the class name as string or instance of a Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy implementation as the third parameter of the constructor or using the setComplexTypeStrategy($strategy) function of Zend\Soap\Wsdl. The following detection strategies currently exist: Class Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\DefaultComplexType: Enabled by default (when no third constructor parameter is set). Iterates over the public attributes of a class type and registers them as subtypes of the complex object type. Class Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\AnyType: Casts all complex types into the simple XSD type xsd:anyType. Be careful this shortcut for complex type detection can probably only be handled successfully by weakly typed languages such as PHP. Class Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\ArrayOfTypeSequence: This strategy allows to specify return parameters of the type: int[] or string[]. As of Zend Framework version 1.9 it can handle both simple PHP types such as int, string, boolean, oat as well as objects and arrays of objects. Class Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\ArrayOfTypeComplex: This strategy allows to detect very complex arrays of objects. Objects types are detected based on the Zend\Soap\Wsdl\Strategy\DefaultComplexType and an array is wrapped around that denition. Class Zend\Soap\Wsdl\ComplexTypeStrategy\Composite: This strategy can combine all strategies by connecting PHP Complex types (Classnames) to the desired strategy via the connectTypeToStrategy($type, $strategy) method. A complete typemap can be given to the constructor as an array with $type-> $strategy pairs. The second parameter species the default strategy that will be used if an unknown type is requested for adding. This parameter defaults to the Zend\Soap\Wsdl\Strategy\DefaultComplexType strategy. addComplexType() method creates /denitions/types/xsd:schema/xsd:complexType element for each described complex type with name of the specied PHP class. Class property MUST have docblock section with the described PHP type to have property included into WSDL description. addComplexType() checks if type is already described within types section of the WSDL document. It prevents duplications if this method is called two or more times and recursion in the types denition section. See http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_types for the details.

250.11 addDocumentation() method


addDocumentation($input_node, $documentation) method adds human readable documentation using optional wsdl:document element. /denitions/binding/soap:binding element is used to signify that the binding is bound to the SOAP protocol format. See http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_documentation for the details.

250.12 Get nalized WSDL document


toXML(), toDomDocument() and dump($filename = false) methods may be used to get WSDL document as an XML, DOM structure or a le.

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251.1 AutoDiscovery Introduction
SOAP functionality implemented within Zend Framework is intended to make all steps required for SOAP communications more simple. SOAP is language independent protocol. So it may be used not only for PHP-to-PHP communications. There are three congurations for SOAP applications where Zend Framework may be utilized: SOAP server PHP application <> SOAP client PHP application SOAP server non-PHP application <> SOAP client PHP application SOAP server PHP application <> SOAP client non-PHP application We always have to know, which functionality is provided by SOAP server to operate with it. WSDL is used to describe network service API in details. WSDL language is complex enough (see http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl for the details). So its difcult to prepare correct WSDL description. Another problem is synchronizing changes in network service API with already existing WSDL. Both these problem may be solved by WSDL autogeneration. A prerequisite for this is a SOAP server autodiscovery. It constructs object similar to object used in SOAP server application, extracts necessary information and generates correct WSDL using this information. There are two ways for using Zend Framework for SOAP server application: Use separated class. Use set of functions. Both methods are supported by Zend Framework Autodiscovery functionality. The Zend\Soap\AutoDiscover class also supports datatypes mapping from PHP to XSD types. Here is an example of common usage of the autodiscovery functionality. The generate() function generates the WSDL object and in conjunction with toXml() function you can posts it to the browser.
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->setServiceName(MySoapService); $wsdl = $autodiscover->generate(); echo $wsdl->toXml(); $wsdl->dump("/path/to/file.wsdl"); $dom = $wsdl->toDomDocument();

Note: ZendSoapAutodiscover is not a Soap Server It is very important to note, that the class Zend\Soap\AutoDiscover does not act as a SOAP Server on its own.
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if (isset($_GET[wsdl])) { $autodiscover = new Zend\Soap\AutoDiscover(); $autodiscover->setClass(HelloWorldService) ->setUri(http://example.com/soap.php); echo $autodiscover->toXml(); } else { // pointing to the current file here $soap = new Zend\Soap\Server("http://example.com/soap.php?wsdl"); $soap->setClass(HelloWorldService); $soap->handle(); }

251.2 Class autodiscovering


If a class is used to provide SOAP server functionality, then the same class should be provided to Zend\Soap\AutoDiscover for WSDL generation:
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$autodiscover = new Zend\Soap\AutoDiscover(); $autodiscover->setClass(My_SoapServer_Class) ->setUri(http://localhost/server.php) ->setServiceName(MySoapService); $wsdl = $autodiscover->generate();

The following rules are used while WSDL generation: Generated WSDL describes an RPC/Encoded style Web Service. If you want to use a document/literal server use the setBindingStyle() and setOperationBodyStyle() methods. Class name is used as a name of the Web Service being described unless setServiceName() is used explicitly to set the name. When only functions are used for generation the service name has to be set explicitly or an exception is thrown during generation of the WSDL document. You can set the endpoint of the actual SOAP Server via the setUri() method. This is a required option. Its also used as a target namespace for all service related names (including described complex types). Class methods are joined into one Port Type. $serviceName . Port is used as Port Type name. Each class method/function is registered as a corresponding port operation. Only the longest available method prototype is used for generation of the WSDL. WSDL autodiscover utilizes the PHP docblocks provided by the developer to determine the parameter and return types. In fact, for scalar types, this is the only way to determine the parameter types, and for return types, this is the only way to determine them. That means, providing correct and fully detailed docblocks is not only best practice, but is required for discovered class.

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251.3 Functions autodiscovering


If set of functions are used to provide SOAP server functionality, then the same set should be provided to Zend\Soap\AutoDiscovery for WSDL generation:
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$autodiscover = new Zend\Soap\AutoDiscover(); $autodiscover->addFunction(function1); $autodiscover->addFunction(function2); $autodiscover->addFunction(function3); ... $wsdl = $autodiscover->generate();

The same rules apply to generation as described in the class autodiscover section above.

251.4 Autodiscovering Datatypes


Input/output datatypes are converted into network service types using the following mapping: PHP strings <-> xsd:string. PHP integers <-> xsd:int. PHP oats and doubles <-> xsd:oat. PHP booleans <-> xsd:boolean. PHP arrays <-> soap-enc:Array. PHP object <-> xsd:struct. PHP class <-> based on complex type strategy (See: this section) 1 . type[] or object[] (ie. int[]) <-> based on complex type strategy PHP void <-> empty type. If type is not matched to any of these types by some reason, then xsd:anyType is used. Where xsd: is http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema namespace, soap-enc: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/ namespace, tns: is a target namespace for a service. is a

251.5 WSDL Binding Styles


WSDL offers different transport mechanisms and styles. This affects the soap:binding and soap:body tags within the Binding section of WSDL. Different clients have different requirements as to what options really work. Therefore you can set the styles before you call any setClass or addFunction method on the AutoDiscover class.
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); // Default is style => rpc and // transport => http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http $autodiscover->setBindingStyle( array(style => document, transport => http://framework.zend.com) ); ... $autodiscover->addFunction(myfunc1); $wsdl = $autodiscover->generate();

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Hydration is the act of populating an object from a set of data. The Hydrator is a simple component to provide mechanisms both for hydrating objects, as well as extracting data sets from them. The component consists of an interface, and several implementations for common use cases.

252.1 HydratorInterface
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namespace Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator; interface HydratorInterface { /** * Extract values from an object * * @param object $object * @return array */ public function extract($object); /** * Hydrate $object with the provided $data. * * @param array $data * @param object $object * @return void */ public function hydrate(array $data, $object); }

252.2 Usage
Usage is quite simple: simply instantiate the hydrator, and then pass information to it.
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$hydrator->hydrate($someData, $object); // or, if the object has data we want as an array: $data = $hydrator->extract($object);

252.3 Available Implementations


Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ArraySerializable Follows the denition of ArrayObject. Objects must implement either the exchangeArray() or populate() methods to support hydration, and the getArrayCopy() method to support extraction. Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ClassMethods Any data key matching a setter method will be called in order to hydrate; any method matching a getter method will be called for extraction. Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ObjectProperty Any data key matching a publicly accessible property will be hydrated; any public properties will be used for extraction.

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ZEND\STDLIB\HYDRATOR\FILTER
The hydrator lters, allows you to manipulate the behavior, when you want to extract() your stuff to arrays. This is especially useful, if you want to extract() your objects to the userland and strip some internals (e.g. getServiceManager()). It comes with a helpful Composite Implementation and a few lters for common use cases. The lters are implemented on the AbstractHydrator, so you can directly start using them if you extend it - even on custom hydrators.
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namespace Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter; interface FilterInterface { /** * Should return true, if the given filter * does not match * * @param string $property The name of the property * @return bool */ public function filter($property); }

If it returns true, the key / value pairs will be in the extracted arrays - if it will return false, youll not see them again.

253.1 Filter implementations


Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter\GetFilter This lter is used in the ClassMethods hydrator, to decide that getters will be extracted. It checks, if the key that should be extracted starts with get or looks like this Zend\Foo\Bar::getFoo Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter\HasFilter This lter is used in the ClassMethods hydrator, to decide that has methods will be extracted. It checks, if the key that should be extracted starts with has or looks like this Zend\Foo\Bar::hasFoo Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter\IsFilter This lter is used in the ClassMethods hydrator, to decide that is methods will be extracted. It checks, if the key that should be extracted starts with is or looks like this Zend\Foo\Bar::isFoo Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter\MethodMatchFilter This lter allows you to strip methods from the extraction with the correct condition in the composite. It checks, if the key that should be extracted matches a method name. Either getServiceLocator or

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Zend\Foo::getServicelocator. The name of the method is specied in the constructor of this lter. The 2nd parameter decides whether to use white or blacklisting to decide. Default is blacklisting - pass false to change it. Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter\NumberOfParameterFilter This lter is used in the ClassMethods hydrator, to check the number of parameters. By convention, the get, has and is methods do not get any parameters - but it may happen. You can add your own number of needed parameters, simply add the number to the constructor. The default value is 0

253.2 Remove lters


If you want to tell e.g. the ClassMethods hydrator, to not extract methods that start with is, you can do so:
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The key / value pairs for is methods will not end up in your extracted array anymore. The lters can be used in any hydrator, but the ClassMethods hydrator is the only one, that has pre-registered lters:
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$this->filterComposite->addFilter("is", new IsFilter()); $this->filterComposite->addFilter("has", new HasFilter()); $this->filterComposite->addFilter("get", new GetFilter()); $this->filterComposite->addFilter("parameter", new NumberOfParameterFilter(), FilterComposite::CONDIT

If youre not ne with this, you can unregister them as above. Note: The parameter for Zend\Foo\Bar::methodName the lter on the ClassMethods looks like this by default

253.3 Add lters


You can easily add lters to any hydrator, that extends the AbstractHydrator. FilterInterface or any callable:
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You can use the

$hydrator->addFilter("len", function($property) { if (strlen($property) !== 3) { return false; } return true; });

By default, every lter you add will be added with a conditional or. If you want to add it with and (as the NumberOfParameterFilter that is added to the ClassMethods hydrator by default) you can do that too:
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$hydrator->addFilter("len", function($property) { if (strlen($property) !== 3) { return false; } return true; }, FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND);

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$hydrator->addFilter( "servicemanager", new MethodMatchFilter("getServiceManager"), FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND );

The example above will exclude the getServiceManager method or the key from the extraction, even if the get lter wants to add it.

253.4 Use the composite for complex lters


The composite implements the FilterInterface too, so you can add it as a regular lter to the hydrator. One goody of this implementation, is that you can add the lters with a condition and you can do even more complex stuff with different composites with different conditions. You can pass the condition to the 3rd parameter, when you add a lter: Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter\FilterComposite::CONDITION_OR At one level of the composite, one of all lters in that condition block has to return true in order to get extracted Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter\FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND At one level of the composite, all of the lters in that condition block has to return true in order to get extracted This composition will have a similar logic as the if below:
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$composite = new FilterComposite(); $composite->addFilter("one", $condition1); $composite->addFilter("two", $condition2); $composite->addFilter("three", $condition3); $composite->addFilter("four", $condition4, FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND); $composite->addFilter("five", $condition5, FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND); // This is whats happening internally if ( ( $condition1 || $condition2 || $condition3 ) && ( $condition4 && $condition5 ) ) { //do extraction }

If youve only one condition (only and or or) block, the other one will be completely ignored. A bit more complex lter can look like this:
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FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND ); $composite->addFilter( "eventmanager", new MethodMatchFilter("getEventManager"), FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND ); $hydrator->addFilter("excludes", $composite, FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND); // Internal if ( ( // default composite inside the hydrator ( $getFilter || $hasFilter || $isFilter ) && ( $numberOfParameterFilter ) ) && ( // new composite, added to the one above $serviceManagerFilter && $eventManagerFilter ) ) { // do extraction }

If you perform this on the ClassMethods hydrator, all getters will get extracted, but not getServiceManager and getEventManager.

253.5 Using the provider interface


There is also a provider interface, that allows you to congure the behavior of the hydrator inside your objects.
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namespace Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter; interface FilterProviderInterface { /** * Provides a filter for hydration * * @return FilterInterface */ public function getFilter(); }

The getFilter() method is getting automatically excluded from extract(). If the extracted object implements the Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter\FilterProviderInterface, the returned FilterInterface instance can also be a FilterComposite. For example:
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return "foo"; } public function hasFoo() { return true; } public function getServiceManager() { return "servicemanager"; } public function getEventManager() { return "eventmanager"; } public function getFilter() { $composite = new FilterComposite(); $composite->addFilter("get", new GetFilter()); $exclusionComposite = new FilterComposite(); $exclusionComposite->addFilter( "servicemanager", new MethodMatchFilter("getServiceManager"), FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND ); $exclusionComposite->addFilter( "eventmanager", new MethodMatchFilter("getEventManager"), FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND ); $composite->addFilter("excludes", $exclusionComposite, FilterComposite::CONDITION_AND); return $composite; } } $hydrator = new ClassMethods(false); $extractedArray = $hydrator->extract(new Foo());

The $extractedArray does only have foo => foo in. All of the others are excluded from the extraction. Note: All pre-registered lters from the ClassMethods hydrator are ignored if this interface is used.

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You can add a Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Strategy\StrategyInterface to any of the hydrators (expect it extends Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\AbstractHydrator or implements Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\HydratorInterface and Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Strategy\StrategyEnabledInter to manipulate the way how they behave on extract() and hydrate() for specic key / value pairs. This is the interface that needs to be implemented:
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namespace Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Strategy; interface StrategyInterface { /** * Converts the given value so that it can be extracted by the hydrator. * * @param mixed $value The original value. * @return mixed Returns the value that should be extracted. */ public function extract($value); /** * Converts the given value so that it can be hydrated by the hydrator. * * @param mixed $value The original value. * @return mixed Returns the value that should be hydrated. */ public function hydrate($value); }

As you can see, this interface is similar to Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\HydratorInterface. The reason why is, that the strategies provide a proxy implementation for hydrate() and extract().

254.1 Adding strategies to the hydrators


To allow strategies within your hydrator, the Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Strategy\StrategyEnabledInterface provide the following methods:
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* Adds the given strategy under the given name. * * @param string $name The name of the strategy to register. * @param StrategyInterface $strategy The strategy to register. * @return HydratorInterface */ public function addStrategy($name, StrategyInterface $strategy); /** * Gets the strategy with the given name. * * @param string $name The name of the strategy to get. * @return StrategyInterface */ public function getStrategy($name); /** * Checks if the strategy with the given name exists. * * @param string $name The name of the strategy to check for. * @return bool */ public function hasStrategy($name); /** * Removes the strategy with the given name. * * @param string $name The name of the strategy to remove. * @return HydratorInterface */ public function removeStrategy($name); }

Every hydrator, that is shipped by default, provides this functionality. The AbstractHydrator has it fully functional implemented. If you want to use this functionality in your own hydrators, you should extend the AbstractHydrator.

254.2 Available implementations


Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Strategy\SerializableStrategy This is the strategy, that provides the functionality for Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ArraySerializable. You can use it with custom implementations for Zend\Serializer\Adapter\AdapterInterface if you want to. Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Strategy\DefaultStrategy This is a kind of dummy-implementation, that simply proxies everything through, without doing anything on the parameters.

254.3 Writing custom strategies


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class Rot13Strategy implements StrategyInterface { public function extract($value) { return str_rot13($value); } public function hydrate($value) { return str_rot13($value); } }

This is the example class, we want to use for the hydrator example:
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class Foo { protected $foo = null; protected $bar = null; public function getFoo() { return $this->foo; } public function setFoo($foo) { $this->foo = $foo; } public function getBar() { return $this->bar; } public function setBar($bar) { $this->bar = $bar; } }

Now, we want to add the rot13 strategy to the method getFoo() and setFoo($foo):
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$foo = new Foo(); $foo->setFoo("bar"); $foo->setBar("foo"); $hydrator = new ClassMethods(); $hydrator->addStrategy("foo", new Rot13Strategy());

When you now use the hydrator, to get an array of the object $foo, this is the array youll get:
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$extractedArray = $hydrator->extract($foo); // array(2) { // ["foo"]=> // string(3) "one" // ["bar"]=> // string(3) "foo"

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And the the way back:


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$hydrator->hydrate($extractedArray, $foo) // object(Foo)#2 (2) { // ["foo":protected]=> // string(3) "bar" // ["bar":protected]=> // string(3) "foo" // }

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Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Aggregate\AggregateHydrator is an implementation Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\HydratorInterface that composes multiple hydrators via event listeners. of

You typically want to use an aggregate hydrator when you want to hydrate or extract data from complex objects that implement multiple interfaces, and therefore need multiple hydrators to handle that in subsequent steps.

255.1 Installation requirements for the AggregateHydrator


The AggregateHydrator is based on the Zend\EventManager component, so be sure to have it installed before getting started:

255.2 Example of AggregateHydrator usage


A simple use case may be hydrating a BlogPost object, which contains data for the user that created it, the time it was created, the current publishing status, etc:
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use Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Aggregate\AggregateHydrator; $hydrator = new AggregateHydrator(); // attach the various hydrators capable of handling simpler interfaces $hydrator->add(new My\BlogPostHydrator()); $hydrator->add(new My\UserAwareObjectHydrator()); $hydrator->add(new My\TimestampedObjectHydrator()); $hydrator->add(new My\PublishableObjectHydrator()); // ... // Now retrieve the BlogPost object // ... // you can now extract complex data from a blogpost $data = $hydrator->extract($blogPost); // or you can fill the object with complex data $blogPost = $hydrator->hydrate($data, $blogPost);

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AggregateHydrator::add has a second optional argument $priority. If you have two or more hydrators that conict with each other for same data keys, you may decide which one has to be executed rst or last by passing a higher or lower integer priority to the second argument of AggregateHydrator::add In order to work with this logic, each of the hydrators that are attached should just ignore any unknown object type passed in, such as in following example:
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namespace My; use Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\HydratorInterface class BlogPostHydrator implements HydratorInterface { public function hydrate($data, $object) { if (!$object instanceof BlogPost) { return $object; } // ... continue hydration ... } public function extract($object) { if (!$object instanceof BlogPost) { return array(); } // ... continue extraction ... } }

255.3 Advanced use cases of the AggregateHydrator


Since the AggregateHydrator is event-driven, you can use the EventManager API to tweak its behaviour. Common use cases are: Removal of hydrated data keys (passwords/condential information) depending on business rules Caching of the hydration/extraction process Transformations on extracted data, for compatibility with third-party APIs In the following example, a cache listener will be introduced to speed up hydration, which can be very useful when the same data is requested multiple times:
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use Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Aggregate\AggregateHydrator; use Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Aggregate\ExtractEvent; use Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Memory; $hydrator = new AggregateHydrator(); // attach the various hydrators $hydrator->add(new My\BlogPostHydrator()); $hydrator->add(new My\UserAwareObjectHydrator()); $hydrator->add(new My\TimestampedObjectHydrator()); $hydrator->add(new My\PublishableObjectHydrator());

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// ... $cache = new Memory(); $cacheReadListener = function (ExtractEvent $event) use ($cache) { $object = $event->getExtractionObject(); if (!$object instanceof BlogPost) { return; } if ($cache->hasItem($object->getId())) { $event->setExtractedData($cache->getItem($object->getId())); $event->stopPropagation(); } }; $cacheWriteListener = function (ExtractEvent $event) use ($cache) { $object = $event->getExtractionObject(); if (!$object instanceof BlogPost) { return; } $cache->setItem($object->getId(), $event->getExtractedData()); }; // attaching a high priority listener executed before extraction logic $hydrator->getEventManager()->attach(ExtractEvent::EVENT_EXTRACT, $cacheReadListener, 1000); // attaching a low priority listener executed after extraction logic $hydrator->getEventManager()->attach(ExtractEvent::EVENT_EXTRACT, $cacheWriteListener, -1000);

With an aggregate hydrator congured in this way, any $hydrator->extract($blogPost) operation will be cached

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\TAG
Zend\Tag is a component suite which provides a facility to work with taggable Items. As its base, it provides two classes to work with Tags, Zend\Tag\Item and Zend\Tag\ItemList. Additionally, it comes with the interface Zend\Tag\TaggableInterface, which allows you to use any of your models as a taggable item in conjunction with Zend\Tag. Zend\Tag\Item is a basic taggable item implementation which comes with the essential functionality required to work with the Zend\Tag suite. A taggable item always consists of a title and a relative weight (e.g. number of occurrences). It also stores parameters which are used by the different sub-components of Zend\Tag. To group multiple items together, Zend\Tag\ItemList exists as an array iterator and provides additional functionality to calculate absolute weight values based on the given relative weights of each item in it.
Using Zend\Tag

This example illustrates how to create a list of tags and spread absolute weight values on them.
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// Create the item list $list = new Zend\Tag\ItemList(); // Assign $list[] = $list[] = $list[] = tags to it new Zend\Tag\Item(array(title => Code, weight => 50)); new Zend\Tag\Item(array(title => Zend Framework, weight => 1)); new Zend\Tag\Item(array(title => PHP, weight => 5));

// Spread absolute values on the items $list->spreadWeightValues(array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)); // Output the items with their absolute values foreach ($list as $item) { printf("%s: %d\n", $item->getTitle(), $item->getParam(weightValue)); }

This will output the three items Code, Zend Framework and PHP with the absolute values 10, 1 and 2.

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Zend\Tag\Cloud is the rendering part of Zend\Tag. By default it comes with a set of HTML decorators, which allow you to create tag clouds for a website, but also supplies you with two abstract classes to create your own decorators, to create tag clouds in PDF documents for example. You can instantiate and congure Zend\Tag\Cloud either programmatically or completely via an array or an instance of Traversable. The available options are: Table 257.1: Zend\Tag\Cloud Options Option Description cloudDecorator Denes the decorator for the cloud. Can either be the name of the class which should be loaded by the plugin manager, an instance of Zend\Tag\Cloud\Decorator\AbstractCloud or an array containing the decorator under the key decorator and optionally an array under the key options, which will be passed to the decorators constructor. tagDecorator Denes the decorator for individual tags. This can either be the name of the class which should be loaded by the plugin manager, an instance of Zend\Tag\Cloud\Decorator\AbstractTag or an array containing the decorator under the key decorator and optionally an array under the key options, which will be passed to the decorators constructor. decoratorPluginManager A different plugin manager to use. Must be an instance of Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager. itemList A different item list to use. Must be an instance of Zend\Tag\ItemList. tags A array of tags to assign to the cloud. Each tag must either implement Zend\Tag\TaggableInterface or be an array which can be used to instantiate Zend\Tag\Item.
Using Zend\Tag\Cloud

This example illustrates a basic example of how to create a tag cloud, add multiple tags to it and nally render it.
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// Create the cloud and assign static tags to it $cloud = new Zend\Tag\Cloud(array( tags => array( array( title => Code, weight => 50, params => array(url => /tag/code),

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), array( title => Zend Framework, weight => 1, params => array(url => /tag/zend-framework), ), array( title => PHP, weight => 5, params => array(url => /tag/php), ), ), )); // Render the cloud echo $cloud;

This will output the tag cloud with the three tags, spread with the default font-sizes. The following example shows how create a tag cloud from a Zend\Config\Config object.
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# An example tags.ini file tags.1.title = "Code" tags.1.weight = 50 tags.1.params.url = "/tag/code" tags.2.title = "Zend Framework" tags.2.weight = 1 tags.2.params.url = "/tag/zend-framework" tags.3.title = "PHP" tags.3.weight = 2 tags.3.params.url = "/tag/php" // Create the cloud from a Zend\Config\Config object $config = Zend\Config\Factory::fromFile(tags.ini); $cloud = new Zend\Tag\Cloud($config); // Render the cloud echo $cloud;

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Zend\Tag\Cloud requires two types of decorators to be able to render a tag cloud. This includes a decorator which renders the single tags as well as a decorator which renders the surrounding cloud. Zend\Tag\Cloud ships a default decorator set for formatting a tag cloud in HTML. This set will, by default, create a tag cloud as ul/li -list, spread with different font-sizes according to the weight values of the tags assigned to them.

257.1.1 HTML Tag decorator


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The tag decorator can either spread different font-sizes over the anchors or a dened list of classnames. When setting options for one of those possibilities, the corresponding one will automatically be enabled. The following conguration options are available: Table 257.2: HTML Tag decorator Options Option Default fontSizeUnit px Description Denes the font-size unit used for all font-sizes. The possible values are: em, ex, px, in, cm, mm, pt, pc and %. minFontSize 10 The minimum font-size distributed through the tags (must be numeric). maxFontSize 20 The maximum font-size distributed through the tags (must be numeric). classList null An array of classes distributed through the tags. htmlTags array(li) An array of HTML tags surrounding the anchor. Each element can either be a string, which is used as element type, or an array containing an attribute list for the element, dened as key/value pair. In this case, the array key is used as element type. The following example shows how to create a tag cloud with a customized HTML tag decorator.
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$cloud = new Zend\Tag\Cloud(array( tagDecorator => array( decorator => htmltag, options => array( minFontSize => 20, maxFontSize => 50, htmlTags => array( li => array(class => my_custom_class), ), ), ), tags => array( array( title => Code, weight => 50, params => array(url => /tag/code), ), array( title => Zend Framework, weight => 1, params => array(url => /tag/zend-framework), ), array( title => PHP, weight => 5, params => array(url => /tag/php) ), ), )); // Render the cloud echo $cloud;

257.1.2 HTML Cloud decorator


By default the HTML cloud decorator will surround the HTML tags with a <ul> element and add no separation. Like in the tag decorator, you can dene multiple surrounding HTML tags and additionally dene a separator. The available

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options are: Table 257.3: HTML Cloud decorator Options OpDefault tion separator (a whitespace) htmlTags array(ul => array(class => Zend\Tag\Cloud)) Description Denes the separator which is placed between all tags. An array of HTML tags surrounding all tags. Each element can either be a string, which is used as element type, or an array containing an attribute list for the element, dened as key/value pair. In this case, the array key is used as element type.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\TEST
The Zend\Test component provides tools to facilitate unit testing of your Zend Framework applications. At this time, we offer facilities to enable testing of your Zend Framework MVC applications. PHPUnit is the only library supported currently.

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UNIT TESTING WITH PHPUNIT


Zend\Test\PHPUnit provides a TestCase for MVC applications that contains assertions for testing against a variety of responsibilities. Probably the easiest way to understand what it can do is to see an example. The following is a simple test case for a IndexController to verify things like HTTP code, controller and action name :
<?php namespace ApplicationTest\Controller; use Zend\Test\PHPUnit\Controller\AbstractHttpControllerTestCase; class IndexControllerTest extends AbstractHttpControllerTestCase { public function setUp() { $this->setApplicationConfig( include /path/to/application/config/test/application.config.php ); parent::setUp(); } public function testIndexActionCanBeAccessed() { $this->dispatch(/); $this->assertResponseStatusCode(200); $this->assertModuleName(application); $this->assertControllerName(application_index); $this->assertControllerClass(IndexController); $this->assertMatchedRouteName(home); } }

The setup of the test case can to dene the application cong. You can use several cong to test modules dependencies or your current application cong.

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As noted in the previous example, all MVC test cases should extend AbstractHttpControllerTestCase. This class in turn extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase, and gives you all the structure and assertions youd expect from PHPUnit as well as some scaffolding and assertions specic to Zend Frameworks MVC implementation. In order to test your MVC application, you will need to setup the application cong. setApplicationConfig method : Use simply the the

public function setUp() { $this->setApplicationConfig( include /path/to/application/config/test/application.config.php ); parent::setUp(); }

Once the application is set up, you can write your tests. To help debug tests, you can activate the ag traceError to throw MVC exception during the tests writing :
<?php namespace ApplicationTest\Controller; use Zend\Test\PHPUnit\Controller\AbstractHttpControllerTestCase; class IndexControllerTest extends AbstractHttpControllerTestCase { protected $traceError = true; }

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TESTING YOUR CONTROLLERS AND MVC APPLICATIONS


Once you have your application cong in place, you can begin testing. Testing is basically as you would expect in an PHPUnit test suite, with a few minor differences. First, you will need to dispatch a URL to test, using the dispatch method of the TestCase:
public function testIndexAction() { $this->dispatch(/); }

There will be times, however, that you need to provide extra information GET and POST variables, COOKIE information, etc. You can populate the request with that information:
public function testIndexAction() { $this->getRequest() ->setMethod(POST) ->setPost(new Parameters(array(argument => value))); $this->dispatch(/); }

You can populate GET or POST variables directly with the dispatch method :
public function testIndexAction() { $this->dispatch(/, POST, array(argument => value)); }

You can use directly yours query args in the url :


public function testIndexAction() { $this->dispatch(/tests?foo=bar&baz=foo); }

Now that the request is made, its time to start making assertions against it.

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Assertions are at the heart of Unit Testing; you use them to verify that the results are what you expect. To this end, Zend\Test\PHPUnit\AbstractControllerTestCase provides a number of assertions to make testing your MVC apps and controllers simpler.

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REQUEST ASSERTIONS
Its often useful to assert against the last run action, controller, and module; additionally, you may want to assert against the route that was matched. The following assertions can help you in this regard: assertModulesLoaded(array $modules): Assert that the given modules was loaded by the application. assertModuleName($module): Assert that the given module was used in the last dispatched action. assertControllerName($controller): Assert that the given controller identier was selected in the last dispatched action. assertControllerClass($controller): Assert that the given controller class was selected in the last dispatched action. assertActionName($action): Assert that the given action was last dispatched. assertMatchedRouteName($route): Assert that the given named route was matched by the router. Each also has a Not variant for negative assertions.

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CSS SELECTOR ASSERTIONS


CSS selectors are an easy way to verify that certain artifacts are present in the response content. They also make it trivial to ensure that items necessary for Javascript UIs and/or AJAX integration will be present; most JS toolkits provide some mechanism for pulling DOM elements based on CSS selectors, so the syntax would be the same. This functionality is provided via Zend\Dom\Query, and integrated into a set of Query assertions. Each of these assertions takes as their rst argument a CSS selector, with optionally additional arguments and/or an error message, based on the assertion type. You can nd the rules for writing the CSS selectors in the Zend\Dom\Query Theory of Operation chapter. Query assertions include: assertQuery($path): assert that one or more DOM elements matching the given CSS selector are present. assertQueryContentContains($path, $match): assert that one or more DOM elements matching the given CSS selector are present, and that at least one contains the content provided in $match. assertQueryContentRegex($path, $pattern): assert that one or more DOM elements matching the given CSS selector are present, and that at least one matches the regular expression provided in $pattern. If a $message is present, it will be prepended to any failed assertion message. assertQueryCount($path, $count): assert that there are exactly $count DOM elements matching the given CSS selector present. assertQueryCountMin($path, $count): assert that there are at least $count DOM elements matching the given CSS selector present. assertQueryCountMax($path, $count): assert that there are no more than $count DOM elements matching the given CSS selector present. Additionally, each of the above has a Not variant that provides a negative assertion: assertNotQuery(), assertNotQueryContentContains(), assertNotQueryContentRegex(), and assertNotQueryCount(). (Note that the min and max counts do not have these variants, for what should be obvious reasons.)

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Some developers are more familiar with XPath than with CSS selectors, and thus XPath variants of all the Query assertions are also provided. These are: assertXpathQuery($path) assertNotXpathQuery($path) assertXpathQueryCount($path, $count) assertNotXpathQueryCount($path, $count) assertXpathQueryCountMin($path, $count) assertXpathQueryCountMax($path, $count) assertXpathQueryContentContains($path, $match) assertNotXpathQueryContentContains($path, $match) assertXpathQueryContentRegex($path, $pattern) assertNotXpathQueryContentRegex($path, $pattern)

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Often an action will redirect. Instead of following the redirect, Zend\Test\PHPUnit\ControllerTestCase allows you to test for redirects with a handful of assertions. assertRedirect(): assert simply that a redirect has occurred. assertRedirectTo($url): assert that a redirect has occurred, and that the value of the Location header is the $url provided. assertRedirectRegex($pattern): assert that a redirect has occurred, and that the value of the Location header matches the regular expression provided by $pattern. Each also has a Not variant for negative assertions.

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In addition to checking for redirect headers, you will often need to check for specic HTTP response codes and headers for instance, to determine whether an action results in a 404 or 500 response, or to ensure that JSON responses contain the appropriate Content-Type header. The following assertions are available. assertResponseCode($code): assert that the response resulted in the given HTTP response code. assertResponseHeader($header): assert that the response contains the given header. assertResponseHeaderContains($header, $match): assert that the response contains the given header and that its content contains the given string. assertResponseHeaderRegex($header, $pattern): assert that the response contains the given header and that its content matches the given regex. Additionally, each of the above assertions have a Not variant for negative assertions.

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ZEND\TEXT\FIGLET
Zend\Text\Figlet is a component which enables developers to create a so called FIGlet text. A FIGlet text is a string, which is represented as ASCII art. FIGlets use a special font format, called FLT (FigLet Font). By default, one standard font is shipped with Zend\Text\Figlet, but you can download additional fonts at http://www.glet.org. Note: Compressed fonts Zend\Text\Figlet supports gzipped fonts. This means that you can take an .flf le and gzip it. To allow Zend\Text\Figlet to recognize this, the gzipped font must have the extension .gz. Further, to be able to use gzipped fonts, you have to have enabled the GZIP extension of PHP.

Note: Encoding Zend\Text\Figlet expects your strings to be UTF-8 encoded by default. If this is not the case, you can supply the character encoding as second parameter to the render() method. You can dene multiple options for a FIGlet. When instantiating Zend\Text\Figlet\Figlet, you can supply an array or an instance of Zend\Config. font- Denes the font which should be used for rendering. If not denes, the built-in font will be used. outputWidth- Denes the maximum width of the output string. This is used for word-wrap as well as justication. Beware of too small values, they may result in an undened behaviour. The default value is 80. handleParagraphs- A boolean which indicates, how new lines are handled. When set to TRUE, single new lines are ignored and instead treated as single spaces. Only multiple new lines will be handled as such. The default value is FALSE. justification- May be one of the values of Zend\Text\Figlet\Figlet::JUSTIFICATION_*. There is JUSTIFICATION_LEFT, JUSTIFICATION_CENTER and JUSTIFICATION_RIGHT The default justication is dened by the rightToLeft value. rightToLeftDenes in which direction the text is written. May be either Zend\Text\Figlet\Figlet::DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT or Zend\Text\Figlet\Figlet::DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT. By default the setting of the font le is used. When justication is not dened, a text written from right-to-left is automatically right-aligned. smushMode- An integer biteld which denes, how the single characters are smushed together. Can be the sum of multiple values from Zend\Text\Figlet\Figlet::SM_*. There are the following smush modes: SM_EQUAL, SM_LOWLINE, SM_HIERARCHY, SM_PAIR, SM_BIGX, SM_HARDBLANK, SM_KERN and SM_SMUSH. A value of 0 doesnt disable the entire smushing, but forces SM_KERN to be applied, while a value of -1 disables it. An explanation of the different smush modes can be found here. By default the setting

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Using Zend\Text\Figlet

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Text\Figlet to create a simple FIGlet text:
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Assuming you are using a monospace font, this would look as follows:
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______ |__ // / // / //__ /_____|| -----

______ | ___|| | ||__ | ||___ |_____|| -----

_ __ | \| || | || | . || |_|\_|| - -

______ | __ \\ | | \ || | |__/ || |_____// -----

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ZEND\TEXT\TABLE
Zend\Text\Table is a component to create text based tables on the y with different decorators. This can be helpful, if you either want to send structured data in text emails, which are used to have mono-spaced fonts, or to display table information in a CLI application. Zend\Text\Table supports multi-line columns, colspan and align as well. Note: Encoding Zend\Text\Table expects your strings to be UTF-8 encoded by default. If this is not the case, you can either supply the character encoding as a parameter to the constructor() or the setContent() method of Zend\Text\Table\Column. Alternatively if you have a different encoding in the entire process, you can dene the standard input charset with Zend\Text\Table\Table::setInputCharset($charset). In case you need another output charset for the table, you can set this with Zend\Text\Table\Table::setOutputCharset($charset). A Zend\Text\Table\Table object consists of rows, which contain columns, represented by Zend\Text\Table\Row and Zend\Text\Table\Column. When creating a table, you can supply an array with options for the table. Those are: columnWidths (required): An array dening all columns width their widths in characters. decorator: The decorator to use for the table borders. The default is unicode, but you may also specify ascii or give an instance of a custom decorator object. padding: The left and right padding withing the columns in characters. The default padding is zero. AutoSeparate: The way how the rows are separated with horizontal lines. The default is a separation between all rows. This is dened as a bitmask containing one ore more of the following constants of Zend\Text\Table: Zend\Text\Table\Table::AUTO_SEPARATE_NONE Zend\Text\Table\Table::AUTO_SEPARATE_HEADER Zend\Text\Table\Table::AUTO_SEPARATE_FOOTER Zend\Text\Table\Table::AUTO_SEPARATE_ALL Where header is always the rst row, and the footer is always the last row. Rows are simply added to the table by creating a new instance of Zend\Text\Table\Row, and appending it to the table via the appendRow() method. Rows themselves have no options. You can also give an array to directly to the appendRow() method, which then will automatically converted to a row object, containing multiple column objects.

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The same way you can add columns to the rows. Create a new instance of Zend\Text\Table\Column and then either set the column options in the constructor or later with the set*() methods. The rst parameter is the content of the column which may have multiple lines, which in the best case are separated by just the \n character. The second parameter denes the align, which is left by default and can be one of the class constants of Zend\Text\Table\Column: ALIGN_LEFT ALIGN_CENTER ALIGN_RIGHT The third parameter is the colspan of the column. For example, when you choose 2 as colspan, the column will span over two columns of the table. The last parameter denes the encoding of the content, which should be supplied, if the content is neither ASCII nor UTF-8. To append the column to the row, you simply call appendColumn() in your row object with the column object as parameter. Alternatively you can directly give a string to the appendColumn() method. To nally render the table, you can either use the render() method of the table, or use the magic method __toString() by doing echo $table; or $tableString = (string) $table.
Using Zend\Text\Table

This example illustrates the basic use of Zend\Text\Table to create a simple table:
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$table = new Zend\Text\Table\Table(array(columnWidths => array(10, 20))); // Either simple $table->appendRow(array(Zend, Framework)); // Or verbose $row = new Zend\Text\Table\Row(); $row->appendColumn(new Zend\Text\Table\Column(Zend)); $row->appendColumn(new Zend\Text\Table\Column(Framework)); $table->appendRow($row); echo $table;

This will result in the following output:


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-----------------------------|Zend |Framework | |----------|--------------------| |Zend |Framework | ------------------------------

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ZEND\URI
270.1 Overview
Zend\Uri is a component that aids in manipulating and validating Uniform Resource Identiers (URIs) 1 . Zend\Uri exists primarily to service other components, such as Zend\Http\, but is also useful as a standalone utility. URI s always begin with a scheme, followed by a colon. The construction of the many different schemes varies signicantly. The Zend\Uri component provides the Zend\Uri\UriFactory that returns a class implementing the Zend\Uri\UriInterface which specializes in the scheme if such a class is registered with the Factory.

270.2 Creating a New URI


Zend\Uri\UriFactory will build a new URI Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory().
Creating a New URI with ZendUriUriFactory::factory() // To create a new URI from scratch, pass only the scheme // followed by a colon. $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http:); // $uri instanceof Zend\Uri\UriInterface

from scratch if only a scheme is passed to

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To create a new URI from scratch, pass only the scheme followed by a colon to Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory() 2 . If an unsupported scheme is passed and no scheme-specic class is specied, a Zend\Uri\Exception\InvalidArgumentException will be thrown. If the scheme or URI passed is supported, Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory() will return a class implementing Zend\Uri\UriInterface that specializes in the scheme to be created.

270.2.1 Creating a New Custom-Class URI


You can specify a custom class to be used when using the Zend\Uri\UriFactory by registering your class with the Factory using \Zend\Uri\UriFactory::registerScheme() which takes the scheme as rst parameter. This enables you to create your own URI -class and instantiate new URI objects based on your own custom classes.
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The 2nd parameter passed to Zend\Uri\UriFactory::registerScheme() must be a string with the name of a class implementing Zend\Uri\UriInterface. The class must either be already loaded, or be loadable by the autoloader.
Creating a URI using a custom class // Create a new ftp URI based on a custom class use Zend\Uri\UriFactory UriFactory::registerScheme(ftp, MyNamespace\MyClass); $ftpUri = UriFactory::factory( ftp://user@ftp.example.com/path/file ); // $ftpUri is an instance of MyLibrary\MyClass, which implements // Zend\Uri\UriInterface

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To manipulate an existing URI, pass the entire URI as string to Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory().
Manipulating an Existing URI with Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory() // To manipulate an existing URI, pass it in. $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http://www.zend.com); // $uri instanceof Zend\Uri\UriInterface

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The URI will be parsed and validated. If it is found to be invalid, a Zend\Uri\Exception\InvalidArgumentException will be thrown immediately. Otherwise, Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory() will return a class implementing Zend\Uri\UriInterface that specializes in the scheme to be manipulated.

270.4 Common Instance Methods


The Zend\Uri\UriInterface denes several instance methods that are useful for working with any kind of URI.

270.4.1 Getting the Scheme of the URI


The scheme of the URI is the part of the URI that precedes the colon. http://johndoe@example.com/my/path?query#token is http.
Getting the Scheme from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(mailto:john.doe@example.com); $scheme = $uri->getScheme(); // "mailto"

For example, the scheme of

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The getScheme() instance method returns only the scheme part of the URI object.

270.4.2 Getting the Userinfo of the URI


The userinfo of the URI is the optional part of the URI that follows the colon and comes before the host-part. For example, the userinfo of http://johndoe@example.com/my/path?query#token is johndoe.
Getting the Username from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(mailto:john.doe@example.com); $scheme = $uri->getUserinfo(); // "john.doe"

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The getUserinfo() method returns only the userinfo part of the URI object.

270.4.3 Getting the host of the URI


The host of the URI is the optional part of the URI that follows the user-part and comes before the path-part. For example, the host of http://johndoe@example.com/my/path?query#token is example.com.
Getting the host from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(mailto:john.doe@example.com); $scheme = $uri->getHost(); // "example.com"

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The getHost() method returns only the host part of the URI object.

270.4.4 Getting the port of the URI


The port of the URI is the optional part of the URI that follows the host-part and comes before the path-part. For example, the host of http://johndoe@example.com:80/my/path?query#token is 80. The URI-class can dene default-ports that can be returned when no port is given in the URI.
Getting the port from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http://example.com:8080); $scheme = $uri->getPort(); // "8080"

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The getHost() method returns only the port part of the URI object.

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270.4.5 Getting the path of the URI


The path of the URI is the mandatory part of the URI that follows the port and comes before the query-part. For example, the path of http://johndoe@example.com:80/my/path?query#token is /my/path.
Getting the path from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http://example.com:80/my/path?a=b&c=d#token); $scheme = $uri->getPath(); // "/my/path"

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The getPath() method returns only the path of the URI object.

270.4.6 Getting the query-part of the URI


The query-part of the URI is the optional part of the URI that follows the path and comes before the fragment. For example, the query of http://johndoe@example.com:80/my/path?query#token is query.
Getting the query from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http://example.com:80/my/path?a=b&c=d#token); $scheme = $uri->getQuery(); // "a=b&c=d"

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The getQuery() method returns only the query-part of the URI object.
Getting the query as array from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http://example.com:80/my/path?a=b&c=d#token); $scheme = $uri->getQueryAsArray(); // array( // a => b, // c => d, // )

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The query-part often contains key=value pairs and therefore can be split into an associative array. This array can be retrieved using getQueryAsArray()

270.4.7 Getting the fragment-part of the URI


The fragment-part of the URI is the optional part of the URI that follows the query. For example, the fragment of http://johndoe@example.com:80/my/path?query#token is token.
Getting the fragment from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http://example.com:80/my/path?a=b&c=d#token); $scheme = $uri->getFragment(); // "token"

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The getFragment() method returns only the fragment-part of the URI object.

270.4.8 Getting the Entire URI


Getting the Entire URI from a Zend\Uri\UriInterface Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http://www.zend.com); echo $uri->toString(); // Alternate method: echo (string) $uri; // "http://www.zend.com"

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// "http://www.zend.com"

The toString() method returns the string representation of the entire URI. The Zend\Uri\UriInterface denes also a magic __toString() method that returns the string representation of the URI when the Object is cast to a string.

270.4.9 Validating the URI


When using Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory() the given URI will always be validated and a Zend\Uri\Exception\InvalidArgumentException will be thrown when the URI is invalid. However, after the Zend\Uri\UriInterface is instantiated for a new URI or an existing valid one, it is possible that the URI can later become invalid after it is manipulated.
Validating a ZendUri* Object $uri = Zend\Uri\UriFactory::factory(http://www.zend.com); $isValid = $uri->isValid(); // TRUE

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The isValid() instance method provides a means to check that the URI object is still valid.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\VALIDATOR
The Zend\Validator component provides a set of commonly needed validators. It also provides a simple validator chaining mechanism by which multiple validators may be applied to a single datum in a user-dened order.

271.1 What is a validator?


A validator examines its input with respect to some requirements and produces a boolean result - whether the input successfully validates against the requirements. If the input does not meet the requirements, a validator may additionally provide information about which requirement(s) the input does not meet. For example, a web application might require that a username be between six and twelve characters in length and may only contain alphanumeric characters. A validator can be used for ensuring that a username meets these requirements. If a chosen username does not meet one or both of the requirements, it would be useful to know which of the requirements the username fails to meet.

271.2 Basic usage of validators


Having dened validation in this way provides the foundation for Zend\Validator\ValidatorInterface, which denes two methods, isValid() and getMessages(). The isValid() method performs validation upon the provided value, returning TRUE if and only if the value passes against the validation criteria. If isValid() returns FALSE, the getMessages() returns an array of messages explaining the reason(s) for validation failure. The array keys are short strings that identify the reasons for validation failure, and the array values are the corresponding human-readable string messages. The keys and values are class-dependent; each validation class denes its own set of validation failure messages and the unique keys that identify them. Each class also has a const denition that matches each identier for a validation failure cause. Note: The getMessages() methods return validation failure information only for the most recent isValid() call. Each call to isValid() clears any messages and errors caused by a previous isValid() call, because its likely that each call to isValid() is made for a different input value. The following example illustrates validation of an e-mail address:
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foreach ($validator->getMessages() as $messageId => $message) { echo "Validation failure $messageId : $message\n"; } }

271.3 Customizing messages


Validator classes provide a setMessage() method with which you can specify the format of a message returned by getMessages() in case of validation failure. The rst argument of this method is a string containing the error message. You can include tokens in this string which will be substituted with data relevant to the validator. The token %value% is supported by all validators; this is substituted with the value you passed to isValid(). Other tokens may be supported on a case-by-case basis in each validation class. For example, %max% is a token supported by Zend\Validator\LessThan. The getMessageVariables() method returns an array of variable tokens supported by the validator. The second optional argument is a string that identies the validation failure message template to be set, which is useful when a validation class denes more than one cause for failure. If you omit the second argument, setMessage() assumes the message you specify should be used for the rst message template declared in the validation class. Many validation classes only have one error message template dened, so there is no need to specify which message template you are changing.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength(8); $validator->setMessage( The string \%value%\ is too short; it must be at least %min% . characters, Zend\Validator\StringLength::TOO_SHORT); if (!$validator->isValid(word)) { $messages = $validator->getMessages(); echo current($messages); // "The string word is too short; it must be at least 8 characters" }

You can set multiple messages using the setMessages() method. Its argument is an array containing key/message pairs.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength(array(min => 8, max => 12)); $validator->setMessages( array( Zend\Validator\StringLength::TOO_SHORT => The string \%value%\ is too short, Zend\Validator\StringLength::TOO_LONG => The string \%value%\ is too long ));

If your application requires even greater exibility with which it reports validation failures, you can access properties by the same name as the message tokens supported by a given validation class. The value property is always available in a validator; it is the value you specied as the argument of isValid(). Other properties may be supported on a case-by-case basis in each validation class.
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. . . . . . }

$validator->value ; its length is not between $validator->min and $validator->max "\n";

271.4 Translating messages


Note: In versions 2.0 - 2.1, Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator implemented Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorAwareInterface and accepted instances of Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator. Starting in version 2.2.0, Zend\Validator now denes a translator interface, Zend\Validator\Translator\TranslatorInterface, as well as its own -aware variant, Zend\Validator\Translator\TranslatorAwareInterface. This was done to reduce dependencies for the component, and follows the principal of Separated Interfaces. The upshot is that if you are migrating from a pre-2.2 version, and receiving errors indicating that the translator provided does not implement Zend\Validator\Translator\TranslatorInterface, you will need to make a change to your code. An implementation of Zend\Validator\Translator\TranslatorInterface is provided in Zend\Mvc\I18n\Translator, which also extends Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator. This version can be instantiated and used just as the original Zend\I18n version. A new service has also been registered with the MVC, MvcTranslator, which will return this specialized, bridge instance. Most users should see no issues, as Zend\Validator\ValidatorPluginManager has been modied to use the MvcTranslator service internally, which is how most developers were getting the translator instance into validators in the rst place. You will only need to change code if you were manually injecting the instance previously. Validator classes provide a setTranslator() method with which you can specify an instance of Zend\Validator\Translator\TranslatorInterface which will translate the messages in case of a validation failure. The getTranslator() method returns the translator instance. Zend\Mvc\I18n\Translator provides an implementation compatible with the validator component.
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With the static setDefaultTranslator() method you can set a instance of Zend\Validator\Translator\TranslatorInterface which will be used for all validation classes, and can be retrieved with getDefaultTranslator(). This prevents you from setting a translator manually for all validator classes, and simplies your code.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength(array(min => 8, max => 12)); if (!$validator->isTranslatorDisabled()) { $validator->setDisableTranslator(); }

It is also possible to use a translator instead of setting own messages with setMessage(). But doing so, you should keep in mind, that the translator works also on messages you set your own.

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Zend\Validator\Alnum allows you to validate if a given value contains only alphabetical characters and digits. There is no length limitation for the input you want to validate.

273.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Alnum


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Alnum: allowWhiteSpace: If whitespace characters are allowed. This option defaults to FALSE

273.2 Basic usage


A basic example is the following one:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Alnum(); if ($validator->isValid(Abcd12)) { // value contains only allowed chars } else { // false }

273.3 Using whitespaces


Per default whitespaces are not accepted because they are not part of the alphabet. Still, there is a way to accept them as input. This allows to validate complete sentences or phrases. To allow the usage of whitespaces you need to give the allowWhiteSpace option. This can be done while creating an instance of the validator, or afterwards by using setAllowWhiteSpace(). To get the actual state you can use getAllowWhiteSpace().
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273.4 Using different languages


When using Zend\Validator\Alnum then the language which the user sets within his browser will be used to set the allowed characters. This means when your user sets de for german then he can also enter characters like , and additionally to the characters from the english alphabet. Which characters are allowed depends completely on the used language as every language denes its own set of characters. There are actually 3 languages which are not accepted in their own script. These languages are korean, japanese and chinese because this languages are using an alphabet where a single character is build by using multiple characters. In the case you are using these languages, the input will only be validated by using the english alphabet.

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Zend\Validator\Alpha allows you to validate if a given value contains only alphabetical characters. There is no length limitation for the input you want to validate. This validator is related to the Zend\Validator\Alnum validator with the exception that it does not accept digits.

274.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Alpha


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Alpha: allowWhiteSpace: If whitespace characters are allowed. This option defaults to FALSE

274.2 Basic usage


A basic example is the following one:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Alpha(); if ($validator->isValid(Abcd)) { // value contains only allowed chars } else { // false }

274.3 Using whitespaces


Per default whitespaces are not accepted because they are not part of the alphabet. Still, there is a way to accept them as input. This allows to validate complete sentences or phrases. To allow the usage of whitespaces you need to give the allowWhiteSpace option. This can be done while creating an instance of the validator, or afterwards by using setAllowWhiteSpace(). To get the actual state you can use getAllowWhiteSpace().
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Alpha(array(allowWhiteSpace => true)); if ($validator->isValid(Abcd and efg)) { // value contains only allowed chars } else { // false }

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274.4 Using different languages


When using Zend\Validator\Alpha then the language which the user sets within his browser will be used to set the allowed characters. This means when your user sets de for german then he can also enter characters like , and additionally to the characters from the english alphabet. Which characters are allowed depends completely on the used language as every language denes its own set of characters. There are actually 3 languages which are not accepted in their own script. These languages are korean, japanese and chinese because this languages are using an alphabet where a single character is build by using multiple characters. In the case you are using these languages, the input will only be validated by using the english alphabet.

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BARCODE
Zend\Validator\Barcode allows you to check if a given value can be represented as barcode. Zend\Validator\Barcode supports multiple barcode standards and can be extended with proprietary barcode implementations very easily. The following barcode standards are supported: CODABAR: Also known as Code-a-bar. This barcode has no length limitation. It supports only digits, and 6 special chars. Codabar is a self-checking barcode. This standard is very old. Common use cases are within airbills or photo labs where multi-part forms are used with dot-matrix printers. CODE128: CODE128 is a high density barcode. This barcode has no length limitation. It supports the rst 128 ascii characters. When used with printing characters it has an checksum which is calculated modulo 103. This standard is used worldwide as it supports upper and lowercase characters. CODE25: Often called two of ve or Code25 Industrial. This barcode has no length limitation. It supports only digits, and the last digit can be an optional checksum which is calculated with modulo 10. This standard is very old and nowadays not often used. Common use cases are within the industry. CODE25INTERLEAVED: Often called Code 2 of 5 Interleaved. This standard is a variant of CODE25. It has no length limitation, but it must contain an even amount of characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit can be an optional checksum which is calculated with modulo 10. It is used worldwide and common on the market. CODE39: CODE39 is one of the oldest available codes. This barcode has a variable length. It supports digits, upper cased alphabetical characters and 7 special characters like whitespace, point and dollar sign. It can have an optional checksum which is calculated with modulo 43. This standard is used worldwide and common within the industry. CODE39EXT: CODE39EXT is an extension of CODE39. This barcode has the same properties as CODE39. Additionally it allows the usage of all 128 ASCII characters. This standard is used worldwide and common within the industry. CODE93: CODE93 is the successor of CODE39. This barcode has a variable length. It supports digits, alphabetical characters and 7 special characters. It has an optional checksum which is calculated with modulo 47 and contains 2 characters. This standard produces a denser code than CODE39 and is more secure. CODE93EXT: CODE93EXT is an extension of CODE93.

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This barcode has the same properties as CODE93. Additionally it allows the usage of all 128 ASCII characters. This standard is used worldwide and common within the industry. EAN2: EAN is the shortcut for European Article Number. These barcode must have 2 characters. It supports only digits and does not have a checksum. This standard is mainly used as addition to EAN13 (ISBN) when printed on books. EAN5: EAN is the shortcut for European Article Number. These barcode must have 5 characters. It supports only digits and does not have a checksum. This standard is mainly used as addition to EAN13 (ISBN) when printed on books. EAN8: EAN is the shortcut for European Article Number. These barcode can have 7 or 8 characters. It supports only digits. When it has a length of 8 characters it includes a checksum. This standard is used worldwide but has a very limited range. It can be found on small articles where a longer barcode could not be printed. EAN12: EAN is the shortcut for European Article Number. This barcode must have a length of 12 characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit is always a checksum which is calculated with modulo 10. This standard is used within the USA and common on the market. It has been superseded by EAN13. EAN13: EAN is the shortcut for European Article Number. This barcode must have a length of 13 characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit is always a checksum which is calculated with modulo 10. This standard is used worldwide and common on the market. EAN14: EAN is the shortcut for European Article Number. This barcode must have a length of 14 characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit is always a checksum which is calculated with modulo 10. This standard is used worldwide and common on the market. It is the successor for EAN13. EAN18: EAN is the shortcut for European Article Number. This barcode must have a length of 18 characters. It support only digits. The last digit is always a checksum digit which is calculated with modulo 10. This code is often used for the identication of shipping containers. GTIN12: GTIN is the shortcut for Global Trade Item Number. This barcode uses the same standard as EAN12 and is its successor. Its commonly used within the USA. GTIN13: GTIN is the shortcut for Global Trade Item Number. This barcode uses the same standard as EAN13 and is its successor. It is used worldwide by industry. GTIN14: GTIN is the shortcut for Global Trade Item Number. This barcode uses the same standard as EAN14 and is its successor. It is used worldwide and common on the market. IDENTCODE: Identcode is used by Deutsche Post and DHL. Its an specialized implementation of Code25. This barcode must have a length of 12 characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit is always a checksum which is calculated with modulo 10. This standard is mainly used by the companies DP and DHL. INTELLIGENTMAIL: Intelligent Mail is a postal barcode. This barcode can have a length of 20, 25, 29 or 31 characters. It supports only digits, and contains no checksum. This standard is the successor of PLANET and POSTNET. It is mainly used by the United States Postal Services. ISSN: ISSN is the abbreviation for International Standard Serial Number.

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This barcode can have a length of 8 or 13 characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit must be a checksum digit which is calculated with modulo 11. It is used worldwide for printed publications. ITF14: ITF14 is the GS1 implementation of an Interleaved Two of Five bar code. This barcode is a special variant of Interleaved 2 of 5. It must have a length of 14 characters and is based on GTIN14. It supports only digits, and the last digit must be a checksum digit which is calculated with modulo 10. It is used worldwide and common within the market. LEITCODE: Leitcode is used by Deutsche Post and DHL. Its an specialized implementation of Code25. This barcode must have a length of 14 characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit is always a checksum which is calculated with modulo 10. This standard is mainly used by the companies DP and DHL. PLANET: Planet is the abbreviation for Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique. This barcode can have a length of 12 or 14 characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit is always a checksum. This standard is mainly used by the United States Postal Services. POSTNET: Postnet is used by the US Postal Service. This barcode can have a length of 6, 7, 10 or 12 characters. It supports only digits, and the last digit is always a checksum. This standard is mainly used by the United States Postal Services. ROYALMAIL: Royalmail is used by Royal Mail. This barcode has no dened length. It supports digits, uppercase letters, and the last digit is always a checksum. This standard is mainly used by Royal Mail for their Cleanmail Service. It is also called RM4SCC. SSCC: SSCC is the shortcut for Serial Shipping Container Code. This barcode is a variant of EAN barcode. It must have a length of 18 characters and supports only digits. The last digit must be a checksum digit which is calculated with modulo 10. It is commonly used by the transport industry. UPCA: UPC is the shortcut for Universal Product Code. This barcode preceded EAN13. It must have a length of 12 characters and supports only digits. The last digit must be a checksum digit which is calculated with modulo 10. It is commonly used within the USA. UPCE: UPCE is the short variant from UPCA. This barcode is a smaller variant of UPCA. It can have a length of 6, 7 or 8 characters and supports only digits. When the barcode is 8 chars long it includes a checksum which is calculated with modulo 10. It is commonly used with small products where a UPCA barcode would not t.

275.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Barcode


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Barcode: adapter: Sets the barcode adapter which will be used. Supported are all above noted adapters. When using a self dened adapter, then you have to set the complete class name. checksum: TRUE when the barcode should contain a checksum. The default value depends on the used adapter. Note that some adapters dont allow to set this option. options: Denes optional options for a self written adapters.

275.1. Supported options for Zend\Validator\Barcode

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275.2 Basic usage


To validate if a given string is a barcode you just need to know its type. See the following example for an EAN13 barcode:
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Barcode(EAN13); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

275.3 Optional checksum


Some barcodes can be provided with an optional checksum. These barcodes would be valid even without checksum. Still, when you provide a checksum, then you should also validate it. By default, these barcode types perform no checksum validation. By using the checksum option you can dene if the checksum will be validated or ignored.
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Barcode(array( adapter => EAN13, checksum => false, )); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

Note: Reduced security by disabling checksum validation By switching off checksum validation you will also reduce the security of the used barcodes. Additionally you should note that you can also turn off the checksum validation for those barcode types which must contain a checksum value. Barcodes which would not be valid could then be returned as valid even if they are not.

275.4 Writing custom adapters


You may write custom barcode validators for usage with Zend\Validator\Barcode; this is often necessary when dealing with proprietary barcode types. To write your own barcode validator, you need the following information. Length: The length your barcode must have. It can have one of the following values: Integer: A value greater 0, which means that the barcode must have this length. -1: There is no limitation for the length of this barcode. even: The length of this barcode must have a even amount of digits. odd: The length of this barcode must have a odd amount of digits. array: An array of integer values. The length of this barcode must have one of the set array values. Characters: A string which contains all allowed characters for this barcode. Also the integer value 128 is allowed, which means the rst 128 characters of the ASCII table. Checksum: A string which will be used as callback for a method which does the checksum validation. 1144 Chapter 275. Barcode

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Your custom barcode validator must extend Zend\Validator\Barcode\AbstractAdapter or implement Zend\Validator\Barcode\AdapterInterface. As an example, lets create a validator that expects an even number of characters that include all digits and the letters ABCDE, and which requires a checksum.
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class My\Barcode\MyBar extends Zend\Validator\Barcode\AbstractAdapter { protected $length = even; protected $characters = 0123456789ABCDE; protected $checksum = mod66; protected function mod66($barcode) { // do some validations and return a boolean } } $valid = new Zend\Validator\Barcode(My\Barcode\MyBar); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

275.4. Writing custom adapters

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BETWEEN
Zend\Validator\Between allows you to validate if a given value is between two other values. Note: Zend\Validator\Between supports only number validation It should be noted that Zend\Validator\Between supports only the validation of numbers. Strings or dates can not be validated with this validator.

276.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Between


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Between: inclusive: Denes if the validation is inclusive the minimum and maximum border values or exclusive. It defaults to TRUE. max: Sets the maximum border for the validation. min: Sets the minimum border for the validation.

276.2 Default behaviour for Zend\Validator\Between


Per default this validator checks if a value is between min and max where both border values are allowed as value.
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Between(array(min => 0, max => 10)); $value = 10; $result = $valid->isValid($value); // returns true

In the above example the result is TRUE due to the reason that per default the search is inclusively the border values. This means in our case that any value from 0 to 10 is allowed. And values like -1 and 11 will return FALSE.

276.3 Validation exclusive the border values


Sometimes it is useful to validate a value by excluding the border values. See the following example:

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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Between( array( min => 0, max => 10, inclusive => false ) ); $value = 10; $result = $valid->isValid($value); // returns false

The example is almost equal to our rst example but we excluded the border value. Now the values 0 and 10 are no longer allowed and will return FALSE.

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CALLBACK
Zend\Validator\Callback allows you to provide a callback with which to validate a given value.

277.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Callback


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Callback: callback: Sets the callback which will be called for the validation. options: Sets the additional options which will be given to the callback.

277.2 Basic usage


The simplest usecase is to have a single function and use it as a callback. Lets expect we have the following function.
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function myMethod($value) { // some validation return true; }

To use it within Zend\Validator\Callback you just have to call it this way:


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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Callback(myMethod); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

277.3 Usage with closures


PHP 5.3 introduces closures, which are basically self-contained or anonymous functions. PHP considers closures another form of callback, and, as such, may be used with Zend\Validator\Callback. As an example:
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if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

277.4 Usage with class-based callbacks


Of course its also possible to use a class method as callback. Lets expect we have the following class method:
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class MyClass { public function myMethod($value) { // some validation return true; } }

The denition of the callback is in this case almost the same. You have just to create an instance of the class before the method and create an array describing the callback:
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$object = new MyClass; $valid = new Zend\Validator\Callback(array($object, myMethod)); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

You may also dene a static method as a callback. Consider the following class denition and validator usage:
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class MyClass { public static function test($value) { // some validation return true; } } $valid = new Zend\Validator\Callback(array(MyClass, test)); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

Finally, if you are using PHP 5.3, you may dene the magic method __invoke() in your class. If you do so, simply providing an instance of the class as the callback will also work:
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class MyClass { public function __invoke($value) { // some validation

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return true; } } $object = new MyClass(); $valid = new Zend\Validator\Callback($object); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

277.5 Adding options


Zend\Validator\Callback also allows the usage of options which are provided as additional arguments to the callback. Consider the following class and method denition:
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class MyClass { function myMethod($value, $option) { // some validation return true; } //if a context is present function myMethod($value, $context, $option) { // some validation return true; } }

There are two ways to inform the validator of additional options: pass them in the constructor, or pass them to the setOptions() method. To pass them to the constructor, you would need to pass an array containing two keys, callback and options:
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Callback(array( callback => array(MyClass, myMethod), options => $option, )); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

Otherwise, you may pass them to the validator after instantiation:


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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Callback(array(MyClass, myMethod)); $valid->setOptions($option);

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if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

When there are additional values given to isValid() then these values will be added immediately after $value.
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Callback(array(MyClass, myMethod)); $valid->setOptions($option); if ($valid->isValid($input, $additional)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

When making the call to the callback, the value to be validated will always be passed as the rst argument to the callback followed by all other values given to isValid(); all other options will follow it. The amount and type of options which can be used is not limited.

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CREDITCARD
Zend\Validator\CreditCard allows you to validate if a given value could be a credit card number. A credit card contains several items of metadata, including a hologram, account number, logo, expiration date, security code and the card holder name. The algorithms for verifying the combination of metadata are only known to the issuing company, and should be veried with them for purposes of payment. However, its often useful to know whether or not a given number actually falls within the ranges of possible numbers prior to performing such verication, and, as such, Zend\Validator\CreditCard simply veries that the credit card number provided is well-formed. For those cases where you have a service that can perform comprehensive verication, Zend\Validator\CreditCard also provides the ability to attach a service callback to trigger once the credit card number has been deemed valid; this callback will then be triggered, and its return value will determine overall validity. The following issuing institutes are accepted: American Express China UnionPay Diners Club Card Blanche Diners Club International Diners Club US & Canada Discover Card JCB Laser Maestro MasterCard Solo Visa Visa Electron Note: Invalid institutes The institutes Bankcard and Diners Club enRoute do not exist anymore. Therefore they are treated as invalid. Switch has been rebranded to Visa and is therefore also treated as invalid.

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278.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\CreditCard


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\CreditCard: service: A callback to an online service which will additionally be used for the validation. type: The type of credit card which will be validated. See the below list of institutes for details.

278.2 Basic usage


There are several credit card institutes which can be validated by Zend\Validator\CreditCard. Per default, all known institutes will be accepted. See the following example:
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\CreditCard(); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

The above example would validate against all known credit card institutes.

278.3 Accepting dened credit cards


Sometimes it is necessary to accept only dened credit card institutes instead of all; e.g., when you have a webshop which accepts only Visa and American Express cards. Zend\Validator\CreditCard allows you to do exactly this by limiting it to exactly these institutes. To use a limitation you can either provide specic institutes at initiation, or afterwards by using setType(). Each can take several arguments. You can provide a single institute:
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\CreditCard( Zend\Validator\CreditCard::AMERICAN_EXPRESS );

When you want to allow multiple institutes, then you can provide them as array:
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\CreditCard(array( Zend\Validator\CreditCard::AMERICAN_EXPRESS, Zend\Validator\CreditCard::VISA ));

And as with all validators, you can also pass an associative array of options or an instance of Traversable. In this case you have to provide the institutes with the type array key as simulated here:
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Table 278.1: Constants for credit card institutes Institute American Express China UnionPay Diners Club Card Blanche Diners Club International Diners Club US & Canada Discover Card JCB Laser Maestro MasterCard Solo Visa Visa Electron Constant ZendValidatorCreditCard::AMERICAN_EXPRESS ZendValidatorCreditCard::UNIONPAY ZendValidatorCreditCard::DINERS_CLUB ZendValidatorCreditCard::DINERS_CLUB ZendValidatorCreditCard::DINERS_CLUB_US ZendValidatorCreditCard::DISCOVER ZendValidatorCreditCard::JCB ZendValidatorCreditCard::LASER ZendValidatorCreditCard::MAESTRO ZendValidatorCreditCard::MASTERCARD ZendValidatorCreditCard::SOLO ZendValidatorCreditCard::VISA ZendValidatorCreditCard::VISA

You can also set or add institutes afterward instantiation by using the methods setType(), addType() and getType().
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\CreditCard(); $valid->setType(array( Zend\Validator\CreditCard::AMERICAN_EXPRESS, Zend\Validator\CreditCard::VISA ));

Note: Default institute When no institute is given at initiation then ALL will be used, which sets all institutes at once. In this case the usage of addType() is useless because all institutes are already added.

278.4 Validation by using foreign APIs


As said before Zend\Validator\CreditCard will only validate the credit card number. Fortunately, some institutes provide online API s which can validate a credit card number by using algorithms which are not available to the public. Most of these services are paid services. Therefore, this check is deactivated per default. When you have access to such an API, then you can use it as an add on for Zend\Validator\CreditCard and increase the security of the validation. To do so, you simply need to give a callback which will be called when the generic validation has passed. This prevents the API from being called for invalid numbers, which increases the performance of the application. setService() sets a new service, and getService() returns the set service. As a conguration option, you can give the array key service at initiation. For details about possible options take a look into Callback.
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// Your service class class CcService { public function checkOnline($cardnumber, $types) { // some online validation } }

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// The validation $service = new CcService(); $valid = new Zend\Validator\CreditCard(Zend\Validator\CreditCard::VISA); $valid->setService(array($service, checkOnline));

As you can see the callback method will be called with the credit card number as the rst parameter, and the accepted types as the second parameter.

278.5 Ccnum
Note: The Ccnum validator has been deprecated in favor of the CreditCard validator. For security reasons you should use CreditCard instead of Ccnum.

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DATE
Zend\Validator\Date allows you to validate if a given value contains a date. This validator validates also localized input.

279.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Date


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Date: format: Sets the format which is used to write the date. locale: Sets the locale which will be used to validate date values.

279.2 Default date validation


The easiest way to validate a date is by using the default date format. It is used when no locale and no format has been given.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Date(); $validator->isValid(2000-10-10); // returns true $validator->isValid(10.10.2000); // returns false

The default date format for Zend\Validator\Date is yyyy-MM-dd.

279.3 Localized date validation


Zend\Validator\Date validates also dates which are given in a localized format. By using the locale option you can dene the locale which the date format should use for validation.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Date(array(locale => de)); $validator->isValid(10.Feb.2010); // returns true $validator->isValid(10.May.2010); // returns false

The locale option sets the default date format. In the above example this is j.M.Y which is dened as default date format for de.

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279.4 Self dened date validation


Zend\Validator\Date supports also self dened date formats. When you want to validate such a date you can use the format option. This option accepts format as specied in the standard PHP function date().
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Date(array(format => Y)); $validator->isValid(2010); // returns true $validator->isValid(May); // returns false

Of course you can combine format and locale. In this case you can also use localized month or day names.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Date(array(format => Y F, locale => de)); $validator->isValid(2010 Dezember); // returns true $validator->isValid(2010 June); // returns false

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Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists and Zend\Validator\Db\NoRecordExists provide a means to test whether a record exists in a given table of a database, with a given value.

280.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Db\*


The following options are supported Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists: for Zend\Validator\Db\NoRecordExists and

adapter: The database adapter that will be used for the search. exclude: Sets records that will be excluded from the search. eld: The database eld within this table that will be searched for the record. schema: Sets the schema that will be used for the search. table: The table that will be searched for the record. Note: In ZF1 it was possible to set an application wide default database adapter that was consumed by this class. As this is not possible in ZF2, it is now always required to supply an adapter.

280.2 Basic usage


An example of basic usage of the validators:
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//Check that the email address exists in the database $validator = new Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists( array( table => users, field => emailaddress, adapter => $dbAdapter ) ); if ($validator->isValid($emailaddress)) { // email address appears to be valid } else { // email address is invalid; print the reasons foreach ($validator->getMessages() as $message) {

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The above will test that a given email address is in the database table. If no record is found containing the value of $emailaddress in the specied column, then an error message is displayed.
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//Check that the username is not present in the database $validator = new Zend\Validator\Db\NoRecordExists( array( table => users, field => username, adapter => $dbAdapter ) ); if ($validator->isValid($username)) { // username appears to be valid } else { // username is invalid; print the reason $messages = $validator->getMessages(); foreach ($messages as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } }

The above will test that a given username is not in the database table. If a record is found containing the value of $username in the specied column, then an error message is displayed.

280.3 Excluding records


Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists and Zend\Validator\Db\NoRecordExists also provide a means to test the database, excluding a part of the table, either by providing a where clause as a string, or an array with the keys eld and value. When providing an array for the exclude clause, the != operator is used, so you can check the rest of a table for a value before altering a record (for example on a user prole form)
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//Check no other users have the username $user_id = $user->getId(); $validator = new Zend\Validator\Db\NoRecordExists( array( table => users, field => username, exclude => array( field => id, value => $user_id ) ) ); if ($validator->isValid($username)) { // username appears to be valid } else { // username is invalid; print the reason $messages = $validator->getMessages(); foreach ($messages as $message) { echo "$message\n";

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} }

The above example will check the table to ensure no records other than the one where id = $user_id contains the value $username. You can also provide a string to the exclude clause so you can use an operator other than !=. This can be useful for testing against composite keys.
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$email = user@example.com; $clause = $dbAdapter->quoteIdentifier(email) . = . $dbAdapter->quoteValue($email); $validator = new Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists( array( table => users, field => username, adapter => $dbAdapter, exclude => $clause ) ); if ($validator->isValid($username)) { // username appears to be valid } else { // username is invalid; print the reason $messages = $validator->getMessages(); foreach ($messages as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } }

The above example will check the users table to ensure that only a record with both the username $username and with the email $email is valid.

280.4 Database Schemas


You can specify a schema within your database for adapters such as PostgreSQL and DB/2 by simply supplying an array with table and schema keys. As in the example below:
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$validator = new array( table schema field ) );

Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists( => users, => my, => id

280.5 Using a Select object


It is also possible to supply the validators with a Zend\Db\Sql\Select object in place of options. The validator then uses this object instead of building its own. This allows for greater exibility with selection of records used for validation.
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$select = new Zend\Db\Sql\Select(); $select->from(users)

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->where->equalTo(id, $user_id) ->where->equalTo(email, $email); $validator = new Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists($select); // We still need to set our database adapter $validator->setAdapter($dbAdapter); // Validation is then performed as usual if ($validator->isValid($username)) { // username appears to be valid } else { // username is invalid; print the reason $messages = $validator->getMessages(); foreach ($messages as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } }

The above example will check the users table to ensure that only a record with both the username and with the email $email is valid.

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DIGITS
Zend\Validator\Digits validates if a given value contains only digits.

281.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Digits


There are no additional options for Zend\Validator\Digits:

281.2 Validating digits


To validate if a given value contains only digits and no other characters, simply call the validator like shown in this example:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Digits(); $validator->isValid("1234567890"); // returns true $validator->isValid(1234); // returns true $validator->isValid(1a234); // returns false

Note: Validating numbers When you want to validate numbers or numeric values, be aware that this validator only validates digits. This means that any other sign like a thousand separator or a comma will not pass this validator. In this case you should use Zend\I18n\Validator\Int or Zend\I18n\Validator\Float.

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EMAILADDRESS
Zend\Validator\EmailAddress allows you to validate an email address. The validator rst splits the email address on local-part @ hostname and attempts to match these against known specications for email addresses and hostnames.

282.1 Basic usage


A basic example of usage is below:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\EmailAddress(); if ($validator->isValid($email)) { // email appears to be valid } else { // email is invalid; print the reasons foreach ($validator->getMessages() as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } }

This will match the email address $email and on failure populate getMessages() with useful error messages.

282.2 Options for validating Email Addresses


Zend\Validator\EmailAddress supports several options which can either be set at initiation, by giving an array with the related options, or afterwards, by using setOptions(). The following options are supported: allow: Denes which type of domain names are accepted. This option is used in conjunction with the hostname option to set the hostname validator. For more information about possible values of this option, look at Hostname and possible ALLOW* constants. This option defaults to ALLOW_DNS. deep: Denes if the servers MX records should be veried by a deep check. When this option is set to TRUE then additionally to MX records also the A, A6 and AAAA records are used to verify if the server accepts emails. This option defaults to FALSE. domain: Denes if the domain part should be checked. When this option is set to FALSE, then only the local part of the email address will be checked. In this case the hostname validator will not be called. This option defaults to TRUE. hostname: Sets the hostname validator with which the domain part of the email address will be validated. mx: Denes if the MX records from the server should be detected. If this option is dened to TRUE then the MX records are used to verify if the server accepts emails. This option defaults to FALSE. 1165

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$validator = new Zend\Validator\EmailAddress(); $validator->setOptions(array(domain => false));

282.3 Complex local parts


Zend\Validator\EmailAddress will match any valid email address according to RFC2822. For example, valid emails include bob@domain.com, bob+jones@domain.us, bob@jones@domain.com and bob jones@domain.com Some obsolete email formats will not currently validate (e.g. carriage returns or a \ character in an email address).

282.4 Validating only the local part


If you need Zend\Validator\EmailAddress to check only the local part of an email address, and want to disable validation of the hostname, you can set the domain option to FALSE. This forces Zend\Validator\EmailAddress not to validate the hostname part of the email address.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\EmailAddress(); $validator->setOptions(array(domain => FALSE));

282.5 Validating different types of hostnames


The hostname part of an email address is validated against Zend\Validator\Hostname. By default only DNS hostnames of the form domain.com are accepted, though if you wish you can accept IP addresses and Local hostnames too. To do this you need to instantiate Zend\Validator\EmailAddress passing a parameter to indicate the type of hostnames you want to accept. More details are included in Zend\Validator\Hostname, though an example of how to accept both DNS and Local hostnames appears below:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\EmailAddress( Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_DNS | Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_LOCAL); if ($validator->isValid($email)) { // email appears to be valid } else { // email is invalid; print the reasons foreach ($validator->getMessages() as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } }

282.6 Checking if the hostname actually accepts email


Just because an email address is in the correct format, it doesnt necessarily mean that email address actually exists. To help solve this problem, you can use MX validation to check whether an MX (email) entry exists in the DNS record for the emails hostname. This tells you that the hostname accepts email, but doesnt tell you the exact email address itself is valid.

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MX checking is not enabled by default. To enable MX checking you can pass a second parameter to the Zend\Validator\EmailAddress constructor.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\EmailAddress( array( allow => Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_DNS, useMxCheck => true ) );

Note: MX Check under Windows Within Windows environments MX checking is only available when PHP 5.3 or above is used. Below PHP 5.3 MX checking will not be used even if its activated within the options. Alternatively you can either pass TRUE or FALSE to setValidateMx() to enable or disable MX validation. By enabling this setting network functions will be used to check for the presence of an MX record on the hostname of the email address you wish to validate. Please be aware this will likely slow your script down. Sometimes validation for MX records returns FALSE, even if emails are accepted. The reason behind this behaviour is, that servers can accept emails even if they do not provide a MX record. In this case they can provide A, A6 or AAAA records. To allow Zend\Validator\EmailAddress to check also for these other records, you need to set deep MX validation. This can be done at initiation by setting the deep option or by using setOptions().
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\EmailAddress( array( allow => Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_DNS, useMxCheck => true, useDeepMxCheck => true ) );

Sometimes it can be useful to get the servers MX information which have been used to do further processing. Simply use getMXRecord() after validation. This method returns the received MX record including weight and sorted by it. Warning: Performance warning You should be aware that enabling MX check will slow down you script because of the used network functions. Enabling deep check will slow down your script even more as it searches the given server for 3 additional types.

Note: Disallowed IP addresses You should note that MX validation is only accepted for external servers. When deep MX validation is enabled, then local IP addresses like 192.168.* or 169.254.* are not accepted.

282.7 Validating International Domains Names


Zend\Validator\EmailAddress will also match international characters that exist in some domains. This is known as International Domain Name (IDN) support. This is enabled by default, though you can disable this by changing the setting via the internal Zend\Validator\Hostname object that exists within Zend\Validator\EmailAddress.

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$validator->getHostnameValidator()->setValidateIdn(false);

More information on the usage of setValidateIdn() appears in the Zend\Validator\Hostname documentation. Please note IDNs are only validated if you allow DNS hostnames to be validated.

282.8 Validating Top Level Domains


By default a hostname will be checked against a list of known TLDs. This is enabled by default, though you can disable this by changing the setting via the internal Zend\Validator\Hostname object that exists within Zend\Validator\EmailAddress.
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$validator->getHostnameValidator()->setValidateTld(false);

More information on the usage of setValidateTld() appears in the Zend\Validator\Hostname documentation. Please note TLDs are only validated if you allow DNS hostnames to be validated.

282.9 Setting messages


Zend\Validator\EmailAddress makes also use of Zend\Validator\Hostname to check the hostname part of a given email address. As with Zend Framework 1.10 you can simply set messages for Zend\Validator\Hostname from within Zend\Validator\EmailAddress.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\EmailAddress(); $validator->setMessages( array( Zend\Validator\Hostname::UNKNOWN_TLD => I don\t know the TLD you gave ) );

Before Zend Framework 1.10 you had to attach the messages to your own Zend\Validator\Hostname, and then set this validator within Zend\Validator\EmailAddress to get your own messages returned.

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GREATERTHAN
Zend\Validator\GreaterThan allows you to validate if a given value is greater than a minimum border value. Note: Zend\Validator\GreaterThan supports only number validation It should be noted that Zend\Validator\GreaterThan supports only the validation of numbers. Strings or dates can not be validated with this validator.

283.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\GreaterThan


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\GreaterThan: inclusive: Denes if the validation is inclusive the minimum border value or exclusive. It defaults to FALSE. min: Sets the minimum allowed value.

283.2 Basic usage


To validate if a given value is greater than a dened border simply use the following example.
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\GreaterThan(array(min => 10)); $value = 8; $return = $valid->isValid($value); // returns false

The above example returns TRUE for all values which are greater than 10.

283.3 Validation inclusive the border value


Sometimes it is useful to validate a value by including the border value. See the following example:
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$result = $valid->isValid($value); // returns true

The example is almost equal to our rst example but we included the border value. Now the value 10 is allowed and will return TRUE.

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Zend\Validator\Hex allows you to validate if a given value contains only hexadecimal characters. These are all characters from 0 to 9 and A to F case insensitive. There is no length limitation for the input you want to validate.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Hex(); if ($validator->isValid(123ABC)) { // value contains only hex chars } else { // false }

Note: Invalid characters All other characters will return false, including whitespace and decimal point. Also unicode zeros and numbers from other scripts than latin will not be treated as valid.

284.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Hex


There are no additional options for Zend\Validator\Hex:

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HOSTNAME
Zend\Validator\Hostname allows you to validate a hostname against a set of known specications. It is possible to check for three different types of hostnames: a DNS Hostname (i.e. domain.com), IP address (i.e. 1.2.3.4), and Local hostnames (i.e. localhost). By default only DNS hostnames are matched.

285.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Hostname


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Hostname: allow: Denes the sort of hostname which is allowed to be used. See Hostname types for details. idn: Denes if IDN domains are allowed or not. This option defaults to TRUE. ip: Allows to dene a own IP validator. This option defaults to a new instance of Zend\Validator\Ip. tld: Denes if TLDs are validated. This option defaults to TRUE.

285.2 Basic usage


A basic example of usage is below:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Hostname(); if ($validator->isValid($hostname)) { // hostname appears to be valid } else { // hostname is invalid; print the reasons foreach ($validator->getMessages() as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } }

This will match the hostname $hostname and on failure populate getMessages() with useful error messages.

285.3 Validating different types of hostnames


You may nd you also want to match IP addresses, Local hostnames, or a combination of all allowed types. This can be done by passing a parameter to Zend\Validator\Hostname when you instantiate it. The parameter should be an integer which determines what types of hostnames are allowed. You are encouraged to use the Zend\Validator\Hostname constants to do this.

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The Zend\Validator\Hostname constants are: ALLOW_DNS to allow only DNS hostnames, ALLOW_IP to allow IP addresses, ALLOW_LOCAL to allow local network names, ALLOW_URI to allow RFC3986-compliant addresses, and ALLOW_ALL to allow all four above types. Note: Additional Information on ALLOW_URI ALLOW_URI allows to check hostnames according to RFC3986. These are registered names which are used by WINS, NetInfo and also local hostnames like those dened within your .hosts le. To just check for IP addresses you can use the example below:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Hostname(Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_IP); if ($validator->isValid($hostname)) { // hostname appears to be valid } else { // hostname is invalid; print the reasons foreach ($validator->getMessages() as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } }

As well as using ALLOW_ALL to accept all common hostnames types you can combine these types to allow for combinations. For example, to accept DNS and Local hostnames instantiate your Zend\Validator\Hostname class as so:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Hostname(Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_DNS | Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_IP);

285.4 Validating International Domains Names


Some Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs), such as de (Germany), support international characters in domain names. These are known as International Domain Names (IDN ). These domains can be matched by Zend\Validator\Hostname via extended characters that are used in the validation process. Note: IDN domains Until now more than 50 ccTLDs support IDN domains. To match an IDN domain its as simple as just using the standard Hostname validator since IDN matching is enabled by default. If you wish to disable IDN validation this can be done by either passing a parameter to the Zend\Validator\Hostname constructor or via the setValidateIdn() method. You can disable IDN validation by passing a second parameter to the Zend\Validator\Hostname constructor in the following way.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Hostname( array( allow => Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_DNS, useIdnCheck => false ) );

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international characters in it. Where a ccTLD le doesnt exist in Zend/Validator/Hostname specifying the additional characters a normal hostname validation is performed. Note: IDN validation Please note that IDN s are only validated if you allow DNS hostnames to be validated.

285.5 Validating Top Level Domains


By default a hostname will be checked against a list of known TLDs. If this functionality is not required it can be disabled in much the same way as disabling IDN support. You can disable TLD validation by passing a third parameter to the Zend\Validator\Hostname constructor. In the example below we are supporting IDN validation via the second parameter.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Hostname( array( allow => Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_DNS, useIdnCheck => true, useTldCheck => false ) );

Alternatively you can either pass TRUE or FALSE to setValidateTld() to enable or disable TLD validation. Note: TLD validation Please note TLDs are only validated if you allow DNS hostnames to be validated.

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IBAN
Zend\Validator\Iban validates if a given value could be a IBAN number. IBAN is the abbreviation for International Bank Account Number.

286.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Iban


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Iban: country_code: Sets the country code which is used to get the IBAN format for validation.

286.2 IBAN validation


IBAN numbers are always related to a country. This means that different countries use different formats for their IBAN numbers. This is the reason why IBAN numbers always need a country code. By knowing this we already know how to use Zend\Validator\Iban.

286.2.1 Ungreedy IBAN validation


Sometime it is useful, just to validate if the given value is a IBAN number or not. This means that you dont want to validate it against a dened country. This can be done by using a FALSE as locale.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Iban(array(country_code => false)); // Note: you can also set a FALSE as single parameter if ($validator->isValid(AT611904300234573201)) { // IBAN appears to be valid } else { // IBAN is not valid }

So any IBAN number will be valid. Note that this should not be done when you accept only accounts from a single country.

286.2.2 Region aware IBAN validation


To validate against a dened country, you just need to give the wished country code. You can do this by the option country_code and also afterwards by using setCountryCode().

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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Iban(array(country_code => AT)); if ($validator->isValid(AT611904300234573201)) { // IBAN appears to be valid } else { // IBAN is not valid }

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IDENTICAL
Zend\Validator\Identical allows you to validate if a given value is identical with a set token.

287.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Identical


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Identical: strict: Denes if the validation should be done strict. The default value is TRUE. token: Sets the token with which the input will be validated against. literal: If set to TRUE, the validation will skip the lookup for elements in the form context, and validate the token just the way it was provided. The default value is FALSE.

287.2 Basic usage


To validate if two values are identical you need to set the origin value as the token. See the following example which validates a string against the given token.
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Identical(origin); if ($valid->isValid($value)) { return true; }

The validation will only then return TRUE when both values are 100% identical. In our example, when $value is origin. You can set the wished token also afterwards by using the method setToken() and getToken() to get the actual set token.

287.3 Identical objects


Of course Zend\Validator\Identical can not only validate strings, but also any other variable type like Boolean, Integer, Float, Array or even Objects. As already noted Token and Value must be identical.
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// input is invalid }

Note: Type comparison You should be aware that also the type of a variable is used for validation. This means that the string 3 is not identical with the integer 3. When you want such a non strict validation you must set the strict option to false.

287.4 Form elements


Zend\Validator\Identical supports also the comparison of form elements. This can be done by using the elements name as token. See the following example:
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$form->add(array( name => elementOne, type => Password, )); $form->add(array( name => elementTwo, type => Password, validators => array( array( name => Identical, options => array( token => elementOne, ), ), ), ));

By using the elements name from the rst element as token for the second element, the validator validates if the second element is equal with the rst element. In the case your user does not enter two identical values, you will get a validation error.

287.4.1 Validating a Value From a Fieldset


Sometimes you will need to validate an input that lives inside a eldset, and this can be accomplished, see the following example.
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use use use use use

Zend\Form\Element; Zend\Form\Fieldset; Zend\Form\Form; Zend\InputFilter\Input; Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter;

$userFieldset = new Fieldset(user); // (1) $userFieldset->add(array( name => email, // (2) type => Email, )); // Lets add one fieldset inside the user fieldset, // so we can see how to manage the token in a different deepness

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$deeperFieldset = new Fieldset(deeperFieldset); // (3) $deeperFieldset->add(array( name => deeperFieldsetInput, // (4) type => Text, options => array( label => What validator are we testing?, ), )); $userFieldset->add($deeperFieldset); $signUpForm = new Form(signUp); $signUpForm->add($userFieldset); // Add an input that will validate the email input from user fieldset $signUpForm->add(array( name => confirmEmail, // (5) type => Email, )); // Add an input that will validate the deeperFieldsetInput from deeperFieldset // that lives inside the user fieldset $signUpForm->add(array( name => confirmTestingValidator, // (6) type => Text, )); $inputFilter = new InputFilter(); // This will ensure the user enter the same email in email (2) and confirmEmail (5) $inputFilter->add(array( name => confirmEmail, // references (5) validators => array( array( name => Identical, options => array( // user key references user fieldset (1), and email references email element // user fieldset (2) token => array(user => email), ), ), ), )); // This will ensure the user enter the same string in deeperFieldsetInput (4) // and confirmTestingValidator (6) $inputFilter->add(array( name => confirmTestingValidator, // references (6) validators => array( array( name => Identical, options => array( token => array( user => array( // references user fieldset (1) // deeperFieldset key references deeperFieldset fieldset (3) // deeperFieldsetInput references deeperFieldsetInput element (4) deeperFieldset => deeperFieldsetInput ) ), ), ), ), ));

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$signUpForm->setInputFilter($inputFilter);

Note: Aways make sure that your token array have just one key per level all the way till the leaf, otherwise you can end up with unexpected results.

287.5 Strict validation


As mentioned before Zend\Validator\Identical validates tokens strict. You can change this behaviour by using the strict option. The default value for this property is TRUE.
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\Identical(array(token => 123, strict => FALSE)); $input = 123; if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

The difference to the previous example is that the validation returns in this case TRUE, even if you compare a integer with string value as long as the content is identical but not the type. For convenience you can also use setStrict() and getStrict().

287.6 Conguration
As all other validators, Zend\Validator\Identical also supports the usage of conguration settings as input parameter. This means that you can congure this validator with a Traversable object. There is a case which you should be aware of. If you are using an array as token, and it contains a token key, you should wrap it within another token key. See the examples below to undestand this situation.
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// This will not validate array(token => 123), it will actually validate the integer 123 $valid = new Zend\Validator\Identical(array(token => 123)); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

The reason for this special case is that you can congure the token which has to be used by giving the token key. So, when you are using an array as token, and it contains one element with a token key, then you have to wrap it like shown in the example below.
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// Unlike the previous example, this will validate array(token => 123) $valid = new Zend\Validator\Identical(array(token => array(token => 123))); if ($valid->isValid($input)) { // input appears to be valid } else { // input is invalid }

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Zend\Validator\InArray allows you to validate if a given value is contained within an array. It is also able to validate multidimensional arrays.

288.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\InArray


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\InArray: haystack: Sets the haystack for the validation. recursive: Denes if the validation should be done recursive. This option defaults to FALSE. strict: Three modes of comparison are offered owing to an often overlooked, and potentially dangerous security issue when validating string input from user input. InArray::COMPARE_STRICT This is a normal in_array strict comparison that checks value and type. InArray::COMPARE_NOT_STRICT This is a normal in_array non-strict comparison that checks value only. Warning: This mode may give false positives when strings are compared against ints or oats owing to in_arrays behaviour of converting strings to int in such cases. Therefore, foo would become 0, 43foo would become 43, while foo43 would also become 0. InArray::COMPARE_NOT_STRICT_AND_PREVENT_STR_TO_INT_VULNERABILITY To remedy the above warning, this mode offers a middle-ground which allows string representations of numbers to be successfully matched against either their string or int counterpart and vice versa. For example: 0 will successfully match against 0, but foo would not match against 0 as would be true in the *COMPARE_NOT_STRICT* mode. This is the safest option to use when validating web input, and is the default. Denes if the validation should be done strict. This option defaults to FALSE.

288.2 Simple array validation


The simplest way, is just to give the array which should be searched against at initiation:

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$validator = new Zend\Validator\InArray(array(haystack => array(value1, value2,...valueN))); if ($validator->isValid(value)) { // value found } else { // no value found }

This will behave exactly like PHPs in_array() method. Note: Per default this validation is not strict nor can it validate multidimensional arrays. Alternatively, you can dene the array to validate against after object construction by using the setHaystack() method. getHaystack() returns the actual set haystack array.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\InArray(); $validator->setHaystack(array(value1, value2,...valueN)); if ($validator->isValid(value)) { // value found } else { // no value found }

288.3 Array validation modes


As previously mentioned, there are possible security issues when using the default non-strict comparison mode, so rather than restricting the developer, weve chosen to offer both strict and non-strict comparisons and adding a safer middle-ground. Its possible to set the strict mode at initialisation and afterwards with the setStrict method. InArray::COMPARE_STRICT equates to true and InArray::COMPARE_NOT_STRICT_AND_PREVENT_STR_TO_INT_VULNERABILITY equates to false.
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// defaults to InArray::COMPARE_NOT_STRICT_AND_PREVENT_STR_TO_INT_VULNERABILITY $validator = new Zend\Validator\InArray( array( haystack => array(value1, value2,...valueN), ) ); // set strict mode $validator = new Zend\Validator\InArray( array( haystack => array(value1, value2,...valueN), strict => InArray::COMPARE_STRICT // equates to true ) ); // set non-strict mode $validator = new Zend\Validator\InArray( array( haystack => array(value1, value2,...valueN), strict => InArray:COMPARE_NOT_STRICT // equates to false ) );

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// or $validator->setStrict(InArray::COMPARE_STRICT); $validator->setStrict(InArray::COMPARE_NOT_STRICT); $validator->setStrict(InArray::COMPARE_NOT_STRICT_AND_PREVENT_STR_TO_INT_VULNERABILITY);

Note: Note that the strict setting is per default FALSE.

288.4 Recursive array validation


In addition to PHPs in_array() method this validator can also be used to validate multidimensional arrays. To validate multidimensional arrays you have to set the recursive option.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\InArray( array( haystack => array( firstDimension => array(value1, value2,...valueN), secondDimension => array(foo1, foo2,...fooN)), recursive => true ) ); if ($validator->isValid(value)) { // value found } else { // no value found }

Your array will then be validated recursively to see if the given value is contained. Additionally you could use setRecursive() to set this option afterwards and getRecursive() to retrieve it.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\InArray( array( firstDimension => array(value1, value2,...valueN), secondDimension => array(foo1, foo2,...fooN) ) ); $validator->setRecursive(true); if ($validator->isValid(value)) { // value found } else { // no value found }

Note: Default setting for recursion Per default the recursive validation is turned off.

Note: Option keys within the haystack

288.4. Recursive array validation

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IP
Zend\Validator\Ip allows you to validate if a given value is an IP address. It supports the IPv4, IPv6 and IPvFeature denitions.

289.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Ip


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Ip: allowipv4: Denes if the validator allows IPv4 addresses. This option defaults to TRUE. allowipv6: Denes if the validator allows IPv6 addresses. This option defaults to TRUE. allowipvfuture: Denes if the validator allows IPvFuture addresses. This option defaults to false. allowliteral: Denes if the validator allows IPv6 or IPvFuture with URI literal style (the IP surrounded by brackets). This option defaults to true.

289.2 Basic usage


A basic example of usage is below:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Ip(); if ($validator->isValid($ip)) { // ip appears to be valid } else { // ip is invalid; print the reasons }

Note: Invalid IP addresses Keep in mind that Zend\Validator\Ip only validates IP addresses. Addresses like mydomain.com or 192.168.50.1/index.html are no valid IP addresses. They are either hostnames or valid URLs but not IP addresses.

Note: IPv6/IPvFuture validation Zend\Validator\Ip validates IPv6/IPvFuture addresses with regex. The reason is that the lters and methods from PHP itself dont follow the RFC. Many other available classes also dont follow it.

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289.3 Validate IPv4 or IPV6 alone


Sometimes its useful to validate only one of the supported formats. For example when your network only supports IPv4. In this case it would be useless to allow IPv6 within this validator. To limit Zend\Validator\Ip to one protocol you can set the options allowipv4 or allowipv6 to FALSE. You can do this either by giving the option to the constructor or by using setOptions() afterwards.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Ip(array(allowipv6 => false)); if ($validator->isValid($ip)) { // ip appears to be valid ipv4 address } else { // ip is no ipv4 address }

Note: Default behaviour The default behaviour which Zend\Validator\Ip follows is to allow both standards.

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ISBN
Zend\Validator\Isbn allows you to validate an ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 value.

290.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Isbn


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Isbn: separator: Denes the allowed separator for the ISBN number. It defaults to an empty string. type: Denes the allowed type of ISBN numbers. It defaults to Zend\Validator\Isbn::AUTO. For details take a look at this section.

290.2 Basic usage


A basic example of usage is below:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Isbn(); if ($validator->isValid($isbn)) { // isbn is valid } else { // isbn is not valid }

This will validate any ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 without separator.

290.3 Setting an explicit ISBN validation type


An example of an ISBN type restriction is below:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Isbn(); $validator->setType(Zend\Validator\Isbn::ISBN13); // OR $validator = new Zend\Validator\Isbn(array( type => Zend\Validator\Isbn::ISBN13, )); if ($validator->isValid($isbn)) { // this is a valid ISBN-13 value } else { // this is an invalid ISBN-13 value }

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The above will validate only ISBN-13 values. Valid types include: Zend\Validator\Isbn::AUTO (default) Zend\Validator\Isbn::ISBN10 Zend\Validator\Isbn::ISBN13

290.4 Specifying a separator restriction


An example of separator restriction is below:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Isbn(); $validator->setSeparator(-); // OR $validator = new Zend\Validator\Isbn(array( separator => -, )); if ($validator->isValid($isbn)) { // this is a valid ISBN with separator } else { // this is an invalid ISBN with separator }

Note: Values without separator This will return FALSE if $isbn doesnt contain a separator or if its an invalid ISBN value. Valid separators include: (empty) (default) - (hyphen) (space)

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LESSTHAN
Zend\Validator\LessThan allows you to validate if a given value is less than a maximum border value. Note: Zend\Validator\LessThan supports only number validation It should be noted that Zend\Validator\LessThan supports only the validation of numbers. Strings or dates can not be validated with this validator.

291.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\LessThan


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\LessThan: inclusive: Denes if the validation is inclusive the maximum border value or exclusive. It defaults to FALSE. max: Sets the maximum allowed value.

291.2 Basic usage


To validate if a given value is less than a dened border simply use the following example.
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\LessThan(array(max => 10)); $value = 12; $return = $valid->isValid($value); // returns false

The above example returns TRUE for all values which are lower than 10.

291.3 Validation inclusive the border value


Sometimes it is useful to validate a value by including the border value. See the following example:
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\LessThan( array( max => 10, inclusive => true ) ); $value = 10;

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$result = $valid->isValid($value); // returns true

The example is almost equal to our rst example but we included the border value. Now the value 10 is allowed and will return TRUE.

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NOTEMPTY
This validator allows you to validate if a given value is not empty. This is often useful when working with form elements or other user input, where you can use it to ensure required elements have values associated with them.

292.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\NotEmpty


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\NotEmpty: type: Sets the type of validation which will be processed. For details take a look into this section.

292.2 Default behaviour for Zend\Validator\NotEmpty


By default, this validator works differently than you would expect when youve worked with PHPs empty() function. In particular, this validator will evaluate both the integer 0 and string 0 as empty.
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$valid = new Zend\Validator\NotEmpty(); $value = ; $result = $valid->isValid($value); // returns false

Note: Default behaviour differs from PHP Without providing conguration, Zend\Validator\NotEmptys behaviour differs from PHP.

292.3 Changing behaviour for Zend\Validator\NotEmpty


Some projects have differing opinions of what is considered an empty value: a string with only whitespace might be considered empty, or 0 may be considered non-empty (particularly for boolean sequences). To accommodate differing needs, Zend\Validator\NotEmpty allows you to congure which types should be validated as empty and which not. The following types can be handled: boolean: Returns FALSE when the boolean value is FALSE. integer: Returns FALSE when an integer 0 value is given. Per default this validation is not activated and returns TRUE on any integer values.

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oat: Returns FALSE when an oat 0.0 value is given. Per default this validation is not activated and returns TRUE on any oat values. string: Returns FALSE when an empty string is given. zero: Returns FALSE when the single character zero (0) is given. empty_array: Returns FALSE when an empty array is given. null: Returns FALSE when an NULL value is given. php: Returns FALSE on the same reasons where PHP method empty() would return TRUE. space: Returns FALSE when an string is given which contains only whitespaces. object: Returns TRUE. FALSE will be returned when object is not allowed but an object is given. object_string: Returns FALSE when an object is given and its __toString() method returns an empty string. object_count: Returns FALSE when an object is given, it has an Countable interface and its count is 0. all: Returns FALSE on all above types. All other given values will return TRUE per default. There are several ways to select which of the above types are validated. You can give one or multiple types and add them, you can give an array, you can use constants, or you can give a textual string. See the following examples:
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// Returns false on 0 $validator = new Zend\Validator\NotEmpty(Zend\Validator\NotEmpty::INTEGER); // Returns false on 0 or 0 $validator = new Zend\Validator\NotEmpty( Zend\Validator\NotEmpty::INTEGER + Zend\Validator\NotEmpty::ZERO ); // Returns false on 0 or 0 $validator = new Zend\Validator\NotEmpty(array( Zend\Validator\NotEmpty::INTEGER, Zend\Validator\NotEmpty::ZERO )); // Returns false on 0 or 0 $validator = new Zend\Validator\NotEmpty(array( integer, zero, ));

You can also provide an instance of Traversable to set the desired types. To set types after instantiation, use the setType() method.

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POSTCODE
Zend\Validator\PostCode allows you to determine if a given value is a valid postal code. Postal codes are specic to cities, and in some locales termed ZIP codes. Zend\Validator\PostCode knows more than 160 different postal code formats. To select the correct format there are 2 ways. You can either use a fully qualied locale or you can set your own format manually. Using a locale is more convenient as Zend Framework already knows the appropriate postal code format for each locale; however, you need to use the fully qualied locale (one containing a region specier) to do so. For instance, the locale de is a locale but could not be used with Zend\Validator\PostCode as it does not include the region; de_AT, however, would be a valid locale, as it species the region code (AT, for Austria).
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When you dont set a locale yourself, then Zend\Validator\PostCode will use the application wide set locale, or, when there is none, the locale returned by Locale.
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// application wide locale within your bootstrap Locale::setDefault(de_AT); $validator = new Zend\Validator\PostCode();

You can also change the locale afterwards by calling setLocale(). And of course you can get the actual used locale by calling getLocale().
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Postal code formats are simply regular expression strings. When the international postal code format, which is used by setting the locale, does not t your needs, then you can also manually set a format by calling setFormat().
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Note: Conventions for self dened formats When using self dened formats you should omit the starting (/^) and ending tags ($/). They are attached automatically. You should also be aware that postcode values are always be validated in a strict way. This means that they have to be written standalone without additional characters when they are not covered by the format.

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293.1 Constructor options


At its most basic, you may pass a string representing a fully qualied locale to the constructor of Zend\Validator\PostCode.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\PostCode(de_AT); $validator = new Zend\Validator\PostCode($locale);

Additionally, you may pass either an array or a Traversable instance to the constructor. When you do so, you must include either the key locale or format; these will be used to set the appropriate values in the validator object.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\PostCode(array( locale => de_AT, format => AT_\d+ ));

293.2 Supported options for Zend\Validator\PostCode


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\PostCode: format: Sets a postcode format which will be used for validation of the input. locale: Sets a locale from which the postcode will be taken from.

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REGEX
This validator allows you to validate if a given string conforms a dened regular expression.

294.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Regex


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Regex: pattern: Sets the regular expression pattern for this validator.

294.2 Validation with Zend\Validator\Regex


Validation with regular expressions allows to have complicated validations being done without writing a own validator. The usage of regular expression is quite common and simple. Lets look at some examples:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Regex(array(pattern => /^Test/)); $validator->isValid("Test"); // returns true $validator->isValid("Testing"); // returns true $validator->isValid("Pest"); // returns false

As you can see, the pattern has to be given using the same syntax as for preg_match(). For details about regular expressions take a look into PHPs manual about PCRE pattern syntax.

294.3 Pattern handling


It is also possible to set a different pattern afterwards by using setPattern() and to get the actual set pattern with getPattern().
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Regex(array(pattern => /^Test/)); $validator->setPattern(ing$/); $validator->isValid("Test"); // returns false $validator->isValid("Testing"); // returns true $validator->isValid("Pest"); // returns false

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SITEMAP VALIDATORS
The following validators conform to the Sitemap XML protocol.

295.1 Sitemap\Changefreq
Validates whether a string is valid for using as a changefreq element in a Sitemap XML document. Valid values are: always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or never. Returns TRUE if and only if the value is a string and is equal to one of the frequencies specied above.

295.2 Sitemap\Lastmod
Validates whether a string is valid for using as a lastmod element in a Sitemap XML document. The lastmod element should contain a W3C date string, optionally discarding information about time. Returns TRUE if and only if the given value is a string and is valid according to the protocol.
Sitemap Lastmod Validator $validator = new Zend\Validator\Sitemap\Lastmod(); $validator->isValid(1999-11-11T22:23:52-02:00); // true $validator->isValid(2008-05-12T00:42:52+02:00); // true $validator->isValid(1999-11-11); // true $validator->isValid(2008-05-12); // true $validator->isValid(1999-11-11t22:23:52-02:00); // false $validator->isValid(2008-05-12T00:42:60+02:00); // false $validator->isValid(1999-13-11); // false $validator->isValid(2008-05-32); // false $validator->isValid(yesterday); // false

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295.3 Sitemap\Loc
Validates whether a string is valid for using as a loc element in a Sitemap XML document. Zend\Uri\Uri::isValid() internally. Read more at URI Validation. This uses

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295.4 Sitemap\Priority
Validates whether a value is valid for using as a priority element in a Sitemap XML document. The value should be a decimal between 0.0 and 1.0. This validator accepts both numeric values and string values.
Sitemap Priority Validator $validator = new Zend\Validator\Sitemap\Priority(); $validator->isValid(0.1); // true $validator->isValid(0.789); // true $validator->isValid(0.8); // true $validator->isValid(1.0); // true $validator->isValid(1.1); // false $validator->isValid(-0.4); // false $validator->isValid(1.00001); // false $validator->isValid(0xFF); // false $validator->isValid(foo); // false

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295.5 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Sitemap_*


There are no supported options for any of the Sitemap validators.

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STEP
Zend\Validator\Step allows you to validate if a given value is a valid step value. This validator requires the value to be a numeric value (either string, int or oat).

296.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\Step


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Step: baseValue: This is the base value from which the step should be computed. This option defaults to 0 step: This is the step value. This option defaults to 1

296.2 Basic usage


A basic example is the following one:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Step(); if ($validator->isValid(1)) { // value is a valid step value } else { // false }

296.3 Using oating-point values


This validator also supports oating-point base value and step value. Here is a basic example of this feature:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\Step(array( baseValue => 1.1, step => 2.2 )); echo echo echo echo $validator->isValid(1.1); // prints true $validator->isValid(3.3); // prints true $validator->isValid(3.35); // prints false $validator->isValid(2.2); // prints false

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STRINGLENGTH
This validator allows you to validate if a given string is between a dened length. Note: Zend\Validator\StringLength supports only string validation It should be noted that Zend\Validator\StringLength supports only the validation of strings. Integers, oats, dates or objects can not be validated with this validator.

297.1 Supported options for Zend\Validator\StringLength


The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\StringLength: encoding: Sets the ICONV encoding which has to be used for this string. min: Sets the minimum allowed length for a string. max: Sets the maximum allowed length for a string.

297.2 Default behaviour for Zend\Validator\StringLength


Per default this validator checks if a value is between min and max. But for min the default value is 0 and for max it is NULL which means unlimited. So per default, without giving any options, this validator only checks if the input is a string.

297.3 Limiting the maximum allowed length of a string


To limit the maximum allowed length of a string you need to set the max property. It accepts an integer value as input.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength(array(max => 6)); $validator->isValid("Test"); // returns true $validator->isValid("Testing"); // returns false

You can set the maximum allowed length also afterwards by using the setMax() method. And getMax() to retrieve the actual maximum border.

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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength(); $validator->setMax(6); $validator->isValid("Test"); // returns true $validator->isValid("Testing"); // returns false

297.4 Limiting the minimal required length of a string


To limit the minimal required length of a string you need to set the min property. It accepts also an integer value as input.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength(array(min => 5)); $validator->isValid("Test"); // returns false $validator->isValid("Testing"); // returns true

You can set the minimal requested length also afterwards by using the setMin() method. And getMin() to retrieve the actual minimum border.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength(); $validator->setMin(5); $validator->isValid("Test"); // returns false $validator->isValid("Testing"); // returns true

297.5 Limiting a string on both sides


Sometimes it is required to get a string which has a maximal dened length but which is also minimal chars long. For example when you have a textbox where a user can enter his name, then you may want to limit the name to maximum 30 chars but want to get sure that he entered his name. So you limit the minimum required length to 3 chars. See the following example:
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength(array(min => 3, max => 30)); $validator->isValid("."); // returns false $validator->isValid("Test"); // returns true $validator->isValid("Testing"); // returns true

Note: Setting a lower maximum border than the minimum border When you try to set a lower maximum value as the actual minimum value, or a higher minimum value as the actual maximum value, then an exception will be raised.

297.6 Encoding of values


Strings are always using a encoding. Even when you dont set the encoding explicit, PHP uses one. When your application is using a different encoding than PHP itself then you should set an encoding yourself.

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You can set your own encoding at initiation with the encoding option, or by using the setEncoding() method. We assume that your installation uses ISO and your application it set to ISO. In this case you will see the below behaviour.
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$validator = new Zend\Validator\StringLength( array(min => 6) ); $validator->isValid("rger"); // returns false $validator->setEncoding("UTF-8"); $validator->isValid("rger"); // returns true $validator2 = new Zend\Validator\StringLength( array(min => 6, encoding => UTF-8) ); $validator2->isValid("rger"); // returns true

So when your installation and your application are using different encodings, then you should always set an encoding yourself.

297.6. Encoding of values

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FILE VALIDATION CLASSES


Zend Framework comes with a set of classes for validating les, such as le size validation and CRC checking. Note: All of the File validators filter() methods support both a le path string or a $_FILES array as the supplied argument. When a $_FILES array is passed in, the tmp_name is used for the le path.

298.1 Crc32
Zend\Validator\File\Crc32 allows you to validate if a given les hashed contents matches the supplied crc32 hash(es). It is subclassed from the Hash validator to provide a convenient validator that only supports the crc32 algorithm. Note: This validator requires the Hash extension from PHP with the crc32 algorithm.

Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: hash (string) Hash to test the le against.
Usage Examples // Does file have the given hash? $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Crc32(3b3652f); // Or, check file against multiple hashes $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Crc32(array(3b3652f, e612b69)); // Perform validation with file path if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.txt)) { // file is valid }

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getCrc32() Returns the current set of crc32 hashes. Return type array addCrc32(string|array $options) Adds a crc32 hash for one or multiple les to the internal set of hashes. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information. setCrc32(string|array $options) Sets a crc32 hash for one or multiple les. Removes any previously set hashes. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information.

298.2 ExcludeExtension
Zend\Validator\File\ExcludeExtension checks the extension of les. It will assert false when a given le has one the a dened extensions. This validator is inversely related to the Extension validator. Please refer to the Extension validator for options and usage examples.

298.3 ExcludeMimeType
Zend\Validator\File\ExcludeMimeType checks the MIME type of les. It will assert false when a given le has one the a dened MIME types. This validator is inversely related to the MimeType validator. Please refer to the MimeType validator for options and usage examples.

298.4 Exists
Zend\Validator\File\Exists checks for the existence of les in specied directories. This validator is inversely related to the NotExists validator.
Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: directory (string|array) Comma-delimited string (or array) of directories.
Usage Examples

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// Only allow files that exist in ~both~ directories $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Exists(/tmp,/var/tmp); // ...or with array notation $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Exists(array(/tmp, /var/tmp)); // Perform validation if ($validator->isValid(/tmp/myfile.txt)) { // file is valid }

Note: This validator checks whether the specied le exists in all of the given directories. The validation will fail if the le does not exist in one (or more) of the given directories.

298.5 Extension
Zend\Validator\File\Extension checks the extension of les. It will assert true when a given le has one the a dened extensions. This validator is inversely related to the ExcludeExtension validator.
Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: extension (string|array) Comma-delimited string (or array) of extensions to test against. case (boolean) default:
Usage Examples // Allow files with php or exe extensions $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Extension(php,exe); // ...or with array notation $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Extension(array(php, exe)); // Test with case-sensitivity on $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Extension(array(php, exe), true); // Perform validation if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.php)) { // file is valid }

"false" Should comparison of extensions be case-sensitive?

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Public Methods

addExtension(string|array $options) Adds extension(s) via a comma-delimited string or an array.

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298.6 Hash
Zend\Validator\File\Hash allows you to validate if a given les hashed contents matches the supplied hash(es) and algorithm(s). Note: This validator requires the Hash extension from PHP. A list of supported hash algorithms can be found with the hash_algos() function.

Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: hash (string) Hash to test the le against. algorithm (string) default:
Usage Examples // Does file have the given hash? $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Hash(3b3652f, crc32); // Or, check file against multiple hashes $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Hash(array(3b3652f, e612b69), crc32); // Perform validation with file path if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.txt)) { // file is valid }

"crc32" Algorithm to use for the hashing validation.

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Public Methods

getHash() Returns the current set of hashes. Return type array addHash(string|array $options) Adds a hash for one or multiple les to the internal set of hashes. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information. setHash(string|array $options) Sets a hash for one or multiple les. Removes any previously set hashes. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information.

298.7 ImageSize
Zend\Validator\File\ImageSize checks the size of image les. Minimum and/or maximum dimensions can be set to validate against.

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Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: minWidth (int|null) default: minHeight (int|null) default: maxWidth (int|null) default: maxHeight (int|null) default: option should be set to null.
Usage Examples // Is image size between 320x200 (min) and 640x480 (max)? $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\ImageSize(320, 200, 640, 480); // ...or with array notation $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\ImageSize(array( minWidth => 320, minHeight => 200, maxWidth => 640, maxHeight => 480, )); // Is image size equal to or larger than 320x200? $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\ImageSize(array( minWidth => 320, minHeight => 200, )); // Is image size equal to or smaller than 640x480? $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\ImageSize(array( maxWidth => 640, maxHeight => 480, )); // Perform validation with file path if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.jpg)) { // file is valid }

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getImageMin() Returns the minimum dimensions (width and height) Return type array getImageMax() Returns the maximum dimensions (width and height) Return type array

298.8 IsCompressed
Zend\Validator\File\IsCompressed checks if a le is a compressed archive, such as zip or gzip. This validator is based on the MimeType validator and supports the same methods and options.

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The default list of compressed le MIME types can be found in the source code. Please refer to the MimeType validator for options and public methods.
Usage Examples $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\IsCompressed(); if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.zip)) { // file is valid }

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298.9 IsImage
Zend\Validator\File\IsImage checks if a le is an image, such as jpg or png. This validator is based on the MimeType validator and supports the same methods and options. The default list of image le MIME types can be found in the source code. Please refer to the MimeType validator for options and public methods.
Usage Examples $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\IsImage(); if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.jpg)) { // file is valid }

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298.10 Md5
Zend\Validator\File\Md5 allows you to validate if a given les hashed contents matches the supplied md5 hash(es). It is subclassed from the Hash validator to provide a convenient validator that only supports the md5 algorithm. Note: This validator requires the Hash extension from PHP with the md5 algorithm.

Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: hash (string) Hash to test the le against.
Usage Examples // Does file have the given hash? $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Md5(3b3652f336522365223); // Or, check file against multiple hashes $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Md5(array(

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3b3652f336522365223, eb3365f3365ddc65365 )); // Perform validation with file path if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.txt)) { // file is valid }

Public Methods

getMd5() Returns the current set of md5 hashes. Return type array addMd5(string|array $options) Adds a md5 hash for one or multiple les to the internal set of hashes. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information. setMd5(string|array $options) Sets a md5 hash for one or multiple les. Removes any previously set hashes. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information.

298.11 MimeType
Zend\Validator\File\MimeType checks the MIME type of les. It will assert true when a given le has one the a dened MIME types. This validator is inversely related to the ExcludeMimeType validator. Note: This component will use the FileInfo extension if it is available. If its not, it will degrade to the mime_content_type() function. And if the function call fails it will use the MIME type which is given by HTTP. You should be aware of possible security problems when you do not have FileInfo or mime_content_type() available. The MIME type given by HTTP is not secure and can be easily manipulated.

Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: mimeType (string|array) Comma-delimited string (or array) of MIME types to test against. magicFile (string|null) default: "MAGIC" constant Specify the location of the magicle to use. By default the MAGIC constant value will be used. enableHeaderCheck (boolean) default: "false" Check the HTTP Information for the le type when the leInfo or mimeMagic extensions can not be found.

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Usage Examples // Only allow gif or jpg files $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\MimeType(image/gif,image/jpg); // ...or with array notation $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\MimeType(array(image/gif, image/jpg)); // ...or restrict an entire group of types $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\MimeType(array(image, audio)); // Use a different magicFile $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\MimeType(array( image/gif, image/jpg, magicFile => /path/to/magicfile.mgx )); // Use the HTTP information for the file type $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\MimeType(array( image/gif, image/jpg, enableHeaderCheck => true )); // Perform validation if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.jpg)) { // file is valid }

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Warning: Allowing groups of MIME types will accept all members of this group even if your application does not support them. When you allow image you also allow image/xpixmap and image/vasa which could be problematic.

298.12 NotExists
Zend\Validator\File\NotExists checks for the existence of les in specied directories. This validator is inversely related to the Exists validator.
Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: directory (string|array) Comma-delimited string (or array) of directories.
Usage Examples // Only allow files that do not exist in ~either~ directories $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\NotExists(/tmp,/var/tmp); // ...or with array notation $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\NotExists(array(/tmp, /var/tmp));

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// Perform validation if ($validator->isValid(/home/myfile.txt)) { // file is valid }

Note: This validator checks whether the specied le does not exist in any of the given directories. The validation will fail if the le exists in one (or more) of the given directories.

298.13 Sha1
Zend\Validator\File\Sha1 allows you to validate if a given les hashed contents matches the supplied sha1 hash(es). It is subclassed from the Hash validator to provide a convenient validator that only supports the sha1 algorithm. Note: This validator requires the Hash extension from PHP with the sha1 algorithm.

Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: hash (string) Hash to test the le against.
Usage Examples // Does file have the given hash? $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Sha1(3b3652f336522365223); // Or, check file against multiple hashes $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Sha1(array( 3b3652f336522365223, eb3365f3365ddc65365 )); // Perform validation with file path if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.txt)) { // file is valid }

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getSha1() Returns the current set of sha1 hashes. Return type array addSha1(string|array $options) Adds a sha1 hash for one or multiple les to the internal set of hashes. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information.

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setSha1(string|array $options) Sets a sha1 hash for one or multiple les. Removes any previously set hashes. Parameters $options See Supported Options section for more information.

298.14 Size
Zend\Validator\File\Size checks for the size of a le.
Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: min (integer|string) default: max (integer|string) default: 1kB, 2MB, 0.2GB). null null The integer number of bytes, or a string in SI notation (ie.

The accepted SI notation units are: kB, MB, GB, TB, PB, and EB. All sizes are converted using 1024 as the base value (ie. 1kB == 1024 bytes, 1MB == 1024kB). useByteString (boolean) default: or with the plain byte size.
Usage Examples // Limit the file size to 40000 bytes $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Size(40000); // Limit the file size to between 10kB and 4MB $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\Size(array( min => 10kB, max => 4MB )); // Perform validation with file path if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.txt)) { // file is valid }

true Display error messages with size in user-friendly number

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298.15 UploadFile
Zend\Validator\File\UploadFile checks whether a single le has been uploaded via a form POST and will return descriptive messages for any upload errors. Note: Zend\InputFilter\FileInput will automatically prepend this validator in its validation chain.

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use Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\Request; $request = new Request(); $files = $request->getFiles(); // i.e. $files[my-upload][error] == 0 $validator = \Zend\Validator\File\UploadFile(); if ($validator->isValid($files[my-upload])) { // file is valid }

298.16 WordCount
Zend\Validator\File\WordCount checks for the number of words within a le.
Supported Options

The following set of options are supported: min (integer) default: max (integer) default:
Usage Examples // Limit the amount of words to a maximum of 2000 $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\WordCount(2000); // Limit the amount of words to between 100 and 5000 $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\WordCount(100, 5000); // ... or with array notation $validator = new \Zend\Validator\File\WordCount(array( min => 1000, max => 5000 )); // Perform validation with file path if ($validator->isValid(./myfile.txt)) { // file is valid }

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Often multiple validations should be applied to some value in a particular order. The following code demonstrates a way to solve the example from the introduction, where a username must be between 6 and 12 alphanumeric characters:
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// Create a validator chain and add validators to it $validatorChain = new Zend\Validator\ValidatorChain(); $validatorChain->attach( new Zend\Validator\StringLength(array(min => 6, max => 12))) ->attach(new Zend\Validator\Alnum()); // Validate the username if ($validatorChain->isValid($username)) { // username passed validation } else { // username failed validation; print reasons foreach ($validatorChain->getMessages() as $message) { echo "$message\n"; } }

Validators are run in the order they were added to Zend\Validator\ValidatorChain. In the above example, the username is rst checked to ensure that its length is between 6 and 12 characters, and then it is checked to ensure that it contains only alphanumeric characters. The second validation, for alphanumeric characters, is performed regardless of whether the rst validation, for length between 6 and 12 characters, succeeds. This means that if both validations fail, getMessages() will return failure messages from both validators. In some cases it makes sense to have a validator break the chain if its validation process fails. Zend\Validator\ValidatorChain supports such use cases with the second parameter to the attach() method. By setting $breakChainOnFailure to TRUE, the added validator will break the chain execution upon failure, which avoids running any other validations that are determined to be unnecessary or inappropriate for the situation. If the above example were written as follows, then the alphanumeric validation would not occur if the string length validation fails:
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$validatorChain->attach( new Zend\Validator\StringLength(array(min => 6, max => 12)), true) ->attach(new Zend\Validator\Alnum());

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WRITING VALIDATORS
Zend\Validator supplies a set of commonly needed validators, but inevitably, developers will wish to write custom validators for their particular needs. The task of writing a custom validator is described in this section. Zend\Validator\ValidatorInterface denes two methods, isValid() and getMessages(), that may be implemented by user classes in order to create custom validation objects. An object that implements Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator interface may be added to a validator chain with Zend\Validator\ValidatorChain::addValidator(). Such objects may also be used with Zend\Filter\Input. As you may already have inferred from the above description of Zend\Validator\ValidatorInterface, validation classes provided with Zend Framework return a boolean value for whether or not a value validates successfully. They also provide information about why a value failed validation. The availability of the reasons for validation failures may be valuable to an application for various purposes, such as providing statistics for usability analysis. Basic validation failure message functionality is implemented in Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator. To include this functionality when creating a validation class, simply extend Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator. In the extending class you would implement the isValid() method logic and dene the message variables and message templates that correspond to the types of validation failures that can occur. If a value fails your validation tests, then isValid() should return FALSE. If the value passes your validation tests, then isValid() should return TRUE. In general, the isValid() method should not throw any exceptions, except where it is impossible to determine whether or not the input value is valid. A few examples of reasonable cases for throwing an exception might be if a le cannot be opened, an LDAP server could not be contacted, or a database connection is unavailable, where such a thing may be required for validation success or failure to be determined.
Creating a Simple Validation Class

The following example demonstrates how a very simple custom validator might be written. In this case the validation rules are simply that the input value must be a oating point value.
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class MyValid\Float extends Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator { const FLOAT = float; protected $messageTemplates = array( self::FLOAT => "%value% is not a floating point value" ); public function isValid($value) { $this->setValue($value); if (!is_float($value)) {

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$this->error(self::FLOAT); return false; } return true; } }

The class denes a template for its single validation failure message, which includes the built-in magic parameter, %value%. The call to setValue() prepares the object to insert the tested value into the failure message automatically, should the value fail validation. The call to error() tracks a reason for validation failure. Since this class only denes one failure message, it is not necessary to provide error() with the name of the failure message template.
Writing a Validation Class having Dependent Conditions

The following example demonstrates a more complex set of validation rules, where it is required that the input value be numeric and within the range of minimum and maximum boundary values. An input value would fail validation for exactly one of the following reasons: The input value is not numeric. The input value is less than the minimum allowed value. The input value is more than the maximum allowed value. These validation failure reasons are then translated to denitions in the class:
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class MyValid\NumericBetween extends Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator { const MSG_NUMERIC = msgNumeric; const MSG_MINIMUM = msgMinimum; const MSG_MAXIMUM = msgMaximum; public $minimum = 0; public $maximum = 100; protected $messageVariables = array( min => minimum, max => maximum ); protected $messageTemplates = array( self::MSG_NUMERIC => "%value% is not numeric", self::MSG_MINIMUM => "%value% must be at least %min%", self::MSG_MAXIMUM => "%value% must be no more than %max%" ); public function isValid($value) { $this->setValue($value); if (!is_numeric($value)) { $this->error(self::MSG_NUMERIC); return false; } if ($value < $this->minimum) { $this->error(self::MSG_MINIMUM);

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return false; } if ($value > $this->maximum) { $this->error(self::MSG_MAXIMUM); return false; } return true; } }

The public properties $minimum and $maximum have been established to provide the minimum and maximum boundaries, respectively, for a value to successfully validate. The class also denes two message variables that correspond to the public properties and allow min and max to be used in message templates as magic parameters, just as with value. Note that if any one of the validation checks in isValid() fails, an appropriate failure message is prepared, and the method immediately returns FALSE. These validation rules are therefore sequentially dependent. That is, if one test should fail, there is no need to test any subsequent validation rules. This need not be the case, however. The following example illustrates how to write a class having independent validation rules, where the validation object may return multiple reasons why a particular validation attempt failed.
Validation with Independent Conditions, Multiple Reasons for Failure

Consider writing a validation class for password strength enforcement - when a user is required to choose a password that meets certain criteria for helping secure user accounts. Let us assume that the password security criteria enforce that the password: is at least 8 characters in length, contains at least one uppercase letter, contains at least one lowercase letter, and contains at least one digit character. The following class implements these validation criteria:
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class MyValid\PasswordStrength extends Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator { const LENGTH = length; const UPPER = upper; const LOWER = lower; const DIGIT = digit; protected $messageTemplates = array( self::LENGTH => "%value% must be at least 8 characters in length", self::UPPER => "%value% must contain at least one uppercase letter", self::LOWER => "%value% must contain at least one lowercase letter", self::DIGIT => "%value% must contain at least one digit character" ); public function isValid($value) { $this->setValue($value); $isValid = true;

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if (strlen($value) < 8) { $this->error(self::LENGTH); $isValid = false; } if (!preg_match(/[A-Z]/, $value)) { $this->error(self::UPPER); $isValid = false; } if (!preg_match(/[a-z]/, $value)) { $this->error(self::LOWER); $isValid = false; } if (!preg_match(/\d/, $value)) { $this->error(self::DIGIT); $isValid = false; } return $isValid; } }

Note that the four criteria tests in isValid() do not immediately return FALSE. This allows the validation class to provide all of the reasons that the input password failed to meet the validation requirements. if, for example, a user were to input the string #$% as a password, isValid() would cause all four validation failure messages to be returned by a subsequent call to getMessages().

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Each validator which is based on Zend\Validator\ValidatorInterface provides one or multiple messages in the case of a failed validation. You can use this information to set your own messages, or to translate existing messages which a validator could return to something different. These validation messages are constants which can be found at top of each validator class. Zend\Validator\GreaterThan for an descriptive example:
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protected $messageTemplates = array( self::NOT_GREATER => "%value% is not greater than %min%", );

As you can see the constant self::NOT_GREATER refers to the failure and is used as key, and the message itself is used as value of the message array. You can retrieve all message templates from a validator by using the getMessageTemplates() method. It returns you the above array which contains all messages a validator could return in the case of a failed validation.
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Using the setMessage() method you can set another message to be returned in case of the specied failure.
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The second parameter denes the failure which will be overridden. When you omit this parameter, then the given message will be set for all possible failures of this validator.

301.1 Using pre-translated validation messages


Zend Framework is shipped with more than 45 different validators with more than 200 failure messages. It can be a tedious task to translate all of these messages. But for your convenience Zend Framework comes with already pre-translated validation messages. You can nd them within the path /resources/languages in your Zend Framework installation. Note: Used path The resource les are outside of the library path because all of your translations should also be outside of this path.

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So to translate all validation messages to German for example, all you have to do is to attach a translator to Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator using these resource les.
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$translator = new Zend\Mvc\I18n\Translator(); $translator->addTranslationFile( phpArray, resources/languages/en.php, default, en_US ); Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator::setDefaultTranslator($translator);

Note: Supported languages This feature is very young, so the amount of supported languages may not be complete. New languages will be added with each release. Additionally feel free to use the existing resource les to make your own translations. You could also use these resource les to rewrite existing translations. So you are not in need to create these les manually yourself.

301.2 Limit the size of a validation message


Sometimes it is necessary to limit the maximum size a validation message can have. For example when your view allows a maximum size of 100 chars to be rendered on one line. To simplify the usage, Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator is able to automatically limit the maximum returned size of a validation message. To get the actual set size use Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator::getMessageLength(). If it is -1, then the returned message will not be truncated. This is default behaviour. To limit the returned message size use Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator::setMessageLength(). Set it to any integer size you need. When the returned message exceeds the set size, then the message will be truncated and the string ... will be added instead of the rest of the message.
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Note: Where is this parameter used? The set message length is used for all validators, even for self dened ones, as long as they extend Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator.

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GETTING THE ZEND FRAMEWORK VERSION


Zend\Version provides a class constant Zend\Version\Version::VERSION that contains a string identifying the version number of your Zend Framework installation. Zend\Version\Version::VERSION might contain 1.7.4, for example. The static method Zend\Version\Version::compareVersion($version) is based on the PHP function version_compare(). This method returns -1 if the specied version is older than the installed Zend Framework version, 0 if they are the same and +1 if the specied version is newer than the version of the Zend Framework installation.
Example of the compareVersion() Method // returns -1, 0 or 1 $cmp = Zend\Version\Version::compareVersion(2.0.0);

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Example of the getLatest() Method // returns 1.11.0 (or a later version) echo Zend\Version\Version::getLatest();

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Zend\View provides the View layer of Zend Framework 2s MVC system. It is a multi-tiered system allowing a variety of mechanisms for extension, substitution, and more. The components of the view layer are as follows: Variables Containers hold variables and callbacks that you wish to represent in the view. Often-times, a Variables Container will also provide mechanisms for context-specic escaping of variables and more. View Models hold Variables Containers, specify the template to use (if any), and optionally provide rendering options (more on that below). View Models may be nested in order to represent complex structures. Renderers take View Models and provide a representation of them to return. Zend Framework 2 ships with three renderers by default: a PhpRenderer which utilizes PHP templates in order to generate markup, a JsonRenderer, and a FeedRenderer for generating RSS and Atom feeds. Resolvers utilizes Resolver Strategies to resolve a template name to a resource a Renderer may consume. As an example, a Resolver may take the name blog/entry and resolve it to a PHP view script. The View consists of strategies that map the current Request to a Renderer, and strategies for injecting the result of rendering to the Response. Rendering Strategies listen to the Zend\View\ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER event of the View and decide which Renderer should be selected based on the Request or other criteria. Response Strategies are used to inject the Response object with the results of rendering. That may also include taking actions such as setting Content-Type headers. Additionally, Zend Framework 2 provides integration with the MVC via a number of event listeners in the Zend\Mvc\View namespace.

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This section of the manual is designed to show you typical usage patterns of the view layer when using it within the Zend Framework 2 MVC. The assumptions are that you are using Dependency Injection and the default MVC view strategies.

305.1 Conguration
The default conguration will typically work out-of-the-box. However, you will still need to select Resolver Strategies and congure them, as well as potentially indicate alternate template names for things like the site layout, 404 (not found) pages, and error pages. The code snippets below can be added to your conguration to accomplish this. We recommend adding it to a site-specic module, such as the Application module from the frameworks ZendSkeletonApplication, or to one of your autoloaded congurations within the config/autoload/ directory.
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return array( view_manager => array( // The TemplateMapResolver allows you to directly map template names // to specific templates. The following map would provide locations // for a home page template ("application/index/index"), as well as for // the layout ("layout/layout"), error pages ("error/index"), and // 404 page ("error/404"), resolving them to view scripts. template_map => array( application/index/index => __DIR__ . /../view/application/index/index.phtml, site/layout => __DIR__ . /../view/layout/layout.phtml, error/index => __DIR__ . /../view/error/index.phtml, error/404 => __DIR__ . /../view/error/404.phtml, ), // The TemplatePathStack takes an array of directories. Directories // are then searched in LIFO order (its a stack) for the requested // view script. This is a nice solution for rapid application // development, but potentially introduces performance expense in // production due to the number of static calls necessary. // // The following adds an entry pointing to the view directory // of the current module. Make sure your keys differ between modules // to ensure that they are not overwritten -- or simply omit the key! template_path_stack => array( application => __DIR__ . /../view, ),

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// Set the template name for the sites layout. // // By default, the MVCs default Rendering Strategy uses the // template name "layout/layout" for the sites layout. // Here, we tell it to use the "site/layout" template, // which we mapped via the TemplateMapResolver above. layout => site/layout, // By default, the MVC registers an "exception strategy", which is // triggered when a requested action raises an exception; it creates // a custom view model that wraps the exception, and selects a // template. Well set it to "error/index". // // Additionally, well tell it that we want to display an exception // stack trace; youll likely want to disable this by default. display_exceptions => true, exception_template => error/index, // Another strategy the MVC registers by default is a "route not // found" strategy. Basically, this gets triggered if (a) no route // matches the current request, (b) the controller specified in the // route match cannot be found in the service locator, (c) the controller // specified in the route match does not implement the DispatchableInterface // interface, or (d) if a response from a controller sets the // response status to 404. // // The default template used in such situations is "error", just // like the exception strategy. Here, we tell it to use the "error/404" // template (which we mapped via the TemplateMapResolver, above). // // You can opt in to inject the reason for a 404 situation; see the // various Application\:\:ERROR_*_ constants for a list of values. // Additionally, a number of 404 situations derive from exceptions // raised during routing or dispatching. You can opt-in to display // these. display_not_found_reason => true, not_found_template => error/404, ), );

305.2 Controllers and View Models


Zend\View\View consumes ViewModels, passing them to the selected renderer. Where do you create these, though? The most explicit way is to create them in your controllers and return them.
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namespace Foo\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; class BazBatController extends AbstractActionController { public function doSomethingCrazyAction()

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{ $view = new ViewModel(array( message => Hello world, )); $view->setTemplate(foo/baz-bat/do-something-crazy); return $view; } }

This sets a message variable in the View Model, and sets the template name foo/baz-bat/do-something-crazy. The View Model is then returned. In most cases, youll likely have a template name based on the module namespace, controller, and action. Considering that, and if youre simply passing some variables, could this be made simpler? Denitely. The MVC registers a couple of listeners for controllers to automate this. The rst will look to see if you returned an associative array from your controller; if so, it will create a View Model and make this associative array the Variables Container; this View Model then replaces the MvcEvents result. It will also look to see if you returned nothing or null; if so, it will create a View Model without any variables attached; this View Model also replaces the MvcEvents result. The second listener checks to see if the MvcEvent result is a View Model, and, if so, if it has a template associated with it. If not, it will inspect the controller matched during routing to determine the module namespace and the controller class name, and, if available, its action parameter in order to create a template name. This will be module/controller/action, all normalized to lowercase, dash-separated words. As an example, the controller Foo\Controller\BazBatController with action doSomethingCrazyAction, would be mapped to the template foo/baz-bat/do-something-crazy. As you can see, the words Controller and Action are omitted. In practice, that means our previous example could be re-written as follows:
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namespace Foo\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; class BazBatController extends AbstractActionController { public function doSomethingCrazyAction() { return array( message => Hello world, ); } }

The above method will likely work for the majority of use cases. When you need to specify a different template, explicitly create and return a View Model and specify the template manually, as in the rst example.

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The other use case you may have for setting explicit View Models is if you wish to nest them. In other words, you might want to render templates to be included within the main View you return. As an example, you may want the View from an action to be one primary section that includes both an article and a couple of sidebars; one of the sidebars may include content from multiple Views as well:

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namespace Content\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; class ArticleController extends AbstractActionController { public function viewAction() { // get the article from the persistence layer, etc... $view = new ViewModel(); // this is not needed since it matches "module/controller/action" $view->setTemplate(content/article/view); $articleView = new ViewModel(array(article => $article)); $articleView->setTemplate(content/article); $primarySidebarView = new ViewModel(); $primarySidebarView->setTemplate(content/main-sidebar); $secondarySidebarView = new ViewModel(); $secondarySidebarView->setTemplate(content/secondary-sidebar); $sidebarBlockView = new ViewModel(); $sidebarBlockView->setTemplate(content/block); $secondarySidebarView->addChild($sidebarBlockView, block); $view->addChild($articleView, article) ->addChild($primarySidebarView, sidebar_primary) ->addChild($secondarySidebarView, sidebar_secondary); return $view; } }

The above will create and return a View Model specifying the template content/article/view. When the View is rendered, it will render three child Views, the $articleView, $primarySidebarView, and $secondarySidebarView; these will be captured to the $views article, sidebar_primary, and sidebar_secondary variables, respectively, so that when it renders, you may include that content. Additionally, the $secondarySidebarView will include an additional View Model, $sidebarBlockView, which will be captured to its block view variable. To better visualize this, lets look at what the nal content might look like, with comments detailing where each nested view model is injected. Here are the templates, rendered based on a 12-column grid:
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<?php // "content/article/view" template ?> <!-- This is from the $view View Model, and the "content/article/view" template --> <div class="row content"> <?php echo $this->article ?> <?php echo $this->sidebar_primary ?> <?php echo $this->sidebar_secondary ?> </div>

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<?php // "content/article" template ?> <!-- This is from the $articleView View Model, and the "content/article" template --> <article class="span8"> <?php echo $this->escapeHtml(article) ?> </article> <?php // "content/main-sidebar" template ?> <!-- This is from the $primarySidebarView View Model, and the "content/main-sidebar" template --> <div class="span2 sidebar"> sidebar content... </div> <?php // "content/secondary-sidebar template ?> <!-- This is from the $secondarySidebarView View Model, and the "content/secondary-sidebar" template --> <div class="span2 sidebar pull-right"> <?php echo $this->block ?> </div> <?php // "content/block template ?> <!-- This is from the $sidebarBlockView View Model, and the "content/block" template --> <div class="block"> block content... </div>

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<!-- This is from the $view View Model, and the "content/article/view" template --> <div class="row content"> <!-- This is from the $articleView View Model, and the "content/article" template --> <article class="span8"> Lorem ipsum .... </article> <!-- This is from the $primarySidebarView View Model, and the "content/main-sidebar" template --> <div class="span2 sidebar"> sidebar content... </div> <!-- This is from the $secondarySidebarView View Model, and the "content/secondary-sidebar" template --> <div class="span2 sidebar pull-right"> <!-- This is from the $sidebarBlockView View Model, and the "content/block" template --> <div class="block"> block content... </div> </div> </div>

As you can see, you can achieve very complex markup using nested Views, while simultaneously keeping the details of rendering isolated from the Request/Response lifecycle of the controller.

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Most sites enforce a cohesive look-and-feel which we typically call the sites layout. It includes the default stylesheets and JavaScript necessary, if any, as well as the basic markup structure into which all site content will be injected. Within Zend Framework 2, layouts are handled via nesting of View Models (see the previous example for examples of View Model nesting). The Zend\Mvc\View\Http\ViewManager composes a View Model which acts as the root for nested View Models. As such, it should contain the skeleton (or layout) template for the site. All other content is then rendered and captured to view variables of this root View Model. The ViewManager sets the layout template as layout/layout by default. To change this, you can add some conguration to the view_manager area of your conguration. A listener on the controllers, Zend\Mvc\View\Http\InjectViewModelListener, will take a View Model returned from a controller and inject it as a child of the root (layout) View Model. By default, View Models will capture to the content variable of the root View Model. This means you can do the following in your layout view script:
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<html> <head> <title><?php echo $this->headTitle() ?></title> </head> <body> <?php echo $this->content; ?> </body> </html>

If you want to specify a different View variable for which to capture, explicitly create a view model in your controller, and set its capture to value:
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namespace Foo\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; class BazBatController extends AbstractActionController { public function doSomethingCrazyAction() { $view = new ViewModel(array( message => Hello world, )); // Capture to the layout views "article" variable $view->setCaptureTo(article); return $view; } }

There will be times you dont want to render a layout. For example, you might be answering an API call which expects JSON or an XML payload, or you might be answering an XHR request that expects a partial HTML payload. The simplest way to do this is to explicitly create and return a view model from your controller, and mark it as terminal, which will hint to the MVC listener that normally injects the returned View Model into the layout View Model, to instead replace the layout view model.

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namespace Foo\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; class BazBatController extends AbstractActionController { public function doSomethingCrazyAction() { $view = new ViewModel(array( message => Hello world, )); // Disable layouts; MvcEvent will use this View Model instead $view->setTerminal(true); return $view; } }

When discussing nesting View Models, we detailed a nested View Model which contained an article and sidebars. Sometimes, you may want to provide additional View Models to the layout, instead of nesting in the returned layout. This may be done by using the layout controller plugin, which returns the root View Model. You can then call the same addChild() method on it as we did in that previous example.
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namespace Content\Controller; use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController; use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; class ArticleController extends AbstractActionController { public function viewAction() { // get the article from the persistence layer, etc... // Get the "layout" view model and inject a sidebar $layout = $this->layout(); $sidebarView = new ViewModel(); $sidebarView->setTemplate(content/sidebar); $layout->addChild($sidebarView, sidebar); // Create and return a view model for the retrieved article $view = new ViewModel(array(article => $article)); $view->setTemplate(content/article); return $view; } }

You could also use this technique to select a different layout, by simply calling the setTemplate() method of the layout View Model:
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{ public function viewAction() { // get the article from the persistence layer, etc... // Get the "layout" view model and set an alternate template $layout = $this->layout(); $layout->setTemplate(article/layout); // Create and return a view model for the retrieved article $view = new ViewModel(array(article => $article)); $view->setTemplate(content/article); return $view; } }

Sometimes, you may want to access the layout from within your actual view scripts when using the PhpRenderer. Reasons might include wanting to change the layout template or wanting to either access or inject layout view variables. Similar to the layout controller plugin, you can use the layout View Helper. If you provide a string argument to it, you will change the template; if you provide no arguments, the root layout View Model is returned. Commonly, you may want to alter the layout based on the current module. This requires (a) detecting if the controller matched in routing belongs to this module, and then (b) changing the template of the View Model. The place to do these actions is in a listener. It should listen either to the route event at low (negative) priority, or on the dispatch event, at any priority. Typically, you will register this during the bootstrap event.
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namespace Content; class Module { /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function onBootstrap($e) { // Register a dispatch event $app = $e->getParam(application); $app->getEventManager()->attach(dispatch, array($this, setLayout)); } /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function setLayout($e) { $matches = $e->getRouteMatch(); $controller = $matches->getParam(controller); if (false === strpos($controller, __NAMESPACE__)) { // not a controller from this module return; } // Set the layout template $viewModel = $e->getViewModel(); $viewModel->setTemplate(content/layout); }

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Zend\View\View does very little. Its workow is essentially to martial a ViewEvent, and then trigger two events, renderer and response. You can attach strategies to these events, using the methods addRenderingStrategy() and addResponseStrategy(), respectively. A Rendering Strategy investigates the Request object (or any other criteria) in order to select a Renderer (or fail to select one). A Response Strategy determines how to populate the Response based on the result of rendering. Zend Framework 2 ships with three Rendering and Response Strategies that you can use within your application. Zend\View\Strategy\PhpRendererStrategy. This strategy is a catch-all in that it will always return the Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer and populate the Response body with the results of rendering. Zend\View\Strategy\JsonStrategy. This strategy inspects the Accept HTTP header, if present, and determines if the client has indicated it accepts an application/json response. If so, it will return the Zend\View\Renderer\JsonRenderer, and populate the Response body with the JSON value returned, as well as set a Content-Type header with a value of application/json. Zend\View\Strategy\FeedStrategy. This strategy inspects the Accept HTTP header, if present, and determines if the client has indicated it accepts either an application/rss+xml or application/atom+xml response. If so, it will return the Zend\View\Renderer\FeedRenderer, setting the feed type to either rss or atom, based on what was matched. Its Response strategy will populate the Response body with the generated feed, as well as set a Content-Type header with the appropriate value based on feed type. By default, only the PhpRendererStrategy is registered, meaning you will need to register the other Strategies yourself if you want to use them. Additionally, it means that you will likely want to register these at higher priority to ensure they match before the PhpRendererStrategy. As an example, lets register the JsonStrategy:
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namespace Application; class Module { /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function onBootstrap($e) { // Register a "render" event, at high priority (so it executes prior // to the view attempting to render) $app = $e->getApplication(); $app->getEventManager()->attach(render, array($this, registerJsonStrategy), 100); } /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function registerJsonStrategy($e) { $app = $e->getTarget(); $locator = $app->getServiceManager();

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$view = $locator->get(Zend\View\View); $jsonStrategy = $locator->get(ViewJsonStrategy); // Attach strategy, which is a listener aggregate, at high priority $view->getEventManager()->attach($jsonStrategy, 100); } }

The above will register the JsonStrategy with the render event, such that it executes prior to the PhpRendererStrategy, and thus ensure that a JSON payload is created when requested. What if you want this to happen only in specic modules, or specic controllers? One way is similar to the last example in the previous section on layouts, where we detailed changing the layout for a specic module:
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namespace Content; class Module { /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function onBootstrap($e) { // Register a render event $app = $e->getParam(application); $app->getEventManager()->attach(render, array($this, registerJsonStrategy), 100); } /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function registerJsonStrategy($e) { $matches = $e->getRouteMatch(); $controller = $matches->getParam(controller); if (false === strpos($controller, __NAMESPACE__)) { // not a controller from this module return; } // Potentially, you could be even more selective at this point, and test // for specific controller classes, and even specific actions or request // methods. // Set the JSON $app = $locator = $view = $jsonStrategy = strategy when controllers from this module are selected $e->getTarget(); $app->getServiceManager(); $locator->get(Zend\View\View); $locator->get(ViewJsonStrategy);

// Attach strategy, which is a listener aggregate, at high priority $view->getEventManager()->attach($jsonStrategy, 100); } }

While the above examples detail using the JsonStrategy, the same could be done for the FeedStrategy.

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What if you want to use a custom renderer? Or if your app might allow a combination of JSON, Atom feeds, and HTML? At this point, youll need to create your own custom strategies. Below is an example that appropriately loops through the HTTP Accept header, and selects the appropriate Renderer based on what is matched rst.
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namespace Content\View; use use use use use use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface; Zend\EventManager\ListenerAggregateInterface; Zend\Feed\Writer\Feed; Zend\View\Renderer\FeedRenderer; Zend\View\Renderer\JsonRenderer; Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer;

class AcceptStrategy implements ListenerAggregateInterface { protected $feedRenderer; protected $jsonRenderer; protected $listeners = array(); protected $phpRenderer; public function __construct( PhpRenderer $phpRenderer, JsonRenderer $jsonRenderer, FeedRenderer $feedRenderer ) { $this->phpRenderer = $phpRenderer; $this->jsonRenderer = $jsonRenderer; $this->feedRenderer = $feedRenderer; }

public function attach(EventManagerInterface $events, $priority = null) { if (null === $priority) { $this->listeners[] = $events->attach(renderer, array($this, selectRenderer)); $this->listeners[] = $events->attach(response, array($this, injectResponse)); } else { $this->listeners[] = $events->attach(renderer, array($this, selectRenderer), $priorit $this->listeners[] = $events->attach(response, array($this, injectResponse), $priorit } } public function detach(EventManagerInterface $events) { foreach ($this->listeners as $index => $listener) { if ($events->detach($listener)) { unset($this->listeners[$index]); } } } /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return \Zend\View\Renderer\RendererInterface */ public function selectRenderer($e) { $request = $e->getRequest(); $headers = $request->getHeaders();

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// No Accept header? return PhpRenderer if (!$headers->has(accept)) { return $this->phpRenderer; } $accept = $headers->get(accept); foreach ($accept->getPrioritized() as $mediaType) { if (0 === strpos($mediaType, application/json)) { return $this->jsonRenderer; } if (0 === strpos($mediaType, application/rss+xml)) { $this->feedRenderer->setFeedType(rss); return $this->feedRenderer; } if (0 === strpos($mediaType, application/atom+xml)) { $this->feedRenderer->setFeedType(atom); return $this->feedRenderer; } } // Nothing matched; return PhpRenderer. Technically, we should probably // return an HTTP 415 Unsupported response. return $this->phpRenderer; } /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function injectResponse($e) { $renderer = $e->getRenderer(); $response = $e->getResponse(); $result = $e->getResult(); if ($renderer === $this->jsonRenderer) { // JSON Renderer; set content-type header $headers = $response->getHeaders(); $headers->addHeaderLine(content-type, application/json); } elseif ($renderer === $this->feedRenderer) { // Feed Renderer; set content-type header, and export the feed if // necessary $feedType = $this->feedRenderer->getFeedType(); $headers = $response->getHeaders(); $mediatype = application/ . ((rss == $feedType) ? rss : atom) . +xml; $headers->addHeaderLine(content-type, $mediatype); // If the $result is a feed, export it if ($result instanceof Feed) { $result = $result->export($feedType); } } elseif ($renderer !== $this->phpRenderer) { // Not a renderer we support, therefor not our strategy. Return return; }

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This strategy would be registered just as we demonstrated registering the JsonStrategy earlier. You would also need to dene DI conguration to ensure the various renderers are injected when you retrieve the strategy from the applications locator instance.

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Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer renders view scripts written in PHP, capturing and returning the output. It composes Variable containers and/or View Models, a helper plugin manager for helpers, and optional ltering of the captured output. The PhpRenderer is template system agnostic; you may use PHP as your template language, or create instances of other template systems and manipulate them within your view script. Anything you can do with PHP is available to you.

306.1 Usage
Basic usage consists of instantiating or otherwise obtaining an instance of the PhpRenderer, providing it with a resolver which will resolve templates to PHP view scripts, and then calling its render() method. Instantiating a renderer is trivial:
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use Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer; $renderer = new PhpRenderer();

Zend Framework ships with several types of resolvers, which are used to resolve a template name to a resource a renderer can consume. The ones we will usually use with the PhpRenderer are: Zend\View\Resolver\TemplateMapResolver, which simply maps template names directly to view scripts. Zend\View\Resolver\TemplatePathStack, which creates a LIFO stack of script directories in which to search for a view script. By default, it appends the sufx .phtml to the requested template name, and then loops through the script directories; if it nds a le matching the requested template, it returns the full le path. Zend\View\Resolver\AggregateResolver, which allows attaching a FIFO queue of resolvers to consult. We suggest using the AggregateResolver, as it allows you to create a multi-tiered strategy for resolving template names. Programmatically, you would then do something like this:
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$renderer->setResolver($resolver); $map = new Resolver\TemplateMapResolver(array( layout => __DIR__ . /view/layout.phtml, index/index => __DIR__ . /view/index/index.phtml, )); $stack = new Resolver\TemplatePathStack(array( script_paths => array( __DIR__ . /view, $someOtherPath ) )); $resolver->attach($map) // this will be consulted first ->attach($stack);

You can also specify a specic priority value when registering resolvers, with high, positive integers getting higher priority, and low, negative integers getting low priority, when resolving. In an MVC application, you can congure this via DI quite easily:
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return array( di => array( instance => array( Zend\View\Resolver\AggregateResolver => array( injections => array( Zend\View\Resolver\TemplateMapResolver, Zend\View\Resolver\TemplatePathStack, ), ), Zend\View\Resolver\TemplateMapResolver => array( parameters => array( map => array( layout => __DIR__ . /view/layout.phtml, index/index => __DIR__ . /view/index/index.phtml, ), ), ), Zend\View\Resolver\TemplatePathStack => array( parameters => array( paths => array( application => __DIR__ . /view, elsewhere => $someOtherPath, ), ), ), Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer => array( parameters => array( resolver => Zend\View\Resolver\AggregateResolver, ), ), ), ), );

Now that we have our PhpRenderer instance, and it can nd templates, lets inject some variables. This can be done in 4 different ways.

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Pass an associative array (or ArrayAccess instance, or Zend\View\Variables instance) of items as the second argument to render(): $renderer->render($templateName, array(foo => bar)) Assign a Zend\View\Variables instance, associative array, or ArrayAccess instance to the setVars() method. Assign variables as instance properties of the renderer: $renderer->foo = bar. This essentially proxies to an instance of Variables composed internally in the renderer by default. Create a ViewModel instance, assign variables to that, and pass the ViewModel to the render() method:
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use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel; use Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer; $renderer = new PhpRenderer(); $model = new ViewModel(); $model->setVariable(foo, bar); // or $model = new ViewModel(array(foo => bar)); $model->setTemplate($templateName); $renderer->render($model);

Now, lets render something. As a simple example, let us say you have a list of book data.
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// use a model to get the data for book authors and titles. $data = array( array( author => Hernando de Soto, title => The Mystery of Capitalism ), array( author => Henry Hazlitt, title => Economics in One Lesson ), array( author => Milton Friedman, title => Free to Choose ) ); // now assign the book data to a renderer instance $renderer->books = $data; // and render the template "booklist" echo $renderer->render(booklist);

More often than not, youll likely be using the MVC layer. As such, you should be thinking in terms of view models. Lets consider the following code from within an action method of a controller.
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// Assume $data is the list of books from the previous example $model = new ViewModel(array(books => $data)); // Optionally specify a template; if we dont, by default it will be // auto-determined based on the module name, controller name and this action. // In this example, the template would resolve to "bookstore/book/list", // and thus the file "bookstore/book/list.phtml"; the following overrides // that to set the template to "booklist", and thus the file "booklist.phtml" // (note the lack of directory preceding the filename). $model->setTemplate(booklist); return $model } }

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Now we need the associated view script. At this point, well assume that the template booklist resolves to the le booklist.phtml. This is a PHP script like any other, with one exception: it executes inside the scope of the PhpRenderer instance, which means that references to $this point to the PhpRenderer instance properties and methods. Thus, a very basic view script could look like this:
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<?php if ($this->books): ?> <!-- A table of some books. --> <table> <tr> <th>Author</th> <th>Title</th> </tr> <?php foreach ($this->books as $key => $val): ?> <tr> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($val[author]) ?></td> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($val[title]) ?></td> </tr> <?php endforeach; ?> </table> <?php else: ?> <p>There are no books to display.</p> <?php endif;?>

Note: Escape Output The security mantra is Filter input, escape output. If you are unsure of the source of a given variable which is likely most of the time you should escape it based on which HTML context it is being injected into. The primary contexts to be aware of are HTML Body, HTML Attribute, Javascript, CSS and URI. Each context has a dedicated helper available to apply the escaping strategy most appropriate to each context. You should be aware that escaping does vary signicantly between contexts - there is no one single escaping strategy that can be globally applied. In the example above, there are calls to an escapeHtml() method. The method is actually a helper, a plugin

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available via method overloading. Additional escape helpers provide the escapeHtmlAttr(), escapeJs(), escapeCss(), and escapeUrl() methods for each of the HTML contexts you are most likely to encounter. By using the provided helpers and being aware of your variables contexts, you will prevent your templates from running afoul of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Weve now toured the basic usage of the PhpRenderer. By now you should know how to instantiate the renderer, provide it with a resolver, assign variables and/or create view models, create view scripts, and render view scripts.

306.2 Options and Conguration


Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer utilizes several collaborators in order to do its work. use the following methods to congure the renderer. setHelperPluginManager(string|Zend\View\HelperPluginManager $helpers) Set the helper plugin manager instance used to load, register, and retrieve helpers. Return type Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer setResolver(Zend\View\Resolver\ResolverInterface $resolver) Set the resolver instance. Return type Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer setFilterChain(Zend\Filter\FilterChain $lters) Set a lter chain to use as an output lter on rendered content. Return type Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer setVars(array|ArrayAccess|Zend\View\Variables $variables) Set the variables to use when rendering a view script/template. Return type mixed setCanRenderTrees(boolean $canRenderTrees) Set ag indicating whether or not we should render trees of view models. If set to true, the Zend\View\View instance will not attempt to render children separately, but instead pass the root view model directly to the PhpRenderer. It is then up to the developer to render the children from within the view script. This is typically done using the RenderChildModel helper: $this->renderChildModel(child_name). Return type Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer

306.3 Additional Methods


Typically, youll only ever access variables and helpers within your view scripts or when interacting with the PhpRenderer. However, there are a few additional methods you may be interested in. render(string|Zend\View\Model\ModelInterface $nameOrModel, array|Traversable $values = null) Render a template/view model. If $nameOrModel is a string, it is assumed to be a template name. That template will be resolved using the current resolver, and then rendered. If $values is non-null, those values, and those values only, will be used during rendering, and will replace whatever variable container previously was in the renderer; however, the previous variable container will be reset when done. If $values is empty, the current variables container (see setVars()) will be injected when rendering.

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If $nameOrModel is a Model instance, the template name will be retrieved from it and used. Additionally, if the model contains any variables, these will be used when rendering; otherwise, the variables container already present, if any, will be used. It will return the script output. Return type string resolver() Retrieves the Resolver instance. Return type string|Zend\View\Resolver\ResolverInterface vars(string $key = null) Retrieve a single variable from the container if a key is provided, otherwise it will return the variables container. Return type mixed plugin(string $name, array $options = null) Get a plugin/helper instance. Proxies to the plugin managers get() method; as such, any $options you pass will be passed to the plugins constructor if this is the rst time the plugin has been retrieved. See the section on helpers for more information. Return type Zend\View\Helper\HelperInterface addTemplate(string $template) Add a template to the stack. When used, the next call to render() will loop through all template added using this method, rendering them one by one; the output of the last will be returned. Return type Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer

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Once you call render(), Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer then include()s the requested view script and executes it inside the scope of the PhpRenderer instance. Therefore, in your view scripts, references to $this actually point to the PhpRenderer instance itself. Variables assigned to the view either via a View Model, Variables container, or simply by passing an array of variables to render() may be retrieved in three ways: Explicitly, by retrieving them from the Variables container composed in the PhpRenderer: $this->vars()>varname. As instance properties of the PhpRenderer instance: $this->varname. (In this situation, instance property access is simply proxying to the composed Variables instance.) As local PHP variables: $varname. The PhpRenderer extracts the members of the Variables container locally. We generally recommend using the second notation, as its less verbose than the rst, but differentiates between variables in the view script scope and those assigned to the renderer from elsewhere. By way of reminder, here is the example view script from the PhpRenderer introduction.
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<?php if ($this->books): ?> <!-- A table of some books. --> <table> <tr> <th>Author</th> <th>Title</th> </tr> <?php foreach ($this->books as $key => $val): ?> <tr> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($val[author]) ?></td> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($val[title]) ?></td> </tr> <?php endforeach; ?> </table> <?php else: ?> <p>There are no books to display.</p> <?php endif;?>

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One of the most important tasks to perform in a view script is to make sure that output is escaped properly; among other things, this helps to avoid cross-site scripting attacks. Unless you are using a function, method, or helper that does escaping on its own, you should always escape variables when you output them and pay careful attention to applying the correct escaping strategy to each HTML context you use. The PhpRenderer includes a selection of helpers you can use for this purpose: EscapeHtml, EscapeHtmlAttr, EscapeJs, EscapeCss, and EscapeUrl. Matching the correct helper (or combination of helpers) to the context into which you are injecting untrusted variables will ensure that you are protected against Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
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// bad view-script practice: echo $this->variable; // good view-script practice: echo $this->escapeHtml($this->variable); // and remember context is always relevant! <script type="text/javascript"> var foo = "<?php echo $this->escapeJs($variable) ?>"; </script>

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THE VIEWEVENT
The view layer of Zend Framework 2 incorporates and utilizes a custom Zend\EventManager\Event implementation - Zend\View\ViewEvent. This event is created during Zend\View\View::getEvent() and is passed directly to all the events that method triggers. The ViewEvent adds accessors and mutators for the following: Model object, typically representing the layout view model. Renderer object. Request object. Response object. Result object. The methods it denes are: setModel(Model $model) getModel() setRequest($request) getRequest() setResponse($response) getResponse() setRenderer($renderer) getRenderer() setResult($result) getResult()

308.1 Order of events


The following events are triggered, in the following order:

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Table 308.1: ViewEvent Events Name renderer renderer.post response Constant ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER_POST ViewEvent::EVENT_RESPONSE Description Render the view, with the help of renderers. Triggers after the view is rendered. Populate the response from the view.

Those events are extensively describe in the following sections.

308.2 ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER
308.2.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): For PhpStrategy This listener is added when the strategy used for rendering is PhpStrategy: Table 308.2: ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER Listeners for PhpStrategy Class Zend\View\Strategy\PhpStrategy For JsonStrategy This listener is added when the strategy used for rendering is JsonStrategy: Table 308.3: ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER Listeners for JsonStrategy Class Zend\View\Strategy\JsonStrategy For FeedStrategy This listener is added when the strategy used for rendering is FeedStrategy: Table 308.4: ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER Listeners for FeedStrategy Class Zend\View\Strategy\FeedStrategy Priority 1 Method Called selectRenderer Description Return a FeedRenderer Priority 1 Method Called selectRenderer Description Return a JsonRenderer Priority 1 Method Called selectRenderer Description Return a PhpRenderer

308.2.2 Triggerers
This event is triggered by the following classes:

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Table 308.5: ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER Triggerers In Method Zend\View\View render Class Description It has a short circuit callback that stops propagation once one result return an instance of a Renderer.

308.3 ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER_POST
308.3.1 Listeners
There are currently no built-in listeners for this event.

308.3.2 Triggerers
This event is triggered by the following classes: Table 308.6: ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER_POST Triggerers In Method Zend\View\View render Class Description This event is triggered after ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER and before ViewEvent::EVENT_RESPONSE.

308.4 ViewEvent::EVENT_RESPONSE
308.4.1 Listeners
The following classes are listening to this event (they are sorted from higher priority to lower priority): For PhpStrategy This listener is added when the strategy used for rendering is PhpStrategy: Table 308.7: ViewEvent::EVENT_RESPONSE Listeners for PhpStrategy Priority Zend\View\Strategy\PhpStrategy 1 Class Method Called Description

injectResponsePopulate the Response object from the view.

For JsonStrategy This listener is added when the strategy used for rendering is JsonStrategy:

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Table 308.8: ViewEvent::EVENT_RESPONSE Listeners for JsonStrategy Priority Zend\View\Strategy\JsonStrategy 1 Class Method Called Description

injectResponsePopulate the Response object from the view.

For FeedStrategy This listener is added when the strategy used for rendering is FeedStrategy: Table 308.9: ViewEvent::EVENT_RESPONSE Listeners for FeedStrategy Priority Zend\View\Strategy\FeedStrategy 1 Class Method Called Description

injectResponsePopulate the Response object from the view.

308.4.2 Triggerers
This event is triggered by the following classes: Table 308.10: ViewEvent::EVENT_RESPONSE Triggerers In Method Zend\View\View render Class Description This event is triggered after ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER and ViewEvent::EVENT_RENDERER_POST.

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VIEW HELPERS
In your view scripts, often it is necessary to perform certain complex functions over and over: e.g., formatting a date, generating form elements, or displaying action links. You can use helper, or plugin, classes to perform these behaviors for you. A helper is simply a class that implements Zend\View\Helper\HelperInterface and it simply denes two methods, setView(), which accepts a Zend\View\Renderer\RendererInterface instance/implementation, and getView(), used to retrieve that instance. Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer composes a plugin manager, allowing you to retrieve helpers, and also provides some method overloading capabilities that allow proxying method calls to helpers. As an example, lets say we have a helper class named MyModule\View\Helper\LowerCase, which we register in our plugin manager with the name lowercase. We can retrieve it in one of the following ways:
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// $view is a PhpRenderer instance // Via the plugin manager: $pluginManager = $view->getHelperPluginManager(); $helper = $pluginManager->get(lowercase); // Retrieve the helper instance, via the method "plugin", // which proxies to the plugin manager: $helper = $view->plugin(lowercase); // If the helper does not define __invoke(), the following also retrieves it: $helper = $view->lowercase(); // If the helper DOES define __invoke, you can call the helper // as if it is a method: $filtered = $view->lowercase(some value);

The last two examples demonstrate how the PhpRenderer uses method overloading to retrieve and/or invoke helpers directly, offering a convenience API for end users. A large number of helpers are provided in the standard distribution of Zend Framework. You can also register helpers by adding them to the plugin manager.

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INCLUDED HELPERS
Zend Framework comes with an initial set of helper classes. In particular, there are helpers for creating route-based URLs and HTML lists, as well as declaring variables. Additionally, there are a rich set of helpers for providing values for, and rendering, the various HTML <head> tags, such as HeadTitle, HeadLink, and HeadScript. The currently shipped helpers include: BasePath Cycle Doctype HeadLink HeadMeta HeadScript HeadStyle HeadTitle HtmlList HTML Object Plugins Identity InlineScript JSON Partial Placeholder Note: View helpers related to Internationalization are documented in the I18n View Helpers chapter.

Note: View helpers related to form are documented in the Form View Helpers chapter.

Note: View helpers related to navigation are documented in the Navigation View Helpers chapter.

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310.1 BasePath Helper


While most URLs generated by the framework have the base URL prepended automatically, developers will need to prepend the base URL to their own URLs (usually inside an href attribute) in order for paths to resources to be correct. If youre running on ZF2s MVC base, basePath() will point to the public folder of the applications root. Usage of the basePath() helper is straightforward:
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/* * The following assume that the base URL of the page/application is "/mypage". */ /* * Prints: * <base href="/mypage/" /> */ <base href="<?php echo $this->basePath(); ?>" /> /* * Prints: * <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/mypage/css/base.css" /> */ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $this->basePath(css/base.css); ?>" />

Note: For simplicitys sake, we strip out the entry PHP le (e.g., the base URL . However, in some situations this may cause a problem. $this->plugin(basePath)->setBasePath() to manually set the base path.

index.php) from If one occurs, use

310.2 Cycle Helper


The Cycle helper is used to alternate a set of values.
Cycle Helper Basic Usage

To add elements to cycle just specify them in constructor or use assign(array $data) function
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<?php foreach ($this->books as $book):?> <tr style="background-color:<?php echo $this->cycle(array("#F0F0F0", "#FFFFFF")) ->next()?>"> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($book[author]) ?></td> </tr> <?php endforeach;?> // Moving in backwards order and assign function $this->cycle()->assign(array("#F0F0F0","#FFFFFF")); $this->cycle()->prev(); ?>

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<tr style="background-color:#F0F0F0"> <td>First</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> <td>Second</td> </tr>

Working with two or more cycles

To use two cycles you have to specify the names of cycles. Just set second parameter in cycle method. $this->cycle(array("#F0F0F0","#FFFFFF"),cycle2). You can also use setName($name) function.
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<?php foreach ($this->books as $book):?> <tr style="background-color:<?php echo $this->cycle(array("#F0F0F0", "#FFFFFF")) ->next()?>"> <td><?php echo $this->cycle(array(1,2,3),number)->next()?></td> <td><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($book[author])?></td> </tr> <?php endforeach;?>

310.3 Doctype Helper


Valid HTML and XHTML documents should include a DOCTYPE declaration. Besides being difcult to remember, these can also affect how certain elements in your document should be rendered (for instance, CDATA escaping in <script> and <style> elements. The Doctype helper allows you to specify one of the following types: XHTML11 XHTML1_STRICT XHTML1_TRANSITIONAL XHTML1_FRAMESET XHTML1_RDFA XHTML1_RDFA11 XHTML_BASIC1 XHTML5 HTML4_STRICT HTML4_LOOSE HTML4_FRAMESET HTML5 CUSTOM_XHTML CUSTOM

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You can also specify a custom doctype as long as it is well-formed. The Doctype helper is a concrete implementation of the Placeholder helper.
Doctype Helper Basic Usage

You may specify the doctype at any time. However, helpers that depend on the doctype for their output will recognize it only after you have set it, so the easiest approach is to specify it in your bootstrap:
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And then print it out on top of your layout script:


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Retrieving the Doctype

If you need to know the doctype, you can do so by calling getDoctype() on the object, which is returned by invoking the helper.
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Typically, youll simply want to know if the doctype is XHTML or not; for this, the isXhtml() method will sufce:
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if ($view->doctype()->isXhtml()) { // do something differently }

You can also check if the doctype represents an HTML5 document.


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Choosing a Doctype to Use with the Open Graph Protocol

To implement the Open Graph Protocol, you may specify the XHTML1_RDFA doctype. This doctype allows a developer to use the Resource Description Framework within an XHTML document.
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The RDFa doctype allows XHTML to validate when the property meta tag attribute is used per the Open Graph Protocol spec. Example within a view script:
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In the previous example, we set the property to og:type. The og references the Open Graph namespace we specied in the html tag. The content identies the page as being about a musician. See the Open Graph Protocol documentation for supported properties. The HeadMeta helper may be used to programmatically set these Open Graph Protocol meta tags. 1264 Chapter 310. Included Helpers

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310.4 HeadLink Helper


The HTML <link> element is increasingly used for linking a variety of resources for your site: stylesheets, feeds, favicons, trackbacks, and more. The HeadLink helper provides a simple interface for creating and aggregating these elements for later retrieval and output in your layout script. The HeadLink helper has special methods for adding stylesheet links to its stack: appendStylesheet($href, $media, $conditionalStylesheet, $extras) offsetSetStylesheet($index, $href, $media, $conditionalStylesheet, $extras) prependStylesheet($href, $media, $conditionalStylesheet, $extras) setStylesheet($href, $media, $conditionalStylesheet, $extras) The $media value defaults to screen, but may be any valid media value. $conditionalStylesheet is a string or boolean FALSE, and will be used at rendering time to determine if special comments should be included to prevent loading of the stylesheet on certain platforms. $extras is an array of any extra values that you want to be added to the tag. Additionally, the HeadLink helper has special methods for adding alternate links to its stack: appendAlternate($href, $type, $title, $extras) offsetSetAlternate($index, $href, $type, $title, $extras) prependAlternate($href, $type, $title, $extras) setAlternate($href, $type, $title, $extras) The headLink() helper method allows specifying all attributes necessary for a <link> element, and allows you to also specify placement whether the new element replaces all others, prepends (top of stack), or appends (end of stack). The HeadLink helper is a concrete implementation of the Placeholder helper.
HeadLink Helper Basic Usage

You may specify a headLink at any time. Typically, you will specify global links in your layout script, and application specic links in your application view scripts. In your layout script, in the <head> section, you will then echo the helper to output it.
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->appendStylesheet(/styles/basic.css) ->prependStylesheet( /styles/moz.css, screen, true, array(id => my_stylesheet) ); ?> <?php // rendering the links: ?> <?php echo $this->headLink() ?>

310.5 HeadMeta Helper


The HTML <meta> element is used to provide meta information about your HTML document typically keywords, document character set, caching pragmas, etc. Meta tags may be either of the http-equiv or name types, must contain a content attribute, and can also have either of the lang or scheme modier attributes. The HeadMeta helper supports the following methods for setting and adding meta tags: appendName($keyValue, $content, $conditionalName) offsetSetName($index, $keyValue, $content, $conditionalName) prependName($keyValue, $content, $conditionalName) setName($keyValue, $content, $modifiers) appendHttpEquiv($keyValue, $content, $conditionalHttpEquiv) offsetSetHttpEquiv($index, $keyValue, $content, $conditionalHttpEquiv) prependHttpEquiv($keyValue, $content, $conditionalHttpEquiv) setHttpEquiv($keyValue, $content, $modifiers) setCharset($charset) The following methods are also supported with XHTML1_RDFA doctype set with the Doctype helper: appendProperty($property, $content, $modifiers) offsetSetProperty($index, $property, $content, $modifiers) prependProperty($property, $content, $modifiers) setProperty($property, $content, $modifiers) The $keyValue item is used to dene a value for the name or http-equiv key; $content is the value for the content key, and $modifiers is an optional associative array that can contain keys for lang and/or scheme. You may also set meta tags using the headMeta() helper method, which has the following signature: headMeta($content, $keyValue, $keyType = name, $modifiers = array(), $placement = APPEND). $keyValue is the content for the key specied in $keyType, which should be either name or http-equiv. $keyType may also be specied as property if the doctype has been set to XHTML1_RDFA. $placement can be SET (overwrites all previously stored values), APPEND (added to end of stack), or PREPEND (added to top of stack). HeadMeta overrides each of append(), offsetSet(), prepend(), and set() to enforce usage of the special methods as listed above. Internally, it stores each item as a stdClass token, which it later serializes using the itemToString() method. This allows you to perform checks on the items in the stack, and optionally modify these items by simply modifying the object returned.

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The HeadMeta helper is a concrete implementation of the Placeholder helper.


HeadMeta Helper Basic Usage

You may specify a new meta tag at any time. Typically, you will specify client-side caching rules or SEO keywords. For instance, if you wish to specify SEO keywords, youd be creating a meta name tag with the name keywords and the content the keywords you wish to associate with your page:
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// setting meta keywords $this->headMeta()->appendName(keywords, framework, PHP, productivity);

If you wished to set some client-side caching rules, youd set http-equiv tags with the rules you wish to enforce:
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// disabling client-side cache $this->headMeta()->appendHttpEquiv(expires, Wed, 26 Feb 1997 08:21:57 GMT) ->appendHttpEquiv(pragma, no-cache) ->appendHttpEquiv(Cache-Control, no-cache);

Another popular use for meta tags is setting the content type, character set, and language:
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// setting content type and character set $this->headMeta()->appendHttpEquiv(Content-Type, text/html; charset=UTF-8) ->appendHttpEquiv(Content-Language, en-US);

If you are serving an HTML5 document, you should provide the character set like this:
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As a nal example, an easy way to display a transitional message before a redirect is using a meta refresh:
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// setting a meta refresh for 3 seconds to a new url: $this->headMeta()->appendHttpEquiv(Refresh, 3;URL=http://www.some.org/some.html);

When youre ready to place your meta tags in the layout, simply echo the helper:
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HeadMeta Usage with XHTML1_RDFA doctype

Enabling the RDFa doctype with the Doctype helper enables the use of the property attribute (in addition to the standard name and http-equiv) with HeadMeta. This is commonly used with the Facebook Open Graph Protocol. For instance, you may specify an open graph page title and type as follows:
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$this->doctype(Zend\View\Helper\Doctype::XHTML_RDFA); $this->headMeta()->setProperty(og:title, my article title); $this->headMeta()->setProperty(og:type, article); echo $this->headMeta(); // output is: // <meta property="og:title" content="my article title" /> // <meta property="og:type" content="article" />

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310.6 HeadScript Helper


The HTML <script> element is used to either provide inline client-side scripting elements or link to a remote resource containing client-side scripting code. The HeadScript helper allows you to manage both. The HeadScript helper supports the following methods for setting and adding scripts: appendFile($src, $type = text/javascript, $attrs = array()) offsetSetFile($index, $src, $type = text/javascript, $attrs = array()) prependFile($src, $type = text/javascript, $attrs = array()) setFile($src, $type = text/javascript, $attrs = array()) appendScript($script, $type = text/javascript, $attrs = array()) offsetSetScript($index, $script, $type = text/javascript, $attrs = array()) prependScript($script, $type = text/javascript, $attrs = array()) setScript($script, $type = text/javascript, $attrs = array()) In the case of the * File() methods, $src is the remote location of the script to load; this is usually in the form of a URL or a path. For the * Script() methods, $script is the client-side scripting directives you wish to use in the element. Note: Setting Conditional Comments HeadScript allows you to wrap the script tag in conditional comments, which allows you to hide it from specic browsers. To add the conditional tags, pass the conditional value as part of the $attrs parameter in the method calls.

Headscript With Conditional Comments // adding scripts $this->headScript()->appendFile( /js/prototype.js, text/javascript, array(conditional => lt IE 7) );

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Note: Preventing HTML style comments or CDATA wrapping of scripts By default HeadScript will wrap scripts with HTML comments or it wraps scripts with XHTML cdata. This behavior can be problematic when you intend to use the script tag in an alternative way by setting the type to something other then text/javascript. To prevent such escaping, pass an noescape with a value of true as part of the $attrs parameter in the method calls.
Create a jQuery template with the headScript // jquery template $template = <div class="book">{{:title}}</div>; $this->headScript()->appendScript( $template,

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text/x-jquery-tmpl, array(id => tmpl-book, noescape => true) );

HeadScript also allows capturing scripts; this can be useful if you want to create the client-side script programmatically, and then place it elsewhere. The usage for this will be showed in an example below. Finally, you can also use the headScript() method to quickly add script elements; the signature for this is headScript($mode = FILE, $spec = null, $placement = APPEND, array $attrs = array(), $type = text/javascript). The $mode is either FILE or SCRIPT, depending on if youre linking a script or dening one. $spec is either the script le to link or the script source itself. $placement should be either APPEND, PREPEND, or SET. $attrs is an array of script attributes. $type is the script type attribute. HeadScript overrides each of append(), offsetSet(), prepend(), and set() to enforce usage of the special methods as listed above. Internally, it stores each item as a stdClass token, which it later serializes using the itemToString() method. This allows you to perform checks on the items in the stack, and optionally modify these items by simply modifying the object returned. The HeadScript helper is a concrete implementation of the Placeholder helper. Note: Use InlineScript for HTML Body Scripts HeadScripts sibling helper, InlineScript, should be used when you wish to include scripts inline in the HTML body. Placing scripts at the end of your document is a good practice for speeding up delivery of your page, particularly when using 3rd party analytics scripts.

Note: Arbitrary Attributes are Disabled by Default By default, HeadScript only will render <script> attributes that are blessed by the W3C. These include type, charset, defer, language, and src. However, some JavaScript frameworks, notably Dojo, utilize custom attributes in order to modify behavior. To allow such attributes, you can enable them via the setAllowArbitraryAttributes() method:
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HeadScript Helper Basic Usage

You may specify a new script tag at any time. As noted above, these may be links to outside resource les or scripts themselves.
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// adding scripts $this->headScript()->appendFile(/js/prototype.js) ->appendScript($onloadScript);

Order is often important with client-side scripting; you may need to ensure that libraries are loaded in a specic order due to dependencies each have; use the various append, prepend, and offsetSet directives to aid in this task:
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// Putting scripts in order // place at a particular offset to ensure loaded last $this->headScript()->offsetSetFile(100, /js/myfuncs.js); // use scriptaculous effects (append uses next index, 101)

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$this->headScript()->appendFile(/js/scriptaculous.js); // but always have base prototype script load first: $this->headScript()->prependFile(/js/prototype.js);

When youre nally ready to output all scripts in your layout script, simply echo the helper:
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Capturing Scripts Using the HeadScript Helper

Sometimes you need to generate client-side scripts programmatically. While you could use string concatenation, heredocs, and the like, often its easier just to do so by creating the script and sprinkling in PHP tags. HeadScript lets you do just that, capturing it to the stack:
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<?php $this->headScript()->captureStart() ?> var action = <?php echo $this->baseUrl ?>; $(foo_form).action = action; <?php $this->headScript()->captureEnd() ?>

The following assumptions are made: The script will be appended to the stack. If you wish for it to replace the stack or be added to the top, you will need to pass SET or PREPEND, respectively, as the rst argument to captureStart(). The script MIME type is assumed to be text/javascript; if you wish to specify a different type, you will need to pass it as the second argument to captureStart(). If you wish to specify any additional attributes for the <script> tag, pass them in an array as the third argument to captureStart().

310.7 HeadStyle Helper


The HTML <style> element is used to include CSS stylesheets inline in the HTML <head> element. Note: Use HeadLink to link CSS les HeadLink should be used to create <link> elements for including external stylesheets. HeadStyle is used when you wish to dene your stylesheets inline. The HeadStyle helper supports the following methods for setting and adding stylesheet declarations: appendStyle($content, $attributes = array()) offsetSetStyle($index, $content, $attributes = array()) prependStyle($content, $attributes = array()) setStyle($content, $attributes = array()) In all cases, $content is the actual CSS declarations. $attributes are any additional attributes you wish to provide to the style tag: lang, title, media, or dir are all permissible. Note: Setting Conditional Comments

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HeadStyle allows you to wrap the style tag in conditional comments, which allows you to hide it from specic browsers. To add the conditional tags, pass the conditional value as part of the $attributes parameter in the method calls.

Headstyle With Conditional Comments


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HeadStyle also allows capturing style declarations; this can be useful if you want to create the declarations programmatically, and then place them elsewhere. The usage for this will be showed in an example below. Finally, you can also use the headStyle() method to quickly add declarations elements; the signature for this is headStyle($content = null, $placement = APPEND, $attributes = array()). $placement should be either APPEND, PREPEND, or SET. HeadStyle overrides each of append(), offsetSet(), prepend(), and set() to enforce usage of the special methods as listed above. Internally, it stores each item as a stdClass token, which it later serializes using the itemToString() method. This allows you to perform checks on the items in the stack, and optionally modify these items by simply modifying the object returned. The HeadStyle helper is a concrete implementation of the Placeholder helper. Note: UTF-8 encoding used by default By default, Zend Framework uses UTF-8 as its default encoding, and, specic to this case, Zend\View does as well. So if you want to use another encoding with headStyle, you will have do three things: 1. Create a custom renderer and implement a getEncoding() method; 2. Create a custom rendering strategy that will return an instance of your custom renderer; 3. Attach the custom strategy in the ViewEvent; See the example below. First we have to write the custom renderer:
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// module/MyModule/View/Renderer/MyRenderer.php <?php namespace MyModule\View\Renderer; // Since we just want to implement the getEncoding() method, we can extend the Zend native renderer use Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer; class MyRenderer extends PhpRenderer { /** * @var string */ protected $encoding; /** * Constructor * * @param string $encoding The encoding to be used */

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public function __construct($encoding) { parent::__construct(); $this->encoding = $encoding; } /** * Sets the encoding * * @param string $encoding The encoding to be used */ public function setEncoding($encoding) { $this->encoding = $encoding; } /** * Gets the encoding * * @return string The encoding being used */ public function getEncoding() { return $this->encoding; } }

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// module/MyModule.php <?php namespace MyModule; use MyModule\View\Renderer\MyRenderer; use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent; use Zend\View\Strategy\PhpRendererStrategy; class Module { public function getConfig(){/* ... */} public function getAutoloaderConfig(){/* ... */}

public function getServiceConfig() { return array( factories => array( // Register our custom renderer in the service manager MyCustomRenderer => function ($serviceManager) { $myRenderer = new MyRenderer(ISO-8859-1); return $myRenderer; }, MyCustomStrategy => function ($serviceManager) { // As stated before, we just want to implement the getEncoding() method, so we can use // Zend\View\Strategy\PhpRendererStrategy and just provide our custom renderer to it. $myRenderer = $serviceManager->get(MyCustomRenderer); $strategy = new PhpRendererStrategy($myRenderer);

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return $strategy; } ), ); } public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $e) { // Register a render event $app = $e->getParam(application); $app->getEventManager()->attach(render, array($this, registerMyStrategy), 100); } public function registerMyStrategy(MvcEvent $e) { $app = $e->getTarget(); $locator = $app->getServiceManager(); $view = $locator->get(Zend\View\View); $myStrategy = $locator->get(MyCustomStrategy); // Attach strategy, which is a listener aggregate, at high priority $view->getEventManager()->attach($myStrategy, 100); } }

See the quick start Creating and Registering Alternate Rendering and Response Strategies chapter for more information on how to create and register custom strategies to your view.
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You may specify a new style tag at any time:


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Order is very important with CSS; you may need to ensure that declarations are loaded in a specic order due to the order of the cascade; use the various append, prepend, and offsetSet directives to aid in this task:
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// Putting styles in order // place at a particular offset: $this->headStyle()->offsetSetStyle(100, $customStyles); // place at end: $this->headStyle()->appendStyle($finalStyles); // place at beginning $this->headStyle()->prependStyle($firstStyles);

When youre nally ready to output all style declarations in your layout script, simply echo the helper:
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Capturing Style Declarations Using the HeadStyle Helper

Sometimes you need to generate CSS style declarations programmatically. While you could use string concatenation, heredocs, and the like, often its easier just to do so by creating the styles and sprinkling in PHP tags. HeadStyle lets you do just that, capturing it to the stack:
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<?php $this->headStyle()->captureStart() ?> body { background-color: <?php echo $this->bgColor ?>; } <?php $this->headStyle()->captureEnd() ?>

The following assumptions are made: The style declarations will be appended to the stack. If you wish for them to replace the stack or be added to the top, you will need to pass SET or PREPEND, respectively, as the rst argument to captureStart(). If you wish to specify any additional attributes for the <style> tag, pass them in an array as the second argument to captureStart().

310.8 HeadTitle Helper


The HTML <title> element is used to provide a title for an HTML document. The HeadTitle helper allows you to programmatically create and store the title for later retrieval and output. The HeadTitle helper is a concrete implementation of the Placeholder helper. It overrides the toString() method to enforce generating a <title> element, and adds a headTitle() method for quick and easy setting and aggregation of title elements. The signature for that method is headTitle($title, $setType = null); by default, the value is appended to the stack (aggregating title segments) if left at null, but you may also specify either PREPEND (place at top of stack) or SET (overwrite stack). Since setting the aggregating (attach) order on each call to headTitle can be cumbersome, you can set a default attach order by calling setDefaultAttachOrder() which is applied to all headTitle() calls unless you explicitly pass a different attach order as the second parameter.
HeadTitle Helper Basic Usage

You may specify a title tag at any time. A typical usage would have you setting title segments for each level of depth in your application: site, module, controller, action, and potentially resource. This could be achieved in the module class.
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// module/MyModule/Module.php <?php namespace MyModule; class Module { /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function onBootstrap($e) { // Register a render event

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$app = $e->getParam(application); $app->getEventManager()->attach(render, array($this, setLayoutTitle)); } /** * @param \Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent $e The MvcEvent instance * @return void */ public function setLayoutTitle($e) { $matches = $e->getRouteMatch(); $action = $matches->getParam(action); $controller = $matches->getParam(controller); $module = __NAMESPACE__; $siteName = Zend Framework; // Getting the view helper manager from the application service manager $viewHelperManager = $e->getApplication()->getServiceManager()->get(viewHelperManager); // Getting the headTitle helper from the view helper manager $headTitleHelper = $viewHelperManager->get(headTitle); // Setting a separator string for segments $headTitleHelper->setSeparator( - ); // Setting the action, controller, module and site name as title segments $headTitleHelper->append($action); $headTitleHelper->append($controller); $headTitleHelper->append($module); $headTitleHelper->append($siteName); } }

When youre nally ready to render the title in your layout script, simply echo the helper:
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310.9 HtmlList Helper


htmlList($items, $ordered, $attribs, $escape): generates unordered and ordered lists based on the $items passed to it. If $items is a multidimensional array, a nested list will be built. If the $escape ag is TRUE (default), individual items will be escaped using the view objects registered escaping mechanisms; pass a FALSE value if you want to allow markup in your lists.

310.9.1 Unordered list


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$items = array( Level one, number one, array( Level two, number one, Level two, number two, array( Level three, number one

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), Level two, number three, ), Level one, number two, ); echo $this->htmlList($items);

Output:
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<ul> <li>Level one, number one <ul> <li>Level two, number one</li> <li>Level two, number two <ul> <li>Level three, number one</li> </ul> </li> <li>Level two, number three</li> </ul> </li> <li>Level one, number two</li> </ul>

310.9.2 Ordered list


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Output:
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<ol> <li>Level one, number one <ol> <li>Level two, number one</li> <li>Level two, number two <ol> <li>Level three, number one</li> </ol> </li> <li>Level two, number three</li> </ol> </li> <li>Level one, number two</li> </ol>

310.9.3 HTML attributes


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<ul class="foo"> <li>Level one, number one <ul class="foo"> <li>Level two, number one</li> <li>Level two, number two <ul class="foo"> <li>Level three, number one</li> </ul> </li> <li>Level two, number three</li> </ul> </li> <li>Level one, number two</li> </ul>

310.9.4 Escape Output


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$items = array( Level one, number <strong>one</strong>, Level one, number <em>two</em>, ); // Escape output (default) echo $this->htmlList($items); // Dont escape output echo $this->htmlList($items, false, false, false);

Output:
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<!-- Escape output (default) --> <ul class="foo"> <li>Level one, number &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt;</li> <li>Level one, number &lt;em&gt;two&lt;/em&gt;</li> </ul> <!-- Dont escape output --> <ul class="foo"> <li>Level one, number <strong>one</strong></li> <li>Level one, number <em>two</em></li> </ul>

310.10 HTML Object Helpers


The HTML <object> element is used for embedding media like Flash or QuickTime in web pages. The object view helpers take care of embedding media with minimum effort. There are four initial Object helpers: htmlFlash() Generates markup for embedding Flash les. htmlObject() Generates markup for embedding a custom Object. htmlPage() Generates markup for embedding other (X)HTML pages. htmlQuicktime() Generates markup for embedding QuickTime les.

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All of these helpers share a similar interface. For this reason, this documentation will only contain examples of two of these helpers.
Flash helper

Embedding Flash in your page using the helper is pretty straight-forward. The only required argument is the resource URI.
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This outputs the following HTML:


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<object data="/path/to/flash.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab"> </object>

Additionally you can specify attributes, parameters and content that can be rendered along with the <object>. This will be demonstrated using the htmlObject() helper.
Customizing the object by passing additional arguments

The rst argument in the object helpers is always required. It is the URI to the resource you want to embed. The second argument is only required in the htmlObject() helper. The other helpers already contain the correct value for this argument. The third argument is used for passing along attributes to the object element. It only accepts an array with key-value pairs. classid and codebase are examples of such attributes. The fourth argument also only takes a key-value array and uses them to create <param> elements. You will see an example of this shortly. Lastly, there is the option of providing additional content to the object. Now for an example which utilizes all arguments.
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echo $this->htmlObject( /path/to/file.ext, mime/type, array( attr1 => aval1, attr2 => aval2 ), array( param1 => pval1, param2 => pval2 ), some content ); /* This would output: <object data="/path/to/file.ext" type="mime/type" attr1="aval1" attr2="aval2"> <param name="param1" value="pval1" /> <param name="param2" value="pval2" /> some content </object> */

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310.11 Identity Helper


The Identity helper allows for getting the identity from the AuthenticationService. For the Identity helper to work, a Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService name or alias must be dened and recognized by the ServiceManager. Identity returns the identity in the AuthenticationService or null if no identity is available. As an example:
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<?php if ($user = $this->identity()) { echo Logged in as . $this->escapeHtml($user->getUsername()); } else { echo Not logged in; } ?>

When invoked, the Identity plugin will look for a service by the name or alias Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService in the ServiceManager. You can provide this service to the ServiceManager in a conguration le:
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// In a configuration file... return array( service_manager => array( alias => array( Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService => my_auth_service, ), invokables => array( my_auth_service => Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService; }, ), ), );

310.12 InlineScript Helper


The HTML <script> element is used to either provide inline client-side scripting elements or link to a remote resource containing client-side scripting code. The InlineScript helper allows you to manage both. It is derived from HeadScript, and any method of that helper is available; however, use the inlineScript() method in place of headScript(). Note: Use InlineScript for HTML Body Scripts InlineScript, should be used when you wish to include scripts inline in the HTML body. Placing scripts at the end of your document is a good practice for speeding up delivery of your page, particularly when using 3rd party analytics scripts. Some JS libraries need to be included in the HTML head; use HeadScript for those scripts.

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310.13 JSON Helper


When creating views that return JSON, its important to also set the appropriate response header. The JSON view helper does exactly that. In addition, by default, it disables layouts (if currently enabled), as layouts generally arent used with JSON responses. The JSON helper sets the following header:
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Most AJAX libraries look for this header when parsing responses to determine how to handle the content. Usage of the JSON helper is very straightforward:
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Note: Keeping layouts and enabling encoding using Zend\Json\Expr Each method in the JSON helper accepts a second, optional argument. This second argument can be a boolean ag to enable or disable layouts, or an array of options that will be passed to Zend\Json\Json::encode() and used internally to encode data. To keep layouts, the second parameter needs to be boolean TRUE. When the second parameter is an array, keeping layouts can be achieved by including a keepLayouts key with a value of a boolean TRUE.
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// Boolean true as second argument enables layouts: echo $this->json($this->data, true); // Or boolean true as "keepLayouts" key: echo $this->json($this->data, array(keepLayouts => true));

Zend\Json\Json::encode allows the encoding of native JSON expressions using Zend\Json\Expr objects. This option is disabled by default. To enable this option, pass a boolean TRUE to the enableJsonExprFinder key of the options array:
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310.14 Partial Helper


The Partial view helper is used to render a specied template within its own variable scope. The primary use is for reusable template fragments with which you do not need to worry about variable name clashes. Additionally, they allow you to specify partial view scripts from specic modules. A sibling to the Partial, the PartialLoop view helper allows you to pass iterable data, and render a partial for each item. Note: PartialLoop Counter The PartialLoop view helper assigns a variable to the view named partialCounter which passes the current position of the array to the view script. This provides an easy way to have alternating colors on table rows for example.

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Basic Usage of Partials

Basic usage of partials is to render a template fragment in its own view scope. Consider the following partial script:
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<?php // partial.phtml ?> <ul> <li>From: <?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->from) ?></li> <li>Subject: <?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->subject) ?></li> </ul>

You would then call it from your view script using the following:
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Which would then render:


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<ul> <li>From: Team Framework</li> <li>Subject: view partials</li> </ul>

Note: What is a model? A model used with the Partial view helper can be one of the following: Array. If an array is passed, it should be associative, as its key/value pairs are assigned to the view with keys as view variables. Object implementing toArray() method. If an object is passed an has a toArray() method, the results of toArray() will be assigned to the view object as view variables. Standard object. Any other object will assign the results of get_object_vars() (essentially all public properties of the object) to the view object. If your model is an object, you may want to have it passed as an object to the partial script, instead of serializing it to an array of variables. You can do this by setting the objectKey property of the appropriate helper:
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// Tell partial to pass objects as model variable $view->partial()->setObjectKey(model); // Tell partial to pass objects from partialLoop as model variable // in final partial view script: $view->partialLoop()->setObjectKey(model);

This technique is particularly useful when passing Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSets to partialLoop(), as you then have full access to your row objects within the view scripts, allowing you to call methods on them (such as retrieving values from parent or dependent rows).

Using PartialLoop to Render Iterable Models

Typically, youll want to use partials in a loop, to render the same content fragment many times; this way you can put large blocks of repeated content or complex display logic into a single location. However this has a performance impact, as the partial helper needs to be invoked once for each iteration.

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The PartialLoop view helper helps solve this issue. It allows you to pass an iterable item (array or object implementing Iterator) as the model. It then iterates over this, passing, the items to the partial script as the model. Items in the iterator may be any model the Partial view helper allows. Lets assume the following partial view script:
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And the following model:


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Mammal, value => Camel), Bird, value => Penguin), Reptile, value => Asp), Fish, value => Flounder),

In your view script, you could then invoke the PartialLoop helper:
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Rendering Partials in Other Modules

Sometime a partial will exist in a different module. If you know the name of the module, you can pass it as the second argument to either partial() or partialLoop(), moving the $model argument to third position. For instance, if theres a pager partial you wish to use thats in the list module, you could grab it as follows:
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In this way, you can re-use partials created specically for other modules. That said, its likely a better practice to put re-usable partials in shared view script paths.

310.15 Placeholder Helper


The Placeholder view helper is used to persist content between view scripts and view instances. It also offers some useful features such as aggregating content, capturing view script content for later use, and adding pre- and post-text to content (and custom separators for aggregated content).

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Basic Usage of Placeholders

Basic usage of placeholders is to persist view data. Each invocation of the Placeholder helper expects a placeholder name; the helper then returns a placeholder container object that you can either manipulate or simply echo out.
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<?php $this->placeholder(foo)->set("Some text for later") ?> <?php echo $this->placeholder(foo); // outputs "Some text for later" ?>

Using Placeholders to Aggregate Content

Aggregating content via placeholders can be useful at times as well. For instance, your view script may have a variable array from which you wish to retrieve messages to display later; a later view script can then determine how those will be rendered. The Placeholder view helper uses containers that extend ArrayObject, providing a rich feature set for manipulating arrays. In addition, it offers a variety of methods for formatting the content stored in the container: setPrefix($prefix) sets text with which to prex the content. Use getPrefix() at any time to determine what the current setting is. setPostfix($prefix) sets text with which to append the content. Use getPostfix() at any time to determine what the current setting is. setSeparator($prefix) sets text with which to separate aggregated content. Use getSeparator() at any time to determine what the current setting is. setIndent($prefix) can be used to set an indentation value for content. If an integer is passed, that number of spaces will be used; if a string is passed, the string will be used. Use getIndent() at any time to determine what the current setting is.
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Because the Placeholder container objects extend ArrayObject, you can also assign content to a specic key in the container easily, instead of simply pushing it into the container. Keys may be accessed either as object properties or as array keys.
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<?php $foo = $this->placeholder(foo); echo $foo[bar]; ?>

Using Placeholders to Capture Content

Occasionally you may have content for a placeholder in a view script that is easiest to template; the Placeholder view helper allows you to capture arbitrary content for later rendering using the following API. captureStart($type, $key) begins capturing content. $type should be one of the Placeholder constants APPEND or SET. If APPEND, captured content is appended to the list of current content in the placeholder; if SET, captured content is used as the sole value of the placeholder (potentially replacing any previous content). By default, $type is APPEND. $key can be used to specify a specic key in the placeholder container to which you want content captured. captureStart() locks capturing until captureEnd() is called; you cannot nest capturing with the same placeholder container. Doing so will raise an exception. captureEnd() stops capturing content, and places it in the container object according to how captureStart() was called.
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<!-- Default capture: append --> <?php $this->placeholder(foo)->captureStart(); foreach ($this->data as $datum): ?> <div class="foo"> <h2><?php echo $datum->title ?></h2> <p><?php echo $datum->content ?></p> </div> <?php endforeach; ?> <?php $this->placeholder(foo)->captureEnd() ?> <?php echo $this->placeholder(foo) ?> <!-- Capture to key --> <?php $this->placeholder(foo)->captureStart(SET, data); foreach ($this->data as $datum): ?> <div class="foo"> <h2><?php echo $datum->title ?></h2> <p><?php echo $datum->content ?></p> </div> <?php endforeach; ?> <?php $this->placeholder(foo)->captureEnd() ?> <?php echo $this->placeholder(foo)->data ?>

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310.15.1 Concrete Placeholder Implementations


Zend Framework ships with a number of concrete placeholder implementations. These are for commonly used placeholders: doctype, page title, and various <head> elements. In all cases, calling the placeholder with no arguments returns the element itself. Documentation for each element is covered separately, as linked below: Doctype

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310.16 URL Helper


url($name, $urlParams, $routeOptions, $reuseMatchedParams): Creates a URL string based on a named route. $urlParams should be an associative array of key/value pairs used by the particular route.
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// In a configuration array (e.g. returned by some modules module.config.php) router => array( routes => array( auth => array( type => segment, options => array( route => /auth[/:action][/:id], constraints => array( action => [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*, ), defaults => array( controller => auth, action => index, ), ) ) ) ), // In a view script: <a href="<?php echo $this->url(auth, array(action => logout, id => 100)); ?>">Logout</a>

Output:
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311.1 Registering Helpers
Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer composes a plugin manager for managing helpers, specically an instance of Zend\View\HelperPluginManager, which extends Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager, and this extends Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager. As you can see, the HelperPluginManager is a specialized service manager, so you can register a helper/plugin like any other service (see the Service Manager documentation for more information). Programmatically, this is done as follows:
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// $view is an instance of PhpRenderer $pluginManager = $view->getHelperPluginManager(); // Register as a invokable class: $pluginManager->setInvokableClass(lowercase, MyModule\View\Helper\LowerCase); // Register as a factory: $pluginManager->setFactory(lowercase, function ($pluginManager) { $lowercaseHelper = new MyModule\View\Helper\LowerCase; // ...do some configuration or dependency injection... return $lowercaseHelper; });

Within an MVC application, you will typically simply pass a map of plugins to the class via your conguration.
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// From within a configuration file return array( view_helpers => array( invokables => array( lowercase => MyModule\View\Helper\LowerCase, uppercase => MyModule\View\Helper\UpperCase, ), ), );

If your module class implements Zend\ModuleManager\Feature\ViewHelperProviderInterface, or just the method getViewHelperConfig(), you could do the following (its the same as the previous example).
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class Module { public function getAutoloaderConfig(){ /*common code*/ } public function getConfig(){ /*common code*/ } public function getViewHelperConfig() { return array( invokables => array( lowercase => MyModule\View\Helper\LowerCase, uppercase => MyModule\View\Helper\UpperCase, ), ); } }

The two latter examples can be done in each module that needs to register helpers with the PhpRenderer; however, be aware that another module can register helpers with the same name, so order of modules can impact which helper class will actually be registered!

311.2 Writing Custom Helpers


Writing custom helpers is easy. We recommend extending Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper, but at the minimum, you need only implement the Zend\View\Helper\HelperInterface interface:
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namespace Zend\View\Helper; use Zend\View\Renderer\RendererInterface as Renderer; interface HelperInterface { /** * Set the View object * * @param Renderer $view * @return HelperInterface */ public function setView(Renderer $view); /** * Get the View object * * @return Renderer */ public function getView(); }

If you want your helper to be capable of being invoked as if it were a method call of the PhpRenderer, you should also implement an __invoke() method within your helper. As previously noted, we recommend extending Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper, as it implements the methods dened in HelperInterface, giving you a headstart in your development. Once you have dened your helper class, make sure you can autoload it, and then register it with the plugin manager. Here is an example helper, which were titling SpecialPurpose

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// /module/src/MyModule/View/Helper/SpecialPurpose.php namespace MyModule\View\Helper; use Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper; class SpecialPurpose extends AbstractHelper { protected $count = 0; public function __invoke() { $this->count++; $output = sprintf("I have seen The Jerk %d time(s).", $this->count); return htmlspecialchars($output, ENT_QUOTES, UTF-8); } }

Then assume that we register it with the plugin manager, by the name specialpurpose. Within a view script, you can call the SpecialPurpose helper as many times as you like; it will be instantiated once, and then it persists for the life of that PhpRenderer instance.
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// remember, in a view script, $this refers to the Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer instance. echo $this->specialPurpose(); echo $this->specialPurpose(); echo $this->specialPurpose();

The output would look something like this:


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I have seen The Jerk 1 time(s). I have seen The Jerk 2 time(s). I have seen The Jerk 3 time(s).

Sometimes you will need access to the calling PhpRenderer object for instance, if you need to use the registered encoding, or want to render another view script as part of your helper. This is why we dene the setView() and getView() methods. As an example, we could rewrite the SpecialPurpose helper as follows to take advantage of the EscapeHtml helper:
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namespace MyModule\View\Helper; use Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper; class SpecialPurpose extends AbstractHelper { protected $count = 0; public function __invoke() { $this->count++; $output = sprintf("I have seen The Jerk %d time(s).", $this->count); $escaper = $this->getView()->plugin(escapehtml); return $escaper($output); } }

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311.3 Registering Concrete Helpers


Sometimes it is convenient to instantiate a view helper, and then register it with the renderer. This can be done by injecting it directly into the plugin manager.
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// $view is a PhpRenderer instance $helper = new MyModule\View\Helper\LowerCase; // ...do some configuration or dependency injection... $view->getHelperPluginManager()->setService(lowercase, $helper);

The plugin manager will validate the helper/plugin, and if the validation passes, the helper/plugin will be registered.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND\XMLRPC
From its home page, XML-RPC is described as a ...remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding. XML-RPC is designed to be as simple as possible, while allowing complex data structures to be transmitted, processed and returned. Zend Framework provides support for both consuming remote XML-RPC services and building new XML-RPC servers.

312.1 Quick Start


To show how easy is to create XML-RPC services with Zend\XmlRpc\Server, take a look at the following example:
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class Greeter { /** * Say hello to someone. * * @param string $name Who to greet * @return string */ public function sayHello($name=Stranger) { return sprintf("Hello %s!", $name); } } $server = new Zend\XmlRpc\Server; // Our Greeter class will be called // greeter from the client $server->setClass(Greeter, greeter); $server->handle();

Note: It is necessary to write function and method docblocks for the services which are to be exposed via Zend\XmlRpc\Server, as it will be used to validate parameters provided to the methods, and also to determine the method help text and method signatures. An example of a client consuming this XML-RPC service would be something like this:

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$client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://example.com/xmlrpcserver.php); echo $client->call(greeter.sayHello); // will output "Hello Stranger!" echo $client->call(greeter.sayHello, array(Dude)); // will output "Hello Dude!"

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313.1 Introduction
Zend Framework provides support for consuming remote XML-RPC services as a client in the Zend\XmlRpc\Client package. Its major features include automatic type conversion between PHP and XML-RPC, a server proxy object, and access to server introspection capabilities.

313.2 Method Calls


The constructor of Zend\XmlRpc\Client receives the URL of the remote XML-RPC server endpoint as its rst parameter. The new instance returned may be used to call any number of remote methods at that endpoint. To call a remote method with the XML-RPC client, instantiate it and use the call() instance method. The code sample below uses a demonstration XML-RPC server on the Zend Framework website. You can use it for testing or exploring the Zend\XmlRpc components.
XML-RPC Method Call $client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://framework.zend.com/xmlrpc); echo $client->call(test.sayHello); // hello

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The XML-RPC value returned from the remote method call will be automatically unmarshaled and cast to the equivalent PHP native type. In the example above, a PHP String is returned and is immediately ready to be used. The rst parameter of the call() method receives the name of the remote method to call. If the remote method requires any parameters, these can be sent by supplying a second, optional parameter to call() with an Array of values to pass to the remote method:
XML-RPC Method Call with Parameters $client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://framework.zend.com/xmlrpc); $arg1 = 1.1; $arg2 = foo;

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$result = $client->call(test.sayHello, array($arg1, $arg2)); // $result is a native PHP type

If the remote method doesnt require parameters, this optional parameter may either be left out or an empty array() passed to it. The array of parameters for the remote method can contain native PHP types, Zend\XmlRpc\Value objects, or a mix of each. The call() method will automatically convert the XML-RPC response and return its equivalent PHP native type. A Zend\XmlRpc\Response object for the return value will also be available by calling the getLastResponse() method after the call.

313.3 Types and Conversions


Some remote method calls require parameters. These are given to the call() method of Zend\XmlRpc\Client as an array in the second parameter. Each parameter may be given as either a native PHP type which will be automatically converted, or as an object representing a specic XML-RPC type (one of the Zend\XmlRpc\Value objects).

313.3.1 PHP Native Types as Parameters


Parameters may be passed to call() as native PHP variables, meaning as a String, Integer, Float, Boolean, Array, or an Object. In this case, each PHP native type will be auto-detected and converted into one of the XMLRPC types according to this table: Table 313.1: PHP and XML-RPC Type Conversions PHP Native Type integer Zend\Math\BigInteger\BigInteger double boolean string null array associative array object DateTime DateTime XML-RPC Type int i8 double boolean string nil array struct array dateTime.iso8601 dateTime.iso8601

Note: What type do empty arrays get cast to? Passing an empty array to an XML-RPC method is problematic, as it could represent either an array or a struct. Zend\XmlRpc\Client detects such conditions and makes a request to the servers system.methodSignature method to determine the appropriate XML-RPC type to cast to. However, this in itself can lead to issues. First off, servers that do not support system.methodSignature will log failed requests, and Zend\XmlRpc\Client will resort to casting the value to an XML-RPC array type. Additionally, this means that any call with array arguments will result in an additional call to the remote server. To disable the lookup entirely, you can call the setSkipSystemLookup() method prior to making your XML-RPC call:

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313.3.2 Zend\XmlRpc\Value Objects as Parameters


Parameters may also be created as Zend\XmlRpc\Value instances to specify an exact XML-RPC type. The primary reasons for doing this are: When you want to make sure the correct parameter type is passed to the procedure (i.e. the procedure requires an integer and you may get it from a database as a string) When the procedure requires base64 or dateTime.iso8601 type (which doesnt exists as a PHP native type) When auto-conversion may fail (i.e. you want to pass an empty XML-RPC struct as a parameter. Empty structs are represented as empty arrays in PHP but, if you give an empty array as a parameter it will be auto-converted to an XML-RPC array since its not an associative array) There are two ways to create a Zend\XmlRpc\Value object: instantiate one of the Zend\XmlRpc\Value subclasses directly, or use the static factory method Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::getXmlRpcValue(). Table 313.2: Zend\XmlRpc\Value Objects for XML-RPC Types XML-RPC Type int i4 i8 ex:i8 double boolean string nil ex:nil base64 dateTime.iso8601 array struct Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue Constant Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_INTEGER Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_I4 Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_I8 Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_APACHEI8 Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_DOUBLE Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_BOOLEAN Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_STRING Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_NIL Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_APACHENIL Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_BASE64 Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_DATETIME Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_ARRAY Zend\XmlRpc\AbstractValue::XMLRPC_TYPE_STRUCT Zend\XmlRpc\Value Object Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Integer Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Integer Zend\XmlRpc\Value\BigInteger Zend\XmlRpc\Value\BigInteger Zend\XmlRpc\Value_Double Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Boolean Zend\XmlRpc\Value\String Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Nil Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Nil Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Base64 Zend\XmlRpc\Value\DateTime Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Array Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Struct

Note: Automatic Conversion When building a new Zend\XmlRpc\Value object, its value is set by a PHP type. The PHP type will be converted to the specied type using PHP casting. For example, if a string is given as a value to the Zend\XmlRpc\Value\Integer object, it will be converted using (int)$value.

313.4 Server Proxy Object


Another way to call remote methods with the XML-RPC client is to use the server proxy. This is a PHP object that proxies a remote XML-RPC namespace, making it work as close to a native PHP object as possible. To instantiate a server proxy, call the getProxy() instance method of Zend\XmlRpc\Client. This will return an instance of Zend\XmlRpc\Client\ServerProxy. Any method call on the server proxy object will be forwarded to the remote, and parameters may be passed like any other PHP method.

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Proxy the Default Namespace $client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://framework.zend.com/xmlrpc); $service = $client->getProxy(); $hello = $service->test->sayHello(1, 2); // Proxy the default namespace // test.Hello(1, 2) returns "hello"

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The getProxy() method receives an optional argument specifying which namespace of the remote server to proxy. If it does not receive a namespace, the default namespace will be proxied. In the next example, the test namespace will be proxied:
Proxy Any Namespace $client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://framework.zend.com/xmlrpc); $test = $client->getProxy(test); // Proxy the "test" namespace // test.Hello(1,2) returns "hello"

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$hello = $test->sayHello(1, 2);

If the remote server supports nested namespaces of any depth, these can also be used through the server proxy. For example, if the server in the example above had a method test.foo.bar(), it could be called as $test->foo->bar().

313.5 Error Handling


Two kinds of errors can occur during an XML-RPC method call: HTTP errors and XML-RPC faults. Zend\XmlRpc\Client recognizes each and provides the ability to detect and trap them independently. The

313.5.1 HTTP Errors


If any HTTP error occurs, such as the remote HTTP server returns Zend\XmlRpc\Client\Exception\HttpException will be thrown.
Handling HTTP Errors $client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://foo/404); try { $client->call(bar, array($arg1, $arg2)); } catch (Zend\XmlRpc\Client\Exception\HttpException $e) { // $e->getCode() returns 404 // $e->getMessage() returns "Not Found" }

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313.5.2 XML-RPC Faults


An XML-RPC fault is analogous to a PHP exception. It is a special type returned from an XML-RPC method call that has both an error code and an error message. XML-RPC faults are handled differently depending on the context of how the Zend\XmlRpc\Client is used. When the call() method or the server proxy object is used, an XML-RPC fault will result in a Zend\XmlRpc\Client\Exception\FaultException being thrown. The code and message of the exception will map directly to their respective values in the original XML-RPC fault response.
Handling XML-RPC Faults $client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://framework.zend.com/xmlrpc); try { $client->call(badMethod); } catch (Zend\XmlRpc\Client\Exception\FaultException $e) { // $e->getCode() returns 1 // $e->getMessage() returns "Unknown method" }

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When the call() method is used to make the request, the Zend\XmlRpc\Client\Exception\FaultException will be thrown on fault. A Zend\XmlRpc\Response object containing the fault will also be available by calling getLastResponse(). When the doRequest() method is used to make the request, it will not throw the exception. Instead, it will return a Zend\XmlRpc\Response object returned will containing the fault. This can be checked with isFault() instance method of Zend\XmlRpc\Response.

313.6 Server Introspection


Some XML-RPC servers support the de facto introspection methods under the XML-RPC system. namespace. Zend\XmlRpc\Client provides special support for servers with these capabilities. A Zend\XmlRpc\Client\ServerIntrospection instance may be retrieved by calling the getIntrospector() method of Zend\XmlRpc\Client. It can then be used to perform introspection operations on the server.
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$client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://example.com/xmlrpcserver.php); $introspector = $client->getIntrospector(); foreach ($introspector->listMethods() as $method) { echo "Method: " . $method . "\n"; }

The following methods are available for introspection: getSignatureForEachMethod: Returns the signature for each method on the server getSignatureForEachMethodByMulticall($methods=null): Attempt to get the method signatures in one request via system.multicall(). Optionally pass an array of method names.

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getSignatureForEachMethodByLooping($methods=null): Get the method signatures for every method by successively calling system.methodSignature. Optionally pass an array of method names getMethodSignature($method): Get the methods signature for $method listMethods: List all methods on the server

313.7 From Request to Response


Under the hood, the call() instance method of Zend\XmlRpc\Client builds a request object (Zend\XmlRpc\Request) and sends it to another method, doRequest(), that returns a response object (Zend\XmlRpc\Response). The doRequest() method is also available for use directly:
Processing Request to Response $client = new Zend\XmlRpc\Client(http://framework.zend.com/xmlrpc); $request = new Zend\XmlRpc\Request(); $request->setMethod(test.sayHello); $request->setParams(array(foo, bar)); $client->doRequest($request); // $client->getLastRequest() returns instanceof Zend\XmlRpc\Request // $client->getLastResponse() returns instanceof Zend\XmlRpc\Response

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Whenever an XML-RPC method call is made by the client through any means, either the call() method, doRequest() method, or server proxy, the last request object and its resultant response object will always be available through the methods getLastRequest() and getLastResponse() respectively.

313.8 HTTP Client and Testing


In all of the prior examples, an HTTP client was never specied. When this is the case, a new instance of Zend\Http\Client will be created with its default options and used by Zend\XmlRpc\Client automatically. The HTTP client can be retrieved at any time with the getHttpClient() method. For most cases, the default HTTP client will be sufcient. However, the setHttpClient() method allows for a different HTTP client instance to be injected. The setHttpClient() is particularly useful for unit testing. When combined with the Zend\Http\Client\Adapter\Test, remote services can be mocked out for testing. See the unit tests for Zend\XmlRpc\Client for examples of how to do this.

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314.1 Introduction
Zend\XmlRpc\Server is intended as a fully-featured XML-RPC server, following the specications outlined at www.xmlrpc.com. Additionally, it implements the system.multicall() method, allowing boxcarring of requests.

314.2 Basic Usage


An example of the most basic use case:
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314.3 Server Structure


Zend\XmlRpc\Server is composed of a variety of components, ranging from the server itself to request, response, and fault objects. To bootstrap Zend\XmlRpc\Server, the developer must attach one or more classes or functions to the server, via the setClass() and addFunction() methods. Once done, you may either pass a Zend\XmlRpc\Request object to Zend\XmlRpc\Server::handle(), or it will instantiate a Zend\XmlRpc\Request\Http object if none is provided thus grabbing the request from php://input. Zend\XmlRpc\Server::handle() then attempts to dispatch to the appropriate handler based on the method requested. It then returns either a Zend\XmlRpc\Response-based object or a Zend\XmlRpc\Server\Faultobject. These objects both have __toString() methods that create valid XML-RPC XML responses, allowing them to be directly echoed.

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314.4 Anatomy of a webservice


314.4.1 General considerations
For maximum performance it is recommended to use a simple bootstrap le for the server component. Using Zend\XmlRpc\Server inside a Zend\Controller is strongly discouraged to avoid the overhead. Services change over time and while webservices are generally less change intense as code-native APIs, it is recommended to version your service. Do so to lay grounds to provide compatibility for clients using older versions of your service and manage your service lifecycle including deprecation timeframes. To do so just include a version number into your URI. It is also recommended to include the remote protocol name in the URI to allow easy integration of upcoming remoting technologies. http://myservice.ws/1.0/XMLRPC/.

314.4.2 What to expose?


Most of the time it is not sensible to expose business objects directly. Business objects are usually small and under heavy change, because change is cheap in this layer of your application. Once deployed and adopted, web services are hard to change. Another concern is I/O and latency: the best webservice calls are those not happening. Therefore service calls need to be more coarse-grained than usual business logic is. Often an additional layer in front of your business objects makes sense. This layer is sometimes referred to as Remote Facade. Such a service layer adds a coarse grained interface on top of your business logic and groups verbose operations into smaller ones.

314.5 Conventions
Zend\XmlRpc\Server allows the developer to attach functions and class method calls as dispatchable XML-RPC methods. Via Zend\Server\Reflection, it does introspection on all attached methods, using the function and method docblocks to determine the method help text and method signatures. XML-RPC types do not necessarily map one-to-one to PHP types. However, the code will do its best to guess the appropriate type based on the values listed in @param and @return lines. Some XML-RPC types have no immediate PHP equivalent, however, and should be hinted using the XML-RPC type in the PHPDoc. These include: dateTime.iso8601, a string formatted as YYYYMMDDTHH:mm:ss base64, base64 encoded data struct, any associative array An example of how to hint follows:
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It is perfectly valid to specify multiple types for both params and return values; the XML-RPC specication even suggests that system.methodSignature should return an array of all possible method signatures (i.e., all possible combinations of param and return values). You may do so just as you normally would with PhpDocumentor, using the | operator:
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/** * This is a sample function * * @param string|base64 $val1 String or base64-encoded data * @param string|dateTime.iso8601 $val2 String or an ISO date * @param array|struct $val3 Normal indexed array or an associative array * @return boolean|struct */ function myFunc($val1, $val2, $val3) { }

Note: Allowing multiple signatures can lead to confusion for developers using the services; to keep things simple, a XML-RPC service method should only have a single signature.

314.6 Utilizing Namespaces


XML-RPC has a concept of namespacing; basically, it allows grouping XML-RPC methods by dot-delimited namespaces. This helps prevent naming collisions between methods served by different classes. As an example, the XMLRPC server is expected to server several methods in the system namespace: system.listMethods system.methodHelp system.methodSignature Internally, these map to the methods of the same name in Zend\XmlRpc\Server. If you want to add namespaces to the methods you serve, simply provide a namespace to the appropriate method when attaching a function or class:
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314.7 Custom Request Objects


Most of the time, youll simply use the default request type included with Zend\XmlRpc\Server, Zend\XmlRpc\Request\Http. However, there may be times when you need XML-RPC to be available via the CLI, a GUI, or other environment, or want to log incoming requests. To do so, you may create a custom request object that extends Zend\XmlRpc\Request. The most important thing to remember is to ensure that the getMethod() and getParams() methods are implemented so that the XML-RPC server can retrieve that information in order to dispatch the request.

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314.8 Custom Responses


Similar to request objects, Zend\XmlRpc\Server can return custom response objects; by default, a Zend\XmlRpc\Response\Http object is returned, which sends an appropriate Content-Type HTTP header for use with XML-RPC. Possible uses of a custom object would be to log responses, or to send responses back to STDOUT. To use a custom response class, use Zend\XmlRpc\Server::setResponseClass() prior to calling handle().

314.9 Handling Exceptions via Faults


Zend\XmlRpc\Server catches Exceptions generated by a dispatched method, and generates an XML-RPC fault response when such an exception is caught. By default, however, the exception messages and codes are not used in a fault response. This is an intentional decision to protect your code; many exceptions expose more information about the code or environment than a developer would necessarily intend (a prime example includes database abstraction or access layer exceptions). Exception classes can be whitelisted to be used as fault responses, however. To do so, simply utilize Zend\XmlRpc\Server\Fault::attachFaultException() to pass an exception class to whitelist:
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If you utilize an exception class that your other project exceptions inherit, you can then whitelist a whole family of exceptions at a time. Zend\XmlRpc\Server\Exceptions are always whitelisted, to allow reporting specic internal errors (undened methods, etc.). Any exception not specically whitelisted will generate a fault response with a code of 404 and a message of Unknown error.

314.10 Caching Server Denitions Between Requests


Attaching many classes to an XML-RPC server instance can utilize a lot of resources; each class must introspect using the Reection API (via Zend\Server\Reflection), which in turn generates a list of all possible method signatures to provide to the server class. To reduce this performance hit somewhat, Zend\XmlRpc\Server\Cache can be used to cache the server denition between requests. When combined with __autoload(), this can greatly increase performance. An sample usage follows:
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use Zend\XmlRpc\Server as XmlRpcServer; // Register the "My\Services" namespace $loader = new Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader(); $loader->registerNamespace(My\Services, path to My/Services); $loader->register(); $cacheFile = dirname(__FILE__) . /xmlrpc.cache; $server = new XmlRpcServer(); if (!XmlRpcServer\Cache::get($cacheFile, $server)) { $server->setClass(My\Services\Glue, glue); // glue. namespace $server->setClass(My\Services\Paste, paste); // paste. namespace

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$server->setClass(My\Services\Tape, tape); XmlRpcServer\Cache::save($cacheFile, $server); } echo $server->handle();

// tape. namespace

The above example attempts to retrieve a server denition from xmlrpc.cache in the same directory as the script. If unsuccessful, it loads the service classes it needs, attaches them to the server instance, and then attempts to create a new cache le with the server denition.

314.11 Usage Examples


Below are several usage examples, showing the full spectrum of options available to developers. Usage examples will each build on the previous example provided.
Basic Usage

The example below attaches a function as a dispatchable XML-RPC method and handles incoming calls.
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/** * Return the MD5 sum of a value * * @param string $value Value to md5sum * @return string MD5 sum of value */ function md5Value($value) { return md5($value); } $server = new Zend\XmlRpc\Server(); $server->addFunction(md5Value); echo $server->handle();

Attaching a class

The example below illustrates attaching a class public methods as dispatchable XML-RPC methods.
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Attaching a class with arguments

The following example illustrates how to attach a class public methods and passing arguments to its methods. This can be used to specify certain defaults when registering service classes.

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namespace Services; class PricingService { /** * Calculate current price of product with $productId * * @param ProductRepository $productRepository * @param PurchaseRepository $purchaseRepository * @param integer $productId */ public function calculate(ProductRepository $productRepository, PurchaseRepository $purchaseRepository, $productId) { ... } } $server = new Zend\XmlRpc\Server(); $server->setClass(Services\PricingService, pricing, new ProductRepository(), new PurchaseRepository());

The arguments passed at setClass() at server construction time are injected into the method call pricing.calculate() on remote invokation. In the example above, only the argument $purchaseId is expected from the client.
Passing arguments only to constructor

Zend\XmlRpc\Server allows to restrict argument passing to constructors only. This can be used for constructor dependency injection. To limit injection to constructors, call sendArgumentsToAllMethods and pass FALSE as an argument. This disables the default behavior of all arguments being injected into the remote method. In the example below the instance of ProductRepository and PurchaseRepository is only injected into the constructor of Services_PricingService2.
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class Services\PricingService2 { /** * @param ProductRepository $productRepository * @param PurchaseRepository $purchaseRepository */ public function __construct(ProductRepository $productRepository, PurchaseRepository $purchaseRepository) { ... } /** * Calculate current price of product with $productId * * @param integer $productId * @return double */ public function calculate($productId) {

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... } } $server = new Zend\XmlRpc\Server(); $server->sendArgumentsToAllMethods(false); $server->setClass(Services\PricingService2, pricing, new ProductRepository(), new PurchaseRepository());

Attaching a class instance

setClass() allows to register a previously instantiated class at the server. Just pass an instance instead of the class name. Obviously passing arguments to the constructor is not possible with pre-instantiated classes.
Attaching several classes using namespaces

The example below illustrates attaching several classes, each with their own namespace.
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require_once Services/Comb.php; require_once Services/Brush.php; require_once Services/Pick.php; $server = new Zend\XmlRpc\Server(); $server->setClass(Services\Comb, comb); // methods called as comb.* $server->setClass(Services\Brush, brush); // methods called as brush.* $server->setClass(Services\Pick, pick); // methods called as pick.* echo $server->handle();

Specifying exceptions to use as valid fault responses

The example below allows any Services\Exception-derived class to report its code and message in the fault response.
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Services/Exception.php; Services/Comb.php; Services/Brush.php; Services/Pick.php;

// Allow Services_Exceptions to report as fault responses Zend\XmlRpc\Server\Fault::attachFaultException(Services\Exception); $server = new Zend\XmlRpc\Server(); $server->setClass(Services\Comb, comb); // methods called as comb.* $server->setClass(Services\Brush, brush); // methods called as brush.* $server->setClass(Services\Pick, pick); // methods called as pick.* echo $server->handle();

Utilizing custom request and response objects

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require_once require_once require_once require_once require_once

Services/Request.php; Services/Exception.php; Services/Comb.php; Services/Brush.php; Services/Pick.php;

// Allow Services_Exceptions to report as fault responses Zend\XmlRpc\Server\Fault::attachFaultException(Services\Exception); $server = new Zend\XmlRpc\Server(); $server->setClass(Services\Comb, comb); // methods called as comb.* $server->setClass(Services\Brush, brush); // methods called as brush.* $server->setClass(Services\Pick, pick); // methods called as pick.* // Create a request object $request = new Services\Request(); echo $server->handle($request);

Specifying a custom response class

The example below illustrates specifying a custom response class for the returned response.
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require_once require_once require_once require_once require_once require_once

Services/Request.php; Services/Response.php; Services/Exception.php; Services/Comb.php; Services/Brush.php; Services/Pick.php;

// Allow Services_Exceptions to report as fault responses Zend\XmlRpc\Server\Fault::attachFaultException(Services\Exception); $server = new Zend\XmlRpc\Server(); $server->setClass(Services\Comb, comb); // methods called as comb.* $server->setClass(Services\Brush, brush); // methods called as brush.* $server->setClass(Services\Pick, pick); // methods called as pick.* // Create a request object $request = new Services\Request(); // Utilize a custom response $server->setResponseClass(Services\Response); echo $server->handle($request);

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Cache server denitions between requests

The example below illustrates caching server denitions between requests.


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use Zend\XmlRpc\Server as XmlRpcServer; // Register the "Services" namespace $loader = new Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader(); $loader->registerNamespace(Services, path to Services); $loader->register(); // Specify a cache file $cacheFile = dirname(__FILE__) . /xmlrpc.cache; // Allow Services\Exceptions to report as fault responses XmlRpcServer\Fault::attachFaultException(Services\Exception); $server = new XmlRpcServer(); // Attempt to retrieve server definition from cache if (!XmlRpcServer\Cache::get($cacheFile, $server)) { $server->setClass(Services\Comb, comb); // methods called as comb.* $server->setClass(Services\Brush, brush); // methods called as brush.* $server->setClass(Services\Pick, pick); // methods called as pick.* // Save cache XmlRpcServer\Cache::save($cacheFile, $server); } // Create a request object $request = new Services\Request(); // Utilize a custom response $server->setResponseClass(Services\Response); echo $server->handle($request);

Note: The server cache le should be located outside the document root.

Optimizing XML generation

Zend\XmlRpc\Server uses DOMDocument of PHP extension ext/dom to generate its XML output. While ext/dom is available on a lot of hosts it is not exactly the fastest. Benchmarks have shown, that XmlWriter from ext/xmlwriter performs better. If ext/xmlwriter is available on your host, you can select a the XmlWriter-based generator to leverage the performance differences.
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$server = new XmlRpc\Server(); ...

Note: Benchmark your application Performance is determined by a lot of parameters and benchmarks only apply for the specic test case. Differences come from PHP version, installed extensions, webserver and operating system just to name a few. Please make sure to benchmark your application on your own and decide which generator to use based on your numbers.

Note: Benchmark your client This optimization makes sense for the client side too. Just select the alternate XML generator before doing any work with Zend\XmlRpc\Client.

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ZENDSERVICEAKISMET
315.1 Introduction
ZendService\Akismet provides a client for the Akismet API. The Akismet service is used to determine if incoming data is potentially spam. It also exposes methods for submitting data as known spam or as false positives (ham). It was originally intended to help categorize and identify spam for Wordpress, but it can be used for any type of data. Akismet requires an API key for usage. You can get one by signing up for a WordPress.com account. You do not need to activate a blog. Simply acquiring the account will provide you with the API key. Akismet requires that all requests contain a URL to the resource for which data is being ltered. Because of Akismets origins in WordPress, this resource is called the blog URL. This value should be passed as the second argument to the constructor, but may be reset at any time using the setBlogUrl() method, or overridden by specifying a blog key in the various method calls.

315.2 Verify an API key


ZendService\Akismet\Akismet::verifyKey($key) is used to verify that an Akismet API key is valid. In most cases, you will not need to check, but if you need a sanity check, or to determine if a newly acquired key is active, you may do so with this method.
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// Instantiate with the API key and a URL to the application or // resource being used $akismet = new ZendService\Akismet\Akismet($apiKey, http://framework.zend.com/wiki/); if ($akismet->verifyKey($apiKey)) { echo "Key is valid.\n"; } else { echo "Key is not valid\n"; }

If called with no arguments, verifyKey() uses the API key provided to the constructor. verifyKey() implements Akismets verify-key REST method.

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user_ip, the IP address of the user submitting the data (not your IP address, but that of a user on your site). user_agent, the reported UserAgent string (browser and version) of the user submitting the data. The following keys are also recognized specically by the API : blog, the fully qualied URL to the resource or application. If not specied, the URL provided to the constructor will be used. referrer, the content of the HTTP_REFERER header at the time of submission. (Note spelling; it does not follow the header name.) permalink, the permalink location, if any, of the entry the data was submitted to. comment_type, the type of data provided. Values specied in the API include comment, trackback, pingback, and an empty string (), but it may be any value. comment_author, the name of the person submitting the data. comment_author_email, the email of the person submitting the data. comment_author_url, the URL or home page of the person submitting the data. comment_content, the actual data content submitted. You may also submit any other environmental variables you feel might be a factor in determining if data is spam. Akismet suggests the contents of the entire $_SERVER array. The isSpam() method will return either TRUE or FALSE, or throw an exception if the API key is invalid.
isSpam() Usage $data = array( user_ip user_agent

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=> 111.222.111.222, => Mozilla/5.0 . (Windows; U; Windows NT . 5.2; en-GB; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 . Firefox/2.0, comment_type => contact, comment_author => John Doe, comment_author_email => nospam@myhaus.net, comment_content => "Im not a spammer, honest!"

); if ($akismet->isSpam($data)) { echo "Sorry, but we think youre a spammer."; } else { echo "Welcome to our site!"; }

isSpam() implements the comment-check Akismet API method.

315.4 Submitting known spam


Spam data will occasionally get through the lter. If you discover spam that you feel should have been caught, you can submit it to Akismet to help improve their lter. ZendService\Akismet\Akismet::submitSpam() takes the same data array as passed to isSpam(), but does not return a value. An exception will be raised if the API key used is invalid.

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=> 111.222.111.222, => Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; . en-GB; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0, comment_type => contact, comment_author => John Doe, comment_author_email => nospam@myhaus.net, comment_content => "Im not a spammer, honest!"

); $akismet->submitSpam($data));

submitSpam() implements the submit-spam Akismet API method.

315.5 Submitting false positives (ham)


Data will occasionally be trapped erroneously as spam by Akismet. For this reason, you should probably keep a log of all data trapped as spam by Akismet and review it periodically. If you nd such occurrences, you can submit the data to Akismet as ham, or a false positive (ham is good, spam is not). ZendService\Akismet\Akismet::submitHam() takes the same data array as passed to isSpam() or submitSpam(), and, like submitSpam(), does not return a value. An exception will be raised if the API key used is invalid.
submitHam() Usage $data = array( user_ip user_agent

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=> 111.222.111.222, => Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; . en-GB; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0, comment_type => contact, comment_author => John Doe, comment_author_email => nospam@myhaus.net, comment_content => "Im not a spammer, honest!"

); $akismet->submitHam($data));

submitHam() implements the submit-ham Akismet API method.

315.6 Zend-specic Methods


While the Akismet API only species four methods, ZendService\Akismet\Akismet has several additional methods that may be used for retrieving and modifying internal properties. getBlogUrl() and setBlogUrl() allow you to retrieve and modify the blog URL used in requests. getApiKey() and setApiKey() allow you to retrieve and modify the API key used in requests. getCharset() and setCharset() allow you to retrieve and modify the character set used to make the request. getPort() and setPort() allow you to retrieve and modify the TCP port used to make the request.

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getUserAgent() and setUserAgent() allow you to retrieve and modify the HTTP user agent used to make the request. Note: this is not the user_agent used in data submitted to the service, but rather the value provided in the HTTP User-Agent header when making a request to the service. The value used to set the user agent should be of the form some user agent/version | Akismet/version. The default is Zend Framework/ZF-VERSION | Akismet/1.11, where ZF-VERSION is the current Zend Framework version as stored in the Zend\Version\Version::VERSION constant.

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316.1 Introduction
ZendService\Amazon is a simple API for using Amazon web services. ZendService\Amazon has two API s: a more traditional one that follows Amazons own API, and a simpler Query API for constructing even complex search queries easily. ZendService\Amazon enables developers to retrieve information appearing throughout Amazon.com web sites directly through the Amazon Web Services API. Examples include: Store item information, such as images, descriptions, pricing, and more Customer and editorial reviews Similar products and accessories Amazon.com offers ListMania lists In order to use ZendService\Amazon, you should already have an Amazon developer API key as well as a secret key. To get a key and for more information, please visit the Amazon Web Services web site. As of August 15th, 2009 you can only use the Amazon Product Advertising API through ZendService\Amazon, when specifying the additional secret key. Note: Attention Your Amazon developer API and secret keys are linked to your Amazon identity, so take appropriate measures to keep them private.

Search Amazon Using the Traditional API

In this example, we search for PHP books at Amazon and loop through the results, printing them.
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Search Amazon Using the Query API

Here, we also search for PHP books at Amazon, but we instead use the Query API, which resembles the Fluent Interface design pattern.
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$query = new ZendService\Amazon\Query(AMAZON_API_KEY, US, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY); $query->category(Books)->Keywords(PHP); $results = $query->search(); foreach ($results as $result) { echo $result->Title . <br />; }

316.2 Country Codes


By default, ZendService\Amazon connects to the United States (US) Amazon web service. To connect from a different country, simply specify the appropriate country code string as the second parameter to the constructor:
Choosing an Amazon Web Service Country // Connect to Amazon in Japan $amazon = new ZendService\Amazon\Amazon(AMAZON_API_KEY, JP, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY);

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316.3 Looking up a Specic Amazon Item by ASIN


The itemLookup() method provides the ability to fetch a particular Amazon item when the ASIN is known.
Looking up a Specic Amazon Item by ASIN $amazon = new ZendService\Amazon\Amazon(AMAZON_API_KEY, US, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY); $item = $amazon->itemLookup(B0000A432X);

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316.4 Performing Amazon Item Searches


Searching for items based on any of various available criteria are made simple using the itemSearch() method, as in the following example:
Performing Amazon Item Searches $amazon = new ZendService\Amazon\Amazon(AMAZON_API_KEY, US, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY); $results = $amazon->itemSearch(array(SearchIndex => Books, Keywords => php)); foreach ($results as $result) { echo $result->Title . <br />; }

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Using the ResponseGroup Option

The ResponseGroup option is used to control the specic information that will be returned in the response.
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$amazon = new ZendService\Amazon\Amazon(AMAZON_API_KEY, US, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY); $results = $amazon->itemSearch(array( SearchIndex => Books, Keywords => php, ResponseGroup => Small,ItemAttributes,Images,SalesRank,Reviews, . EditorialReview,Similarities,ListmaniaLists )); foreach ($results as $result) { echo $result->Title . <br />; }

The itemSearch() method accepts a single array parameter for handling search options. For full details, including a list of available options, please see the relevant Amazon documentation Tip: The ZendServiceAmazonQuery class is an easy to use wrapper around this method.

316.5 Using the Alternative Query API


316.5.1 Introduction
ZendService\Amazon\Query provides an alternative API for using the Amazon Web Service. The alternative API uses the Fluent Interface pattern. That is, all calls can be made using chained method calls. (e.g., $obj->method()>method2($arg)) The ZendService\Amazon\Query API uses overloading to easily set up an item search and then allows you to search based upon the criteria specied. Each of the options is provided as a method call, and each methods argument corresponds to the named options value:
Search Amazon Using the Alternative Query API

In this example, the alternative query API is used as a uent interface to specify options and their respective values:

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$query = new ZendService\Amazon\Query(MY_API_KEY, US, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY); $query->Category(Books)->Keywords(PHP); $results = $query->search(); foreach ($results as $result) { echo $result->Title . <br />; }

This sets the option Category to Books and Keywords to PHP. For more information on the available options, please refer to the relevant Amazon documentation.

316.6 ZendServiceAmazon Classes


The following classes are all returned by ZendServiceAmazon::itemLookup() and ZendServiceAmazon::itemSearch(): ZendServiceAmazonItem ZendServiceAmazonImage ZendServiceAmazonResultSet ZendServiceAmazonOfferSet ZendServiceAmazonOffer ZendServiceAmazonSimilarProduct ZendServiceAmazonAccessories ZendServiceAmazonCustomerReview ZendServiceAmazonEditorialReview ZendServiceAmazonListMania

316.6.1 ZendServiceAmazonItem
ZendService\Amazon\Item is the class type used to represent an Amazon item returned by the web service. It encompasses all of the items attributes, including title, description, reviews, etc.

316.6.2 ZendServiceAmazonItem::asXML()
string:asXML() Return the original XML for the item

316.6.3 Properties
ZendService\Amazon\Item has a number of properties directly related to their standard Amazon API counterparts. Back to Class List

316.6.4 ZendServiceAmazonImage
ZendService\Amazon\Image represents a remote Image for a product.

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316.6.5 Properties
Table 316.1: ZendServiceAmazonImage Properties Name Url Height Width Type ZendUriUri int int Description Remote URL for the Image The Height of the image in pixels The Width of the image in pixels

Back to Class List

316.6.6 ZendServiceAmazonResultSet
ZendService\Amazon\ResultSet objects are returned by ZendServiceAmazon::itemSearch() and allow you to easily handle the multiple results returned. Note: SeekableIterator Implements the SeekableIterator for easy iteration (e.g. using foreach), as well as direct access to a specic result using seek().

316.6.7 ZendServiceAmazonResultSet::totalResults()
int:totalResults() Returns the total number of results returned by the search Back to Class List

316.6.8 ZendServiceAmazonOfferSet
Each result returned by ZendServiceAmazon::itemSearch() and ZendServiceAmazon::itemLookup() contains a ZendService\Amazon\OfferSet object through which pricing information for the item can be retrieved.

316.6.9 Properties
Back to Class List

316.6.10 ZendServiceAmazonOffer
Each offer for an item is returned as an ZendService\Amazon\Offer object.

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316.6.11 ZendServiceAmazonOffer Properties


Table 316.2: Properties Name MerchantId MerchantName GlancePage Condition OfferListingId Price CurrencyCode Availability IsEligibleForSuperSaverShipping Back to Class List Type string string Description Merchants Amazon ID Merchants Amazon Name. Requires setting the ResponseGroup option to OfferFull to retrieve. string URL for a page with a summary of the Merchant string Condition of the item string ID of the Offer Listing int Price for the item string Currency Code for the price of the item string Availability of the item boolean Whether the item is eligible for Super Saver Shipping or not

316.6.12 ZendServiceAmazonSimilarProduct
When searching for items, Amazon also returns a list of similar products that the searcher may nd to their liking. Each of these is returned as a ZendService\Amazon\SimilarProduct object. Each object contains the information to allow you to make sub-sequent requests to get the full information on the item.

316.6.13 Properties
Table 316.3: ZendServiceAmazonSimilarProduct Properties Name ASIN Title Type string string Description Products Amazon Unique ID (ASIN) Products Title

Back to Class List

316.6.14 ZendServiceAmazonAccessories
Accessories for the returned item are represented as ZendService\Amazon\Accessories objects

316.6.15 Properties
Table 316.4: ZendServiceAmazonAccessories Properties Name ASIN Title Type string string Description Products Amazon Unique ID (ASIN) Products Title

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316.6.16 ZendServiceAmazonCustomerReview
Each Customer Review is returned as a ZendService\Amazon\CustomerReview object.

316.6.17 Properties
Table 316.5: ZendServiceAmazonCustomerReview Properties Name Rating HelpfulVotes CustomerId TotalVotes Date Summary Content Type string string string string string string string Description Item Rating Votes on how helpful the review is Customer ID Total Votes Date of the Review Review Summary Review Content

Back to Class List

316.6.18 ZendServiceAmazonEditorialReview
Each items Editorial Reviews are returned as a ZendService\Amazon\EditorialReview object

316.6.19 Properties
Table 316.6: Properties Name Source Content ZendServiceAmazonEditorialReview Description Source of the Editorial Review Review Content

Type string string

Back to Class List

316.6.20 ZendServiceAmazonListmania
Each results List Mania List items are returned as ZendService\Amazon\Listmania objects.

316.6.21 Properties
Table 316.7: ZendServiceAmazonListmania Properties Name ListId ListName Type string string Description List ID List Name

Back to Class List

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317.1 Introduction
ZendService\Apple\Apns provides a client for the Apple Push Notication Service. ZendService\Apple\Apns\Client allows you to send data from servers to your iOS Applications. In order to leverage APNS you must follow the Provisioning and deployments steps outlined by Apple. The service is composed of 3 distinct parts: The Clients: * Feedback: ZendService\Apple\Apns\Client\Feedback ZendService\Apple\Apns\Client\Message The Message: ZendService\Apple\Apns\Message\Alert The Responses: * Feedback: ZendService\Apple\Apns\Response\Feedback * Message: ZendService\Apple\Apns\Response\Message The Clients is the broker that sends the message to the APNS server and returns the response. The Message is where you dene all of the message specic data that you would like to send for the alert. The Response is the feedback given back from the APNS server. * Message:

317.2 Quick Start


In order to send messages; you must have completed the provisioning and deployment steps mentioned above. Once you have your certicates in place you will be able to prepare to send messages to your iOS application. Here we will setup the client and prepare to send out messages.
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ZendService\Apple\Apns\Client\Message as Client; ZendService\Apple\Apns\Message; ZendService\Apple\Apns\Message\Alert; ZendService\Apple\Apns\Response\Message as Response; ZendService\Apple\Apns\Exception\RuntimeException;

$client = new Client(); $client->open(Client::SANDBOX_URI, /path/to/push-certificate.pem, optionalPassPhrase);

So now that we have the client setup and available, it is time to dene out the message that we intend to send to our iOS tokens that have registered for push notications on our server. Note that many of the methods specied are not required but are here to give an inclusive look into the message.

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$message = new Message(); $message->setId(my_unique_id); $message->setToken(DEVICE_TOKEN); $message->setBadge(5); $message->setSound(bingbong.aiff); // simple alert: $message->setAlert(Bob wants to play poker); // complex alert: $alert = new Alert(); $alert->setBody(Bob wants to play poker); $alert->setActionLocKey(PLAY); $alert->setLocKey(GAME_PLAY_REQUEST_FORMAT); $alert->setLocArgs(array(Jenna, Frank)); $alert->setLaunchImage(Play.png); $message->setAlert($alert);

Now that we have the message taken care of, all we need to do next is send out the message. Each message comes back with a set of data that allows us to understand what happened with our push notication as well as throwing exceptions in the cases of server failures.
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try { $response = $client->send($message); } catch (RuntimeException $e) { echo $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL; exit(1); } $client->close(); if ($response->getCode() != Response::RESULT_OK) { switch ($response->getCode() { case Response::RESULT_PROCESSING_ERROR: // you may want to retry break; case Response::RESULT_MISSING_TOKEN: // you were missing a token break; case Response::RESULT_MISSING_TOPIC: // you are missing a message id break; case Response::RESULT_MISSING_PAYLOAD: // you need to send a payload break; case Response::RESULT_INVALID_TOKEN_SIZE: // the token provided was not of the proper size break; case Response::RESULT_INVALID_TOPIC_SIZE: // the topic was too long break; case Response::RESULT_INVALID_PAYLOAD_SIZE: // the payload was too large break; case Response::RESULT_INVALID_TOKEN: // the token was invalid; remove it from your system break; case Response::RESULT_UNKNOWN_ERROR: // apple didnt tell us what happened break;

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} }

317.3 Feedback Service


APNS has a feedback service that you must listen to. Apple states that they monitor providers to ensure that they are listening to this service. The feedback service simply returns an array of Feedback responses. All tokens provided in the feedback should not be sent to again; unless the device re-registers for push notication. You can use the time in the Feedback response to ensure that the device has not re-registered for push notications since the last send.
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use ZendService\Apple\Apns\Client\Feedback as Client; use ZendService\Apple\Apns\Response\Feedback as Response; use ZendService\Apple\Apns\Exception\RuntimeException; $client = new Client(); $client->open(Client::SANDBOX_URI, /path/to/push-certificate.pem, optionalPassPhrase); $reponses = $client->feedback(); $client->close(); foreach ($responses as $response) { echo $response->getTime() . : . $response->getToken(); }

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318.1 Introduction
ZendService\Audioscrobbler is a simple API for using the Audioscrobbler REST Web Service. The Audioscrobbler Web Service provides access to its database of Users, Artists, Albums, Tracks, Tags, Groups, and Forums. The methods of the ZendService\Audioscrobbler class begin with one of these terms. The syntax and namespaces of the Audioscrobbler Web Service are mirrored in ZendService\Audioscrobbler. For more information about the Audioscrobbler REST Web Service, please visit the Audioscrobbler Web Service site.

318.2 Users
In order to retrieve information for a specic user, the setUser() method is rst used to select the user for which data are to be retrieved. ZendService\Audioscrobbler provides several methods for retrieving data specic to a single user: userGetProfileInformation(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the current users prole information. userGetTopArtists(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current users most listened to artists. userGetTopAlbums(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current users most listened to albums. userGetTopTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current users most listened to tracks. userGetTopTags(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of tags most applied by the current user. userGetTopTagsForArtist(): Requires that an artist be set via setArtist(). Returns a SimpleXML object containing the tags most applied to the current artist by the current user. userGetTopTagsForAlbum(): Requires that an album be set via setAlbum(). Returns a SimpleXML object containing the tags most applied to the current album by the current user. userGetTopTagsForTrack(): Requires that a track be set via setTrack(). Returns a SimpleXML object containing the tags most applied to the current track by the current user. userGetFriends(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the user names of the current users friends. userGetNeighbours(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the user names of people with similar listening habits to the current user.

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userGetRecentTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the 10 tracks most recently played by the current user. userGetRecentBannedTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the 10 tracks most recently banned by the current user. userGetRecentLovedTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the 10 tracks most recently loved by the current user. userGetRecentJournals(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current users most recent journal entries. userGetWeeklyChartList(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of weeks for which there exist Weekly Charts for the current user. userGetRecentWeeklyArtistChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Artist Chart for the current user. userGetRecentWeeklyAlbumChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Album Chart for the current user. userGetRecentWeeklyTrackChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Track Chart for the current user. userGetPreviousWeeklyArtistChart($fromDate, $toDate): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Artist Chart from $fromDate to $toDate for the current user. userGetPreviousWeeklyAlbumChart($fromDate, $toDate): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Album Chart from $fromDate to $toDate for the current user. userGetPreviousWeeklyTrackChart($fromDate, $toDate): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Track Chart from $fromDate to $toDate for the current user.
Retrieving User Prole Information

In this example, we use the setUser() and userGetProfileInformation() methods to retrieve a specic users prole information:
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$as = new ZendService\Audioscrobbler\Audioscrobbler(); // Set the user whose profile information we want to retrieve $as->setUser(BigDaddy71); // Retrieve BigDaddy71s profile information $profileInfo = $as->userGetProfileInformation(); // Display some of it print "Information for $profileInfo->realname " . "can be found at $profileInfo->url";

Retrieving a Users Weekly Artist Chart $as = new ZendService\Audioscrobbler\Audioscrobbler(); // Set the user whose profile weekly artist chart we want to retrieve $as->setUser(lo_fye); // Retrieves a list of previous weeks for which there are chart data $weeks = $as->userGetWeeklyChartList(); if (count($weeks) < 1) { echo No data available; } sort($weeks); // Order the list of weeks

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$as->setFromDate($weeks[0]); // Set the starting date $as->setToDate($weeks[0]); // Set the ending date $previousWeeklyArtists = $as->userGetPreviousWeeklyArtistChart(); echo Artist Chart For Week Of . date(Y-m-d h:i:s, $as->from_date) . <br />; foreach ($previousWeeklyArtists as $artist) { // Display the artists names with links to their profiles print <a href=" . $artist->url . "> . $artist->name . </a><br />; }

318.3 Artists
ZendService\Audioscrobbler\Audioscrobbler provides several methods for retrieving data about a specic artist, specied via the setArtist() method: artistGetRelatedArtists(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of Artists similar to the current Artist. artistGetTopFans(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of Users who listen most to the current Artist. artistGetTopTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current Artists top-rated Tracks. artistGetTopAlbums(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current Artists top-rated Albums. artistGetTopTags(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the Tags most frequently applied to current Artist.
Retrieving Related Artists $as = new ZendService\Audioscrobbler\Audioscrobbler(); // Set the artist for whom you would like to retrieve related artists $as->setArtist(LCD Soundsystem); // Retrieve the related artists $relatedArtists = $as->artistGetRelatedArtists(); foreach ($relatedArtists as $artist) { // Display the related artists print <a href=" . $artist->url . "> . $artist->name . </a><br />; }

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318.4 Tracks
ZendService\Audioscrobbler\Audioscrobbler provides two methods for retrieving data specic to a single track, specied via the setTrack() method: trackGetTopFans(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of Users who listen most to the current Track. 318.3. Artists 1327

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trackGetTopTags(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the Tags most frequently applied to the current Track.

318.5 Tags
ZendService\Audioscrobbler\Audioscrobbler provides several methods for retrieving data specic to a single tag, specied via the setTag() method: tagGetOverallTopTags(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of Tags most frequently used on Audioscrobbler. tagGetTopArtists(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of Artists to whom the current Tag was most frequently applied. tagGetTopAlbums(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of Albums to which the current Tag was most frequently applied. tagGetTopTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of Tracks to which the current Tag was most frequently applied.

318.6 Groups
ZendService\Audioscrobbler\Audioscrobbler provides several methods for retrieving data specic to a single group, specied via the setGroup() method: groupGetRecentJournals(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of recent journal posts by Users in the current Group. groupGetWeeklyChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of weeks for which there exist Weekly Charts for the current Group. groupGetRecentWeeklyArtistChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Artist Chart for the current Group. groupGetRecentWeeklyAlbumChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Album Chart for the current Group. groupGetRecentWeeklyTrackChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Track Chart for the current Group. groupGetPreviousWeeklyArtistChart($fromDate, $toDate): Requires setFromDate() and setToDate(). Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Artist Chart from the current fromDate to the current toDate for the current Group. groupGetPreviousWeeklyAlbumChart($fromDate, $toDate): Requires setFromDate() and setToDate(). Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Album Chart from the current fromDate to the current toDate for the current Group. groupGetPreviousWeeklyTrackChart($fromDate, $toDate): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Track Chart from the current fromDate to the current toDate for the current Group.

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forumGetRecentPosts(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of recent posts in the current forum.

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319.1 Introduction
ZendService\Delicious is simple API for using del.icio.us XML and JSON web services. This component gives you read-write access to posts at del.icio.us if you provide credentials. It also allows read-only access to public data of all users.
Get all posts $delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); $posts = $delicious->getAllPosts(); foreach ($posts as $post) { echo "--\n"; echo "Title: {$post->getTitle()}\n"; echo "Url: {$post->getUrl()}\n"; }

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ZendService\Delicious\Delicious provides three methods for retrieving posts: getPosts(), getRecentPosts() and getAllPosts(). All of these methods return an instance of ZendService\Delicious\PostList, which holds all retrieved posts.
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/** * Get posts matching the arguments. If no date or url is given, * most recent date will be used. * * @param string $tag Optional filtering by tag * @param DateTime $dt Optional filtering by date * @param string $url Optional filtering by url * @return ZendService\Delicious\PostList */ public function getPosts($tag = null, $dt = null, $url = null); /** * Get recent posts * * @param string $tag

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* @param string $count Maximal number of posts to be returned (default 15) * * @return ZendService\Delicious\PostList */ public function getRecentPosts($tag = null, $count = 15); /** * Get all posts * * @param string $tag Optional filtering by tag * @return ZendService\Delicious\PostList */ public function getAllPosts($tag = null);

319.3 ZendServiceDeliciousPostList
Instances of this class are returned by the getPosts(), getAllPosts(), getRecentPosts(), and getUserPosts() methods of ZendService\Delicious. For easier data access this class implements the Countable, Iterator, and ArrayAccess interfaces.
Accessing post lists $delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); $posts = $delicious->getAllPosts(); // count posts echo count($posts); // iterate over posts foreach ($posts as $post) { echo "--\n"; echo "Title: {$post->getTitle()}\n"; echo "Url: {$post->getUrl()}\n"; } // get post using array access echo $posts[0]->getTitle();

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Note: The ArrayAccess::offsetSet() and ArrayAccess::offsetUnset() methods throw exceptions in this implementation. Thus, code like unset($posts[0]); and $posts[0] = A; will throw exceptions because these properties are read-only. Post list objects have two built-in ltering capabilities. Post lists may be ltered by tags and by URL.
Filtering a Post List with Specic Tags

Posts may be ltered by specic tags using withTags(). As a convenience, withTag() is also provided for when only a single tag needs to be specied.

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$delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); $posts = $delicious->getAllPosts(); // Print posts having "php" and "zend" tags foreach ($posts->withTags(array(php, zend)) as $post) { echo "Title: {$post->getTitle()}\n"; echo "Url: {$post->getUrl()}\n"; }

Filtering a Post List by URL

Posts may be ltered by URL matching a specied regular expression using the withUrl() method:
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$delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); $posts = $delicious->getAllPosts(); // Print posts having "help" in the URL foreach ($posts->withUrl(/help/) as $post) { echo "Title: {$post->getTitle()}\n"; echo "Url: {$post->getUrl()}\n"; }

319.4 Editing posts


Post editing $delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); $posts = $delicious->getPosts(); // set title $posts[0]->setTitle(New title); // save changes $posts[0]->save();

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Method call chaining

Every setter method returns the post object so that you can chain method calls using a uent interface.
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$delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); $posts = $delicious->getPosts(); $posts[0]->setTitle(New title) ->setNotes(New notes) ->save();

319.5 Deleting posts


There are two ways to delete a post, by specifying the post URL or by calling the delete() method upon a post object.

319.4. Editing posts

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Deleting posts $delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); // by specifying URL $delicious->deletePost(http://framework.zend.com); // or by calling the method upon a post object $posts = $delicious->getPosts(); $posts[0]->delete(); // another way of using deletePost() $delicious->deletePost($posts[0]->getUrl());

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319.6 Adding new posts


To add a post you rst need to call the createNewPost() method, which returns a ZendService\Delicious\Post object. When you edit the post, you need to save it to the del.icio.us database by calling the save() method.
Adding a post $delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); // create a new post and save it (with method call chaining) $delicious->createNewPost(Zend Framework, http://framework.zend.com) ->setNotes(Zend Framework Homepage) ->save(); // create a new post and save it (without method call chaining) $newPost = $delicious->createNewPost(Zend Framework, http://framework.zend.com); $newPost->setNotes(Zend Framework Homepage); $newPost->save();

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319.7 Tags
Tags $delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); // get all tags print_r($delicious->getTags()); // rename tag ZF to zendFramework $delicious->renameTag(ZF, zendFramework);

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319.8 Bundles
Bundles $delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(username, password); // get all bundles print_r($delicious->getBundles()); // delete bundle someBundle $delicious->deleteBundle(someBundle); // add bundle $delicious->addBundle(newBundle, array(tag1, tag2));

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319.9 Public data


The del.icio.us web API allows access to the public data of all users. Note: When using only these methods, a username and password combination is not required when constructing a new ZendService\Delicious object.

Retrieving public data // username and password are not required $delicious = new ZendService\Delicious\Delicious(); // get fans of user someUser print_r($delicious->getUserFans(someUser)); // get network of user someUser print_r($delicious->getUserNetwork(someUser)); // get tags of user someUser print_r($delicious->getUserTags(someUser));

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319.9.1 Public posts


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319.10 HTTP client


ZendService\Delicious uses Zend\Rest\Client for making HTTP requests to the del.icio.us web service. To change which HTTP client ZendService\Delicious uses, you need to change the HTTP client of Zend\Rest\Client.
Changing the HTTP client of ZendRestClient $myHttpClient = new My_Http_Client(); Zend\Rest\Client::setHttpClient($myHttpClient);

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320.1 Introduction to DeveloperGarden
Developer Garden is the name of Deutsche Telekoms developer community. Developer Garden offers you access to core services of Deutsche Telekom, such as voice connections (Voice Call) or sending text messages (Send SMS) via open interfaces (Open API s). You can access the Developer Garden services directly via SOAP or REST. The family of Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden components provides a clean and simple interface to the Developer Garden APIs and additionally offers functionality to improve handling and performance. BaseUserService: Class to manage API quota and user accounting details. IPLocation: Locale the given IP and returns geo coordinates. Works only with IPs allocated in the network of the Deutsche Telekom. LocalSearch: Allows you to search with options nearby or around a given geo coordinate or city. SendSMS: Send a SMS or Flash SMS to a given number. SMSValidation: You can validate a number to use it with SendSMS for also supply a back channel. VoiceCall: Initiates a call between two participants. ConferenceCall: You can congure a whole conference room with participants for an adhoc conference or you can also schedule your conference. The backend SOAP API is documented here.

320.1.1 Sign Up for an Account


Before you can start using the DeveloperGarden API, you rst have to sign up for an account.

320.1.2 The Environment


With the DeveloperGarden API you have the possibility to choose between 3 different development environments. production: In Production environment there are no usage limitations. You have to pay for calls, sms and other services with costs. sandbox: In the Sandbox mode you can use the same features (with limitations) as in the production without to paying for them. This environment is suitable for testing your prototype. mock: The Mock environment allows you to build your application and have results but you do not initiate any action on the API side. This environment is intended for testing during development. For every environment and service, there are some special features (options) available for testing. Please look here for details. 1337

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You can pass to all classes an array of conguration values. Possible values are: username: Your DeveloperGarden API username. password: Your DeveloperGarden API password. environment: The environment that you selected.
Conguration Example require_once Zend/Service/DeveloperGarden/SendSms.php; $config = array( username => yourUsername, password => yourPassword, environment => Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_SendSms::ENV_PRODUCTION, ); $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_SendSms($config);

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320.2 BaseUserService
The class can be used to set and get quota values for the services and to fetch account details. The getAccountBalance() method fetches an array of account ids with the current balance status (credits).
Get account balance example $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_BaseUserService($config); print_r($service->getAccountBalance());

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320.2.1 Get quota information


You can fetch quota informations for a specic service module with the provided methods.
Get quota information example $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_BaseUserService($config); $result = $service->getSmsQuotaInformation( Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_BaseUserService::ENV_PRODUCTION ); echo Sms Quota:<br />; echo Max Quota: , $result->getMaxQuota(), <br />; echo Max User Quota: , $result->getMaxUserQuota(), <br />; echo Quota Level: , $result->getQuotaLevel(), <br />;

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You get a result object that contains all the information you need, optional you can pass to the QuotaInformation method the environment constant to fetch the quota for the specic environment. Here a list of all getQuotaInformation methods: getConferenceCallQuotaInformation()

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getIPLocationQuotaInformation() getLocalSearchQuotaInformation() getSmsQuotaInformation() getVoiceCallQuotaInformation()

320.2.2 Change quota information


To change the current quota use one of the changeQuotaPool methods. First parameter is the new pool value and the second one is the environment.
Change quota information example $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_BaseUserService($config); $result = $service->changeSmsQuotaPool( 1000, Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_BaseUserService::ENV_PRODUCTION ); if (!$result->hasError()) { echo updated Quota Pool; }

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Here a list of all changeQuotaPool methods: changeConferenceCallQuotaPool() changeIPLocationQuotaPool() changeLocalSearchQuotaPool() changeSmsQuotaPool() changeVoiceCallQuotaPool()

320.3 IP Location
This service allows you to retrieve location information for a given IP address. There are some limitations: The IP address must be in the T-Home network Just the next big city will be resolved IPv6 is not supported yet
Locate a given IP $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_IpLocation($config); $service->setEnvironment( Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_IpLocation::ENV_MOCK ); $ip = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_IpLocation_IpAddress(127.0.0.1); print_r($service->locateIp($ip));

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320.4 Local Search


The Local Search service provides the location based search machine suchen.de via web service interface. For more details, refer to the documentation.
Locate a Restaurant $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_LocalSearch($config); $search = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_LocalSearch_SearchParameters(); /** * @see http://www.developergarden.com/static/docu/en/ch04s02s06s04.html */ $search->setWhat(pizza) ->setWhere(jena); print_r($service->localSearch($search));

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320.5 Send SMS


The Send SMS service is used to send normal and Flash SMS to any number. The following restrictions apply to the use of the SMS service: An SMS or Flash SMS in the production environment must not be longer than 765 characters and must not be sent to more than 10 recipients. An SMS or Flash SMS in the sandbox environment is shortened and enhanced by a note from the DeveloperGarden. The maximum length of the message is 160 characters. In the sandbox environment, a maximum of 10 SMS can be sent per day. The following characters are counted twice: | ^ C { } [ ] ~ \ LF (line break) If a SMS or Flash SMS is longer than 160 characters, one message is charged for each 153 characters (quota and credit). Delivery cannot be guaranteed for SMS or Flash SMS to landline numbers. The sender can be a maximum of 11 characters. Permitted characters are letters and numbers. The specication of a phone number as the sender is only permitted if the phone number has been validated. (See: SMS Validation)
Sending an SMS $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_SendSms($config); $sms = $service->createSms( +49-172-123456; +49-177-789012, your test message, yourname ); print_r($service->send($sms));

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320.6 SMS Validation


The SMS Validation service allows the validation of physical phone number to be used as the sender of an SMS. First, call setValidationKeyword() to receive an SMS with a keyword. After you get your keyword, you have to use the validate() to validate your number with the keyword against the service. With the method getValidatedNumbers(), you will get a list of all already validated numbers and the status of each.
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320.7 Voice Call


The Voice Call service can be used to set up a voice connection between two telephone connections. For specic details please read the API Documentation. Normally the Service works as followed: Call the rst participant. If the connection is successful, call the second participant. If second participant connects successfully, both participants are connected. The call is open until one of the participants hangs up or the expire mechanism intercepts.
Call two numbers $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_VoiceCall($config); $aNumber = +49-30-000001; $bNumber = +49-30-000002; $expiration = 30; // seconds $maxDuration = 300; // 5 mins $newCall = $service->newCall($aNumber, $bNumber, $expiration, $maxDuration); echo $newCall->getSessionId();

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If the call is initiated, you can ask the result object for the session ID and use this session ID for an additional call to the callStatus or tearDownCall() methods. The second parameter on the callStatus() method call extends the expiration for this call.

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Call two numbers, ask for status, and cancel $service = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_VoiceCall($config); $aNumber = +49-30-000001; $bNumber = +49-30-000002; $expiration = 30; // seconds $maxDuration = 300; // 5 mins $newCall = $service->newCall($aNumber, $bNumber, $expiration, $maxDuration); $sessionId = $newCall->getSessionId(); $service->callStatus($sessionId, true); // extend the call sleep(10); // sleep 10s and then tearDown $service->tearDownCall($sessionId);

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320.8 ConferenceCall
Conference Call allows you to setup and start a phone conference. The following features are available: Conferences with an immediate start Conferences with a dened start date Recurring conference series Adding, removing, and muting of participants from a conference Templates for conferences Here is a list of currently implemented API methods: createConference() creates a new conference updateConference() updates an existing conference commitConference() saves the conference, and, if no date is congured, immediately starts the conference removeConference() removes a conference getConferenceList() returns a list of all congured conferences getConferenceStatus() displays information for an existing conference getParticipantStatus() displays status information about a conference participant newParticipant() creates a new participant addParticipant() adds a participant to a conference updateParticipant() updates a participant, usually to mute or redial the participant removeParticipant() removes a participant from a conference getRunningConference() requests the running instance of a planned conference createConferenceTemplate() creates a new conference template getConferenceTemplate() requests an existing conference template

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updateConferenceTemplate() updates existing conference template details removeConferenceTemplate() removes a conference template getConferenceTemplateList() requests all conference templates of an owner addConferenceTemplateParticipant() adds a conference participant to conference template getConferenceTemplateParticipant() displays details of a participant of a conference template updateConferenceTemplateParticipant() updates participant details within a conference template removeConferenceTemplateParticipant() removes a participant from a conference template
Ad-Hoc conference $client = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_ConferenceCall($config); $conferenceDetails = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_ConferenceCall_ConferenceDetail( Zend-Conference, // name for the conference this is my private zend conference, // description 60 // duration in seconds ); $conference = $client->createConference(MyName, $conferenceDetails); $part1 = new Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_ConferenceCall_ParticipantDetail( Jon, Doe, +49-123-4321, your.name@example.com, true ); $client->newParticipant($conference->getConferenceId(), $part1); // add a second, third ... participant $client->commitConference($conference->getConferenceId());

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320.9 Performance and Caching


You can setup various caching options to improve the performance for resolving WSDL and authentication tokens. First of all, you can setup the internal SoapClient (PHP) caching values.
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WSDL_CACHE_BOTH: enabled disc and memory caching WSDL_CACHE_NONE: disabled both caching If you also want to cache the result for calls to the SecurityTokenServer you can setup a Zend_Cache instance and pass it to the setCache().
SecurityTokenServer cache option $cache = Zend_Cache::factory(Core, ...); Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_SecurityTokenServer_Cache::setCache($cache);

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321.1 Introduction
ZendService\Flickr is a simple API for using the Flickr REST Web Service. In order to use the Flickr web services, you must have an API key. To obtain a key and for more information about the Flickr REST Web Service, please visit the Flickr API Documentation. In the following example, we use the tagSearch() method to search for photos having php in the tags.
Simple Flickr Photo Search $flickr = new ZendService\Flickr\Flickr(MY_API_KEY); $results = $flickr->tagSearch("php"); foreach ($results as $result) { echo $result->title . <br />; }

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Note: Optional parameter tagSearch() accepts an optional second parameter as an array of options.

321.2 Finding Flickr Users Photos and Information


ZendService\Flickr\Flickr provides several ways to get information about Flickr users: userSearch(): Accepts a string query of space-delimited tags and an optional second parameter as an array of search options, and returns a set of photos as a ZendService\Flickr\ResultSet object. getIdByUsername(): Returns a string user ID associated with the given username string. getIdByEmail(): Returns a string user ID associated with the given email address string.
Finding a Flickr Users Public Photos by E-Mail Address

In this example, we have a Flickr users e-mail address, and we search for the users public photos by using the userSearch() method:

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$flickr = new ZendService\Flickr(MY_API_KEY); $results = $flickr->userSearch($userEmail); foreach ($results as $result) { echo $result->title . <br />; }

321.3 Finding photos From a Group Pool


ZendService\Flickr\Flickr allows to retrieve a groups pool photos based on the group ID. Use the groupPoolGetPhotos() method:
Retrieving a Groups Pool Photos by Group ID $flickr = new ZendService\Flickr\Flickr(MY_API_KEY); $results = $flickr->groupPoolGetPhotos($groupId); foreach ($results as $result) { echo $result->title . <br />; }

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Note: Optional parameter groupPoolGetPhotos() accepts an optional second parameter as an array of options.

321.4 Retrieving Flickr Image Details


ZendService\Flickr\Flickr makes it quick and easy to get an images details based on a given image ID. Just use the getImageDetails() method, as in the following example:
Retrieving Flickr Image Details

Once you have a Flickr image ID, it is a simple matter to fetch information about the image:
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$flickr = new ZendService\Flickr\Flickr(MY_API_KEY); $image = $flickr->getImageDetails($imageId); echo "Image ID $imageId is $image->width x $image->height pixels.<br />\n"; echo "<a href=\"$image->clickUri\">Click for Image</a>\n";

321.5 ZendServiceFlickr Result Classes


The following classes are all returned by tagSearch() and userSearch():

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321.5.1 ZendServiceFlickrResultSet
Represents a set of Results from a Flickr search. Note: Implements the SeekableIterator interface for easy iteration (e.g., using foreach()), as well as direct access to a specic result using seek().

321.5.2 Properties
Table 321.1: ZendServiceFlickrResultSet Properties Name totalResultsAvailable totalResultsReturned rstResultPosition Type int int int Description Total Number of Results available Total Number of Results returned The offset in the total result set of this result set

321.5.3 ZendServiceFlickrResultSet::totalResults()
int:totalResults() Returns the total number of results in this result set. Back to Class List

321.5.4 ZendServiceFlickrResult
A single Image result from a Flickr query

321.5.5 Properties
Back to Class List

321.5.6 ZendServiceFlickrImage
Represents an Image returned by a Flickr search.

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321.5.7 Properties
Table 321.2: ZendServiceFlickrImage Properties Name uri clickUri width height Type string string int int Description URI for the original image Clickable URI (i.e. the Flickr page) for the image Width of the Image Height of the Image

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322.1 Introduction to LiveDocx
LiveDocx is a SOAP service that allows developers to generate word processing documents by combining structured textual or image data from PHP with a template, created in a word processor. The resulting document can be saved as a PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML or RTF le. LiveDocx implements mail-merge in PHP. The family of ZendService\LiveDocx components provides a clean and simple interface to LiveDocx Free, LiveDocx Premium and LiveDocx Fully Licensed, authored by Text Control GmbH, and additionally offers functionality to improve network performance. ZendService\LiveDocx is part of the ofcial Zend Framework family, but has to be downloaded and installed in addition to the core components of the Zend Framework, as do all other service components. Please refer to GitHub (ZendServiceLiveDocx) for download and installation instructions. In addition to this section of the manual, to learn more about ZendService\LiveDocx and the backend SOAP service LiveDocx, please take a look at the following resources: Shipped demonstration applications. There is a large number of demonstration applications in the directory /demos. They illustrate all functionality offered by LiveDocx. Where appropriate this part of the user manual references the demonstration applications at the end of each section. It is highly recommended to read all the code in the /demos directory. It is well commented and explains all you need to know about LiveDocx and ZendService\LiveDocx. LiveDocx in PHP. LiveDocx SOAP API documentation. LiveDocx WSDL. LiveDocx blog and web site.

322.1.1 Sign Up for an Account


Before you can start using LiveDocx, you must rst sign up for an account. The account is completely free of charge and you only need to specify a username, password and e-mail address. Your login credentials will be dispatched to the e-mail address you supply, so please type carefully. If, or when, your application gets really popular and you require high performance, or additional features only supplied in the premium service, you can upgrade from the LiveDocx Free to LiveDocx Premium for a minimal monthly charge. For details of the various services, please refer to LiveDocx pricing.

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322.1.2 Templates and Documents


LiveDocx differentiates between the following terms: 1) template and 2) document. In order to fully understand the documentation and indeed LiveDocx itself, it is important that any programmer deploying LiveDocx understands the difference. The term template is used to refer to the input le, created in a word processor, containing formatting and text elds. You can download an example template, stored as a DOCX le. The term document is used to refer to the output le that contains the template le, populated with data - i.e. the nished document. You can download an example document, stored as a PDF le.

322.1.3 Supported File Formats


LiveDocx supports the following le formats:

322.1.4 Template File Formats (input)


Templates can be saved in any of the following le formats: DOCX- Ofce Open XML format DOC- Microsoft Word DOC format RTF- Rich text le format TXD- TX Text Control format

322.1.5 Document File Formats (output):


The resulting document can be saved in any of the following le formats: DOCX- Ofce Open XML format DOC- Microsoft Word DOC format HTML-XHTML 1.0 transitional format RTF- Rich text le format PDF- Acrobat Portable Document Format PDF/A- Acrobat Portable Document Format (ISO-standardized version) TXD- TX Text Control format TXT-ANSI plain text

322.1.6 Image File Formats (output):


The resulting document can be saved in any of the following graphical le formats: BMP- Bitmap image format GIF- Graphics Interchange Format JPG- Joint Photographic Experts Group format PNG- Portable Network Graphics format

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322.2 ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge
MailMerge is the mail-merge object in the ZendService\LiveDocx family.

322.2.1 Document Generation Process


The document generation process can be simplied with the following equation: Template + Data = Document Or expressed by the following diagram: Data is inserted into template to create a document. A template, created in a word processing application, such as Microsoft Word, is loaded into LiveDocx. Data is then inserted into the template and the resulting document is saved to any supported format.

322.2.2 Creating Templates in Microsoft Word 2007


Start off by launching Microsoft Word and creating a new document. Next, open up the Field dialog box. This looks as follows: Microsoft Word 2007 Field dialog box. Using this dialog, you can insert the required merge elds into your document. Below is a screenshot of a license agreement in Microsoft Word 2007. The merge elds are marked as { MERGEFIELD FieldName }: Template in Microsoft Word 2007. Now, save the template as template.docx. In the next step, we are going to populate the merge elds with textual data from PHP. Cropped template in Microsoft Word 2007. To populate the merge elds in the above cropped screenshot of the template in Microsoft Word, all we have to code is as follows:
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $locale = Locale::getDefault(); $timestamp = time(); $intlTimeFormatter = new IntlDateFormatter($locale, IntlDateFormatter::NONE, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT); $intlDateFormatter = new IntlDateFormatter($locale, IntlDateFormatter::LONG, IntlDateFormatter::NONE); $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

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$mailMerge->setLocalTemplate(license-agreement-template.docx); $mailMerge->assign(software, ->assign(licensee, ->assign(company, ->assign(date, ->assign(time, ->assign(city, ->assign(country, $mailMerge->createDocument(); $document = $mailMerge->retrieveDocument(pdf); file_put_contents(license-agreement-document.pdf, $document); unset($mailMerge); Magic Graphical Compression Suite v1.9) Henry Dner-Meyer) Co-Operation) $intlDateFormatter->format($timestamp)) $intlTimeFormatter->format($timestamp)) Lyon) France);

The resulting document is written to disk in the le license-agreement-document.pdf. This le can now be postprocessed, sent via e-mail or simply displayed, as is illustrated below in Document Viewer 2.26.1 on Ubuntu 9.04: Resulting document as PDF in Document Viewer 2.26.1. For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, please take a look at /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/license-agreement.

322.2.3 Advanced Mail-Merge


ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge allows designers to insert any number of text elds into a template. These text elds are populated with data when createDocument() is called. In addition to text elds, it is also possible specify regions of a document, which should be repeated. For example, in a telephone bill it is necessary to print out a list of all connections, including the destination number, duration and cost of each call. This repeating row functionality can be achieved with so called blocks. Blocks are simply regions of a document, which are repeated when createDocument() is called. In a block any number of block elds can be specied. Blocks consist of two consecutive document targets with a unique name. The following screenshot illustrates these targets and their names in red: The format of a block is as follows:
blockStart_ + unique name blockEnd_ + unique name

For example:
blockStart_block1 blockEnd_block1

The content of a block is repeated, until all data assigned in the block elds has been injected into the template. The data for block elds is specied in PHP as a multi-assoc array. The following screenshot of a template in Microsoft Word 2007 shows how block elds are used: Template, illustrating blocks in Microsoft Word 2007. The following code populates the above template with data.

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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $locale = Locale::getDefault(); $timestamp = time(); $intlDateFormatter1 = new IntlDateFormatter($locale, IntlDateFormatter::LONG, IntlDateFormatter::NONE); $intlDateFormatter2 = new IntlDateFormatter($locale, null, null, null, null, LLLL yyyy); $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

$mailMerge->setLocalTemplate(telephone-bill-template.doc); $mailMerge->assign(customer_number, sprintf("#%10s", rand(0,1000000000))) ->assign(invoice_number, sprintf("#%10s", rand(0,1000000000))) ->assign(account_number, sprintf("#%10s", rand(0,1000000000))); $billData = array ( phone date name service_phone service_fax month monthly_fee total_net tax tax_value total );

=> => => => => => => => => => =>

+22 (0)333 444 555, $intlDateFormatter1->format($timestamp), James Henry Brown, +22 (0)333 444 559, +22 (0)333 444 558, $intlDateFormatter2->format($timestamp), 15.00, 19.60, 19.00, 3.72, 23.32

$mailMerge->assign($billData); $billConnections = array( array( connection_number connection_duration fee ), array( connection_number connection_duration fee ), array( connection_number connection_duration fee ), array( connection_number connection_duration

=> +11 (0)222 333 441, => 00:01:01, => 1.15

=> +11 (0)222 333 442, => 00:01:02, => 1.15

=> +11 (0)222 333 443, => 00:01:03, => 1.15

=> +11 (0)222 333 444, => 00:01:04,

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fee ) );

=> 1.15

$mailMerge->assign(connection, $billConnections); $mailMerge->createDocument(); $document = $mailMerge->retrieveDocument(pdf); file_put_contents(telephone-bill-document.pdf, $document); unset($mailMerge);

The data, which is specied in the array $billConnections is repeated in the template in the block connection. The keys of the array (connection_number, connection_duration and fee) are the block eld names their data is inserted, one row per iteration. The resulting document is written to disk in the le telephone-bill-document.pdf. This le can now be post-processed, sent via e-mail or simply displayed, as is illustrated below in Document Viewer 2.26.1 on Ubuntu 9.04: Resulting document as PDF in Document Viewer 2.26.1. You can download the DOC template le and the resulting PDF document. NOTE: blocks may not be nested. For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/telephone-bill. please take a look at

322.2.4 Merging Image Data into a Template


In addition to assigning textual data, it is also possible to merge image data into a template. The following code populates a conference badge template with the photo dailemaitre.jpg, in addition to some textual data. The rst step is to upload the image to the backend service. Once you have done this, you can assign the lename of the image to the template just as you would any other textual data. Note the syntax of the eld name containing an image - it must start with image:
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $locale = Locale::getDefault(); $timestamp = time(); $intlDateFormatter = new IntlDateFormatter($locale, IntlDateFormatter::LONG, IntlDateFormatter::NONE); $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); $photoFilename = __DIR__ . /dailemaitre.jpg; $photoFile = basename($photoFilename); if (!$mailMerge->imageExists($photoFile)) { $mailMerge->uploadImage($photoFilename); } // pass image file *without* path // pass image file *with* path

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$mailMerge->setLocalTemplate(conference-pass-template.docx); $mailMerge->assign(name, ->assign(company, ->assign(date, ->assign(image:photo, $mailMerge->createDocument(); $document = $mailMerge->retrieveDocument(pdf); file_put_contents(conference-pass-document.pdf, $document); $mailMerge->deleteImage($photoFilename); unset($mailMerge); Da Lemaitre) Megasoft Co-operation) $intlDateFormatter->format($timestamp)) $photoFile); // pass image file *without* path

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322.2.5 Generating Bitmaps Image Files


In addition to document le formats, MailMerge also allows documents to be saved to a number of image le formats (BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG and TIFF ). Each page of the document is saved to one le. The following sample illustrates the use of getBitmaps($fromPage, $toPage, $zoomFactor, $format) and getAllBitmaps($zoomFactor, $format). $fromPage is the lower-bound page number of the page range that should be returned as an image and $toPage the upper-bound page number. $zoomFactor is the size of the images, as a percent, relative to the original page size. The range of this parameter is 10 to 400. $format is the format of the images returned by this method. The supported formats can be obtained by calling getImageExportFormats().
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $locale = Locale::getDefault(); $timestamp = time(); $intlTimeFormatter = new IntlDateFormatter($locale, IntlDateFormatter::NONE, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT); $intlDateFormatter = new IntlDateFormatter($locale, IntlDateFormatter::LONG, IntlDateFormatter::NONE); $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

$mailMerge->setLocalTemplate(license-agreement-template.docx); $mailMerge->assign(software, ->assign(licensee, ->assign(company, ->assign(date, ->assign(time, Magic Graphical Compression Suite v1.9) Henry Dner-Meyer) Co-Operation) $intlDateFormatter->format($timestamp)) $intlTimeFormatter->format($timestamp))

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->assign(city, ->assign(country, $mailMerge->createDocument();

Lyon) France);

// Get all bitmaps // (zoomFactor, format) $bitmaps = $mailMerge->getAllBitmaps(100, png); // Get just bitmaps in specified range // (fromPage, toPage, zoomFactor, format) //$bitmaps = $mailMerge->getBitmaps(2, 2, 100, png); foreach ($bitmaps as $pageNumber => $bitmapData) { $filename = sprintf(license-agreement-page-%d.png, $pageNumber); file_put_contents($filename, $bitmapData); } unset($mailMerge);

This produces two les (license-agreement-page-1.png and license-agreement-page-2.png) and writes them to disk in the same directory as the executable PHP le. license-agreement-page-1.png. license-agreement-page-2.png. For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, please take a look at /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/bitmaps.

322.2.6 Local vs. Remote Templates


Templates can be stored locally, on the client machine, or remotely, by LiveDocx. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach. In the case that a template is stored locally, it must be transferred from the client to LiveDocx on every request. If the content of the template rarely changes, this approach is inefcient. Similarly, if the template is several megabytes in size, it may take considerable time to transfer it to LiveDocx. Local template are useful in situations in which the content of the template is constantly changing. The following code illustrates how to use a local template.
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); $mailMerge->setLocalTemplate(template.docx); // assign data and create document unset($mailMerge);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

In the case that a template is stored remotely, it is uploaded once to LiveDocx and then simply referenced on all subsequent requests. Obviously, this is much quicker than using a local template, as the template does not have to be transferred on every request. For speed critical applications, it is recommended to use the remote template method. The following code illustrates how to upload a template to the server: 1356 Chapter 322. ZendService\LiveDocx

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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); $mailMerge->uploadTemplate(template.docx); unset($mailMerge);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

The following code illustrates how to reference the remotely stored template on all subsequent requests:
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); $mailMerge->setRemoteTemplate(template.docx); // assign data and create document unset($mailMerge);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

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322.2.7 Getting Information


ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge provides a number of methods to get information on eld names, available fonts and supported formats.
Get Array of Field Names in Template

The following code returns and displays an array of all eld names in the specied template. This functionality is useful, in the case that you create an application, in which an end-user can update a template.
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); $templateName = template-1-text-field.docx; $mailMerge->setLocalTemplate($templateName); $fieldNames = $mailMerge->getFieldNames(); foreach ($fieldNames as $fieldName) { printf(- %s%s, $fieldName, PHP_EOL); }

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

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unset($mailMerge);

For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/template-info.


Get Array of Block Field Names in Template

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The following code returns and displays an array of all block eld names in the specied template. This functionality is useful, in the case that you create an application, in which an end-user can update a template. Before such templates can be populated, it is necessary to nd out the names of the contained block elds.
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); $templateName = template-block-fields.doc; $mailMerge->setLocalTemplate($templateName); $blockNames = $mailMerge->getBlockNames(); foreach ($blockNames as $blockName) { $blockFieldNames = $mailMerge->getBlockFieldNames($blockName); foreach ($blockFieldNames as $blockFieldName) { printf(- %s::%s%s, $blockName, $blockFieldName, PHP_EOL); } } unset($mailMerge);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/template-info.


Get Array of Fonts Installed on Server

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The following code returns and displays an array of all fonts installed on the server. You can use this method to present a list of fonts which may be used in a template. It is important to inform the end-user about the fonts installed on the server, as only these fonts may be used in a template. In the case that a template contains fonts, which are not available on the server, font-substitution will take place. This may lead to undesirable results.
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; use Zend\Debug\Debug; $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); Debug::dump($mailMerge->getFontNames()); unset($mailMerge);

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NOTE: As the return value of this method changes very infrequently, it is highly recommended to use a cache, such as Zend\Cache\Cache- this will considerably speed up your application. For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/supported-fonts.
Get Array of Supported Template File Formats

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The following code returns and displays an array of all supported template le formats. This method is particularly useful in the case that a combo list should be displayed that allows the end-user to select the input format of the documentation generation process.
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; use Zend\Debug\Debug; $mailMerge = new MailMerge() $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); Debug::dump($mailMerge->getTemplateFormats()); unset($mailMerge);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

NOTE: As the return value of this method changes very infrequently, it is highly recommended to use a cache, such as Zend\Cache\Cache- this will considerably speed up your application. For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/supported-formats.
Get Array of Supported Document File Formats

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The following code returns and displays an array of all supported document le formats. This method is particularly useful in the case that a combo list should be displayed that allows the end-user to select the output format of the documentation generation process.
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; use Zend\Debug\Debug; $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); Debug::dump($mailMerge->getDocumentFormats()); unset($mailMerge);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

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Get Array of Supported Image File Formats

The following code returns and displays an array of all supported image le formats. This method is particularly useful in the case that a combo list should be displayed that allows the end-user to select the output format of the documentation generation process.
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; use Zend\Debug\Debug; $mailMerge = new MailMerge(); $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); Debug::dump($mailMerge->getImageExportFormats()); unset($mailMerge);

// for LiveDocx Premium, use MailMerge::SERVICE_P

NOTE: As the return value of this method changes very infrequently, it is highly recommended to use a cache, such as Zend\Cache\Cache- this will considerably speed up your application. For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/supported-formats. please take a look at

322.2.8 Upgrading From LiveDocx Free to LiveDocx Premium


LiveDocx Free is provided by Text Control GmbH completely free for charge. It is free for all to use in an unlimited number of applications. However, there are times when you may like to update to LiveDocx Premium. For example, you need to generate a very large number of documents concurrently, or your application requires documents to be created faster than LiveDocx Free permits. For such scenarios, Text Control GmbH offers LiveDocx Premium, a paid service with a number of benets. For an overview of the benets, please take a look at LiveDocx pricing. This section of the manual offers a technical overview of how to upgrade from LiveDocx Free to LiveDocx Premium. All you have to do, is make a very small change to the code that runs with LiveDocx Free. Your instantiation and initialization of LiveDocx Free probably looks as follows:
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $mailMerge = new MailMerge() $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); // rest of your application here unset($mailMerge);

To use LiveDocx Premium, you simply need to change the service value from MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE to MailMerge::SERVICE_PREMIUM, and set the username and password assigned to you for Livedocx Premium. This may, or may not be the same as the credentials for LiveDocx Free. For example:
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$mailMerge->setUsername(myPremiumUsername) ->setPassword(myPremiumPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_PREMIUM); // rest of your application here unset($mailMerge);

And that is all there is to it. The assignment of the premium WSDL to the component is handled internally and automatically. You are now using LiveDocx Premium. For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/instantiation. please take a look at

322.2.9 Upgrading From LiveDocx Free or LiveDocx Premium to LiveDocx Fully Licensed
LiveDocx Free and Livedocx Premium are provided by Text Control GmbH as a service. They are addressed over the Internet. However, for certain applications, for example, ones that process very sensitive data (banking, health or nancial), you may not want to send your data across the Internet to a third party service, regardless of the SSL encryption that both LiveDocx Free and Livedocx Premium offer as standard. For such scenarios, you can license LiveDocx and install an entire LiveDocx server in your own network. As such, you completely control the ow of data between your application and the backend LiveDocx server. For an overview of the benets of LiveDocx Fully Licensed, please take a look at LiveDocx pricing. This section of the manual offers a technical overview of how to upgrade from LiveDocx Free or LiveDocx Premium to LiveDocx Fully Licensed. All you have to do, is make a very small change to the code that runs with LiveDocx Free or LiveDocx Premium. Your instantiation and initialization of LiveDocx Free or LiveDocx Premium probably looks as follows:
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $mailMerge = new MailMerge() $mailMerge->setUsername(myUsername) ->setPassword(myPassword) ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_FREE); // or // ->setService (MailMerge::SERVICE_PREMIUM); // rest of your application here unset($mailMerge);

To use LiveDocx Fully Licensed, you simply need to set the WSDL of the backend LiveDocx server in your own network. You can do this as follows:
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use ZendService\LiveDocx\MailMerge; $mailMerge = new MailMerge() $mailMerge->setUsername(myFullyLicensedUsername) ->setPassword(myFullyLicensedPassword) ->setWsdl (http://api.example.com/2.1/mailmerge.asmx?wsdl); // rest of your application here

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unset($mailMerge);

And that is all there is to it. You are now using LiveDocx Fully Licensed. For executable demo applications, which illustrate the above, /demos/ZendService/LiveDocx/MailMerge/instantiation. please take a look at

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323.1 Introduction
Nirvanix provides an Internet Media File System (IMFS), an Internet storage service that allows applications to upload, store and organize les and subsequently access them using a standard Web Services interface. An IMFS is distributed clustered le system, accessed over the Internet, and optimized for dealing with media les (audio, video, etc). The goal of an IMFS is to provide massive scalability to deal with the challenges of media storage growth, with guaranteed access and availability regardless of time and location. Finally, an IMFS gives applications the ability to access data securely, without the large xed costs associated with acquiring and maintaining physical storage assets.

323.2 Registering with Nirvanix


Before you can get started with ZendService\Nirvanix, you must rst register for an account. Please see the Getting Started page on the Nirvanix website for more information. After registering, you will receive a Username, Password, and Application Key. All three are required to use ZendService\Nirvanix.

323.3 API Documentation


Access to the Nirvanix IMFS is available through both SOAP and a faster REST service. ZendService\Nirvanix provides a relatively thin PHP 5 wrapper around the REST service. ZendService\Nirvanix aims to make using the Nirvanix REST service easier but understanding the service itself is still essential to be successful with Nirvanix. The Nirvanix API Documentation provides an overview as well as detailed information using the service. Please familiarize yourself with this document and refer back to it as you use ZendService\Nirvanix.

323.4 Features
Nirvanixs REST service can be used effectively with PHP using the SimpleXML extension and Zend\Http\Client alone. However, using it this way is somewhat inconvenient due to repetitive operations like passing the session token on every request and repeatedly checking the response body for error codes. ZendService\Nirvanix provides the following functionality:

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A single point for conguring your Nirvanix authentication credentials that can be used across the Nirvanix namespaces. A proxy object that is more convenient to use than an HTTP client alone, mostly removing the need to manually construct HTTP POST requests to access the REST service. A response wrapper that parses each response body and throws an exception if an error occurred, alleviating the need to repeatedly check the success of many commands. Additional convenience methods for some of the more common operations.

323.5 Getting Started


Once you have registered with Nirvanix, youre ready to store your rst le on the IMFS. The most common operations that you will need to do on the IMFS are creating a new le, downloading an existing le, and deleting a le. ZendService\Nirvanix provides convenience methods for these three operations.
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$auth = array(username => your-username, password => your-password, appKey => your-app-key); $nirvanix = new ZendService\Nirvanix\Nirvanix($auth); $imfs = $nirvanix->getService(IMFS); $imfs->putContents(/foo.txt, contents to store); echo $imfs->getContents(/foo.txt); $imfs->unlink(/foo.txt);

The rst step to using ZendService\Nirvanix is always to authenticate against the service. This is done by passing your credentials to the ZendService\Nirvanix constructor above. The associative array is passed directly to Nirvanix as POST parameters. Nirvanix divides its web services into namespaces. Each namespace encapsulates a group of related operations. After getting an instance of ZendService\Nirvanix, call the getService() method to create a proxy for the namespace you want to use. Above, a proxy for the IMFS namespace is created. After you have a proxy for the namespace you want to use, call methods on it. The proxy will allow you to use any command available on the REST API. The proxy may also make convenience methods available, which wrap web service commands. The example above shows using the IMFS convenience methods to create a new le, retrieve and display that le, and nally delete the le.

323.6 Understanding the Proxy


In the previous example, we used the getService() method to return a proxy object to the IMFS namespace. The proxy object allows you to use the Nirvanix REST service in a way thats closer to making a normal PHP method call, as opposed to constructing your own HTTP request objects. A proxy object may provide convenience methods. These are methods that the ZendService\Nirvanix provides to simplify the use of the Nirvanix web services. In the previous example, the methods putContents(), getContents(), and unlink() do not have direct equivalents in the REST API. They are convenience methods provided by ZendService\Nirvanix that abstract more complicated operations on the REST API.

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For all other method calls to the proxy object, the proxy will dynamically convert the method call to the equivalent HTTP POST request to the REST API. It does this by using the method name as the API command, and an associative array in the rst argument as the POST parameters. Lets say you want to call the REST API method RenameFile, which does not have a convenience method in ZendService\Nirvanix:
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$auth = array(username => your-username, password => your-password, appKey => your-app-key); $nirvanix = new ZendService\Nirvanix\Nirvanix($auth); $imfs = $nirvanix->getService(IMFS); $result = $imfs->renameFile(array(filePath => /path/to/foo.txt, newFileName => bar.txt));

Above, a proxy for the IMFS namespace is created. A method, renameFile(), is then called on the proxy. This method does not exist as a convenience method in the PHP code, so it is trapped by __call() and converted into a POST request to the REST API where the associative array is used as the POST parameters. Notice in the Nirvanix API documentation that sessionToken is required for this method but we did not give it to the proxy object. It is added automatically for your convenience. The result of this operation will either be a ZendService\Nirvanix\Response object wrapping the XML returned by Nirvanix, or a ZendService\Nirvanix\Exception if an error occurred.

323.7 Examining Results


The Nirvanix REST API always returns its results in XML. ZendService\Nirvanix parses this XML with the SimpleXML extension and then decorates the resulting SimpleXMLElement with a ZendService\Nirvanix\Response object. The simplest way to examine a result from the service is to use the built-in PHP functions like print_r():
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<?php $auth = array(username => your-username, password => your-password, appKey => your-app-key); $nirvanix = new ZendService\Nirvanix\Nirvanix($auth); $imfs = $nirvanix->getService(IMFS); $result = $imfs->putContents(/foo.txt, fourteen bytes); print_r($result); ?> ZendService\Nirvanix\Response Object ( [_sxml:protected] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [ResponseCode] => 0 [FilesUploaded] => 1 [BytesUploaded] => 14 ) )

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You can access any property or method of the decorated SimpleXMLElement. In the above example, $result>BytesUploaded could be used to see the number of bytes received. Should you want to access the SimpleXMLElement directly, just use $result->getSxml(). The most common response from Nirvanix is success (ResponseCode of zero). It is not normally necessary to check ResponseCode because any non-zero result will throw a ZendService\Nirvanix\Exception. See the next section on handling errors.

323.8 Handling Errors


When using Nirvanix, its important to anticipate errors that can be returned by the service and handle them appropriately. All operations against the REST service result in an XML return payload that contains a ResponseCode element, such as the following example:
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When the ResponseCode is zero such as in the example above, the operation was successful. When the operation is not successful, the ResponseCode is non-zero and an ErrorMessage element should be present. To alleviate the need to repeatedly check if the ResponseCode is non-zero, ZendService\Nirvanix automatically checks each response returned by Nirvanix. If the ResponseCode indicates an error, a ZendService\Nirvanix\Exception will be thrown.
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$auth = array(username => your-username, password => your-password, appKey => your-app-key); $nirvanix = new ZendService\Nirvanix\Nirvanix($auth); try { $imfs = $nirvanix->getService(IMFS); $imfs->unlink(/a-nonexistant-path); } catch (ZendService\Nirvanix\Exception\DomainException $e) { echo $e->getMessage() . "\n"; echo $e->getCode(); }

In the example above, unlink() is a convenience method that wraps the DeleteFiles command on the REST API. The lePath parameter required by the DeleteFiles command contains a path that does not exist. This will result in a ZendService\Nirvanix exception being thrown with the message Invalid path and code 70005. The Nirvanix API Documentation describes the errors associated with each command. Depending on your needs, you may wrap each command in a try block or wrap many commands in the same try block for convenience.

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324.1 Introduction
The ZendService\Rackspace is a class that provides a simple API to manage the Rackspace services Cloud Files and Cloud Servers. Note: Load balancers service The load balancers service of Rackspace is not implemented yet. We are planning to release it in the next future.

324.2 Registering with Rackspace


Before you can get started with ZendService\Rackspace, you must rst register for an account. Please see the Cloud services page on the Rackspace website for more information. After registering, you can get the Username and the API Key from the Rackspace management console under the menu Your Account > API Access. These informations are required to use the ZendService\Rackspace classes.

324.3 Cloud Files


The Cloud Files is a service to store any les in a cloud environment. A user can store an unlimited quantity of les and each le can be as large as 5 gigabytes. The les can be private or public. The private les can be accessed using the API of Rackspace. The public les are accessed using a CDN (Content Delivery Network). Rackspace exposes a REST API to manage the Cloud Files. ZendService\Rackspace\Files provides the following functionality: Upload les programmatically for tight integration with your application Enable Cloud Files CDN integration on any container for public distribution Create Containers programmatically Retrieve lists of containers and les

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324.4 Cloud Servers


Rackspace Cloud Servers is a compute service that provides server capacity in the cloud. Cloud Servers come in different avors of memory, disk space, and CPU. ZendService\Rackspace\Servers provides the following functionality: Create/delete new servers List and get information on each server Manage the public/private IP addresses of a server Resize the server capacity Reboot a server Create new images for a server Manage the backup of a server Create a group of server to share the IP addresses for High Availability architecture

324.5 Available Methods


Eeach service class (Files, Servers) of Rackspace extends the ZendService\Rackspace abstract class. This class contains a set of public methods shared with all the service. This public methods are reported as follow: authenticate authenticate() Authenticate the Rackspace API using the user and the key specied in the concrete class that extend ZendService\Rackspace. Return true in case of success and false in case of error. getAuthUrl getAuthUrl() Get the authentication URL of Rackspace. Returns a string. getCdnUrl getCdnUrl() Get the URL for the CDN. Returns a string. getErrorCode getErrorCode() Get the last HTTP error code. Returns a string. getErrorMsg getErrorMsg() Get the last error message. Returns a string. getHttpClient getHttpClient() Get the HTTP client used to call the API of the Rackspace. Returns a Zend\Http\Client instance. getKey getKey() Get the authentication key. Returns a string. getManagementUrl getManagementUrl() Get the URL for the management services. Returns a string. getStorageUrl getStorageUrl() Get the URL for the storage (les) service. Returns a string.

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getToken getToken() Get the token returned after a successful authentication. Returns a string. getUser getUser() Get the user authenticated with the Rackspace service. Returns a string. isSuccessful isSuccessful() Return true if the last service call was successful, false otherwise. setAuthUrl setAuthUrl(string $url) Set the authentication URL to be used. $url is the URL for the authentication setKey setKey(string $key) Set the key for the API authentication. $key is the key string for the authentication setUser setUser(string $user) Set the user for the API authentication. $user is the user string for the authentication

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ZENDSERVICERECAPTCHA
325.1 Introduction
ZendService\ReCaptcha provides a client for the reCAPTCHA Web Service. Per the reCAPTCHA site, reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that helps to digitize books. Each reCAPTCHA requires the user to input two words, the rst of which is the actual CAPTCHA, and the second of which is a word from some scanned text that Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software has been unable to identify. The assumption is that if a user correctly provides the rst word, the second is likely correctly entered as well, and can be used to improve OCR software for digitizing books. In order to use the reCAPTCHA service, you will need to sign up for an account and register one or more domains with the service in order to generate public and private keys.

325.2 Simplest use


Instantiate a ZendService\ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha object, passing it your public and private keys:
Creating an instance of the reCAPTCHA service $recaptcha = new ZendService\ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha($pubKey, $privKey);

To render the reCAPTCHA, simply call the getHTML() method:


Displaying the reCAPTCHA echo $recaptcha->getHTML();

When the form is submitted, you should receive two elds, recaptcha_challenge_eld and recaptcha_response_eld. Pass these to the reCAPTCHA objects verify() method:
Verifying the form elds $result = $recaptcha->verify( $_POST[recaptcha_challenge_field], $_POST[recaptcha_response_field] );

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Once you have the result, test against it to see if it is valid. The result is a ZendService\ReCaptcha\Response object, which provides an isValid() method.
Validating the reCAPTCHA if (!$result->isValid()) { // Failed validation }

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It is even simpler to use the reCAPTCHA Zend\Captcha adapter, or to use that adapter as a backend for the CAPTCHA form element. In each case, the details of rendering and validating the reCAPTCHA are automated for you.

325.3 Hiding email addresses


ZendService\ReCaptcha\MailHide can be used to hide email addresses. It will replace a part of an email address with a link that opens a popup window with a reCAPTCHA challenge. Solving the challenge will reveal the complete email address. In order to use this component you will need an account to generate public and private keys for the mailhide API.
Using the mail hide component // The mail address we want to hide $mail = mail@example.com; // Create an instance of the mailhide component, passing it your public // and private keys, as well as the mail address you want to hide $mailHide = new ZendService\ReCaptcha\Mailhide(); $mailHide->setPublicKey($pubKey); $mailHide->setPrivateKey($privKey); $mailHide->setEmail($mail); // Display it print($mailHide);

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The example above will display m...@example.com where ... has a link that opens up a popup window with a reCAPTCHA challenge. The public key, private key, and the email address can also be specied in the constructor of the class. A fourth argument also exists that enables you to set some options for the component. The available options are listed in the following table: Table 325.1: ZendServiceReCaptchaMailHide options Option linkTitle linkHiddenText popupWidth popupHeight Description The title attribute of the link The text that includes the popup link The width of the popup window The height of the popup window Expected Values string string int int Default Value Reveal this e=mail address ... 500 300

The conguration options can be set by sending them as the fourth argument to the constructor or by calling setOptions($options), which takes an associative array or an instance of ZendCongCong.

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Generating many hidden email addresses // Create an instance of the mailhide component, passing it your public // and private keys, as well as some configuration options $mailHide = new ZendService\ReCaptcha\Mailhide(); $mailHide->setPublicKey($pubKey); $mailHide->setPrivateKey($privKey); $mailHide->setOptions(array( linkTitle => Click me, linkHiddenText => +++++, )); // The mail addresses we want to hide $mailAddresses = array( mail@example.com, johndoe@example.com, janedoe@example.com, ); foreach ($mailAddresses as $mail) { $mailHide->setEmail($mail); print($mailHide); }

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The ZendService\SlideShare component is used to interact with the slideshare.net web services for hosting slide shows online. With this component, you can embed slide shows which are hosted on this web site within a web site and even upload new slide shows to your account.

326.1 Getting Started with ZendServiceSlideShare


In order to use the ZendService\SlideShare component you must rst create an account on the slideshare.net servers (more information can be found here) in order to receive an API key, username, password and shared secret value all of which are needed in order to use the ZendService\SlideShare component. Once you have setup an account, you can begin using the ZendService\SlideShare component by creating a new instance of the ZendService\SlideShare object and providing these values as shown below:
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// Create a new instance of the component $ss = new ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShare(APIKEY, SHAREDSECRET, USERNAME, PASSWORD);

326.2 The SlideShow object


All slide shows in the ZendService\SlideShare component are represented using the ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShow object (both when retrieving and uploading new slide shows). For your reference a pseudo-code version of this class is provided below.
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class ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShow { /** * Retrieves the location of the slide show */ public function getLocation() { return $this->_location; } /** * Gets the transcript for this slide show */ public function getTranscript() { return $this->_transcript;

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} /** * Adds a tag to the slide show */ public function addTag($tag) { $this->_tags[] = (string)$tag; return $this; } /** * Sets the tags for the slide show */ public function setTags(Array $tags) { $this->_tags = $tags; return $this; } /** * Gets all of the tags associated with the slide show */ public function getTags() { return $this->_tags; } /** * Sets the filename on the local filesystem of the slide show * (for uploading a new slide show) */ public function setFilename($file) { $this->_slideShowFilename = (string)$file; return $this; } /** * Retrieves the filename on the local filesystem of the slide show * which will be uploaded */ public function getFilename() { return $this->_slideShowFilename; } /** * Gets the ID for the slide show */ public function getId() { return $this->_slideShowId; } /** * Retrieves the HTML embed code for the slide show */ public function getEmbedCode() { return $this->_embedCode; } /** * Retrieves the Thumbnail URi for the slide show

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*/ public function getThumbnailUrl() { return $this->_thumbnailUrl; } /** * Sets the title for the Slide show */ public function setTitle($title) { $this->_title = (string)$title; return $this; } /** * Retrieves the Slide show title */ public function getTitle() { return $this->_title; } /** * Sets the description for the Slide show */ public function setDescription($desc) { $this->_description = (string)$desc; return $this; } /** * Gets the description of the slide show */ public function getDescription() { return $this->_description; } /** * Gets the numeric status of the slide show on the server */ public function getStatus() { return $this->_status; } /** * Gets the textual description of the status of the slide show on * the server */ public function getStatusDescription() { return $this->_statusDescription; } /** * Gets the permanent link of the slide show */ public function getPermaLink() { return $this->_permalink; } /**

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* Gets the number of views the slide show has received */ public function getNumViews() { return $this->_numViews; } }

Note: The above pseudo-class only shows those methods which should be used by end-user developers. Other available methods are internal to the component. When using the ZendService\SlideShare component, this data class will be used frequently to browse or add new slide shows to or from the web service.

326.3 Retrieving a single slide show


The simplest usage of the ZendService\SlideShare component is the retrieval of a single slide show by slide show ID provided by the slideshare.net application and is done by calling the getSlideShow() method of a ZendService\SlideShare object and using the resulting ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShow object as shown.
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// Create a new instance of the component $ss = new ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShare(APIKEY, SHAREDSECRET, USERNAME, PASSWORD); $slideshow = $ss->getSlideShow(123456); print "Slide Show Title: {$slideshow->getTitle()}<br/>\n"; print "Number of views: {$slideshow->getNumViews()}<br/>\n";

326.4 Retrieving Groups of Slide Shows


If you do not know the specic ID of a slide show you are interested in retrieving, you can retrieving groups of slide shows by using one of three methods: Slide shows from a specic account You can retrieve slide shows from a specic account by using the getSlideShowsByUsername() method and providing the username from which the slide shows should be retrieved Slide shows which contain specic tags You can retrieve slide shows which contain one or more specic tags by using the getSlideShowsByTag() method and providing one or more tags which the slide show must have assigned to it in order to be retrieved Slide shows by group You can retrieve slide shows which are a member of a specic group using the getSlideShowsByGroup() method and providing the name of the group which the slide show must belong to in order to be retrieved Each of the above methods of retrieving multiple slide shows a similar approach is used. An example of using each method is shown below:

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// Create a new instance of the component $ss = new ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShare(APIKEY, SHAREDSECRET, USERNAME, PASSWORD); $starting_offset = 0; $limit = 10; // Retrieve the first 10 of each type $ss_user = $ss->getSlideShowsByUser(username, $starting_offset, $limit); $ss_tags = $ss->getSlideShowsByTag(zend, $starting_offset, $limit); $ss_group = $ss->getSlideShowsByGroup(mygroup, $starting_offset, $limit); // Iterate over the slide shows foreach ($ss_user as $slideshow) { print "Slide Show Title: {$slideshow->getTitle}<br/>\n"; }

326.5 ZendServiceSlideShare Caching policies


By default, ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShare will cache any request against the web service automatically to the lesystem (default path /tmp) for 12 hours. If you desire to change this behavior, you must provide your own ZendCacheCache object using the setCacheObject() method as shown:
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$frontendOptions = array( lifetime => 7200, automatic_serialization => true); $backendOptions = array( cache_dir => /webtmp/); $cache = Zend\Cache\Cache::factory(Core, File, $frontendOptions, $backendOptions); $ss = new ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShare(APIKEY, SHAREDSECRET, USERNAME, PASSWORD); $ss->setCacheObject($cache); $ss_user = $ss->getSlideShowsByUser(username, $starting_offset, $limit);

326.6 Changing the behavior of the HTTP Client


If for whatever reason you would like to change the behavior of the HTTP client when making the web service request, you can do so by creating your own instance of the Zend\Http\Client object (see ZendHttp). This is useful for instance when it is desirable to set the timeout for the connection to something other then default as shown:
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$ss = new ZendService\SlideShare\SlideShare(APIKEY, SHAREDSECRET, USERNAME, PASSWORD); $ss->setHttpClient($client); $ss_user = $ss->getSlideShowsByUser(username, $starting_offset, $limit);

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ZendService\StrikeIron provides a PHP 5 client to StrikeIron web services. See the following sections: ZendServiceStrikeIron Bundled Services Advanced Use

327.1 Overview
StrikeIron offers hundreds of commercial data services (Data as a Service) such as Online Sales Tax, Currency Rates, Stock Quotes, Geocodes, Global Address Verication, Yellow/White Pages, MapQuest Driving Directions, Dun & Bradstreet Business Credit Checks, and much, much more. Each StrikeIron web service shares a standard SOAP (and REST) API, making it easy to integrate and manage multiple services. StrikeIron also manages customer billing for all services in a single account, making it perfect for solution providers. Get started with free web services at http://www.strikeiron.com/sdp. StrikeIrons services may be used through the PHP 5 SOAP extension alone. However, using StrikeIron this way does not give an ideal PHP-like interface. The ZendService\StrikeIron component provides a lightweight layer on top of the SOAP extension for working with StrikeIron services in a more convenient, PHP-like manner. Note: The PHP 5 SOAP extension must be installed and enabled to use ZendService\StrikeIron. The ZendService\StrikeIron component provides: A single point for conguring your StrikeIron authentication credentials that can be used across many StrikeIron services. A standard way of retrieving your StrikeIron subscription information such as license status and the number of hits remaining to a service. The ability to use any StrikeIron service from its WSDL without creating a PHP wrapper class, and the option of creating a wrapper for a more convenient interface. Wrappers for three popular StrikeIron services.

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After registering, you will receive a StrikeIron username and password. These will be used when connecting to StrikeIron using ZendService\StrikeIron. You will also need to sign up for StrikeIrons Super Data Pack Web Service. Both registration steps are free and can be done relatively quickly through the StrikeIron website.

327.3 Getting Started


Once you have registered for a StrikeIron account and signed up for the Super Data Pack, youre ready to start using ZendService\StrikeIron. StrikeIron consists of hundreds of different web services. ZendService\StrikeIron can be used with many of these services but provides supported wrappers for three of them: ZIP Code Information US Address Verication Sales & Use Tax Basic The class ZendService\StrikeIron provides a simple way of specifying your StrikeIron account information and other options in its constructor. It also has a factory method that will return clients for StrikeIron services:
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$strikeIron = new ZendService\StrikeIron\StrikeIron(array(username => your-username, password => your-password)); $taxBasic = $strikeIron->getService(array(class => SalesUseTaxBasic));

The getService() method will return a client for any StrikeIron service by the name of its PHP wrapper class. In this case, the name SalesUseTaxBasic refers to the wrapper class ZendService\StrikeIron\SalesUseTaxBasic. Wrappers are included for three services and described in Bundled Services. The getService() method can also return a client for a StrikeIron service that does not yet have a PHP wrapper. This is explained in Using Services by WSDL.

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Once you have used the getService() method to get a client for a particular StrikeIron service, you can utilize that client by calling methods on it just like any other PHP object.
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$strikeIron = new ZendService\StrikeIron\StrikeIron(array(username => your-username, password => your-password)); // Get a client for the Sales & Use Tax Basic service $taxBasic = $strikeIron->getService(array(class => SalesUseTaxBasic)); // Query tax rate for Ontario, Canada $rateInfo = $taxBasic->getTaxRateCanada(array(province => ontario)); echo $rateInfo->province; echo $rateInfo->abbreviation; echo $rateInfo->GST;

In the example above, the getService() method is used to return a client to the Sales & Use Tax Basic service. The client object is stored in $taxBasic.

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The getTaxRateCanada() method is then called on the service. An associative array is used to supply keyword parameters to the method. This is the way that all StrikeIron methods are called. The result from getTaxRateCanada() is stored in $rateInfo and has properties like province and GST. Many of the StrikeIron services are as simple to use as the example above. See Bundled Services for detailed information on three StrikeIron services.

327.5 Examining Results


When learning or debugging the StrikeIron services, its often useful to dump the result returned from a method call. The result will always be an object that is an instance of ZendService\StrikeIron\Decorator. This is a small decorator object that wraps the results from the method call. The simplest way to examine a result from the service is to use the built-in PHP functions like print_r():
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<?php $strikeIron = new ZendService\StrikeIron\StrikeIron(array(username => your-username, password => your-password)); $taxBasic = $strikeIron->getService(array(class => SalesUseTaxBasic)); $rateInfo = $taxBasic->getTaxRateCanada(array(province => ontario)); print_r($rateInfo); ?> ZendService\StrikeIron\Decorator Object ( [_name:protected] => GetTaxRateCanadaResult [_object:protected] => stdClass Object ( [abbreviation] => ON [province] => ONTARIO [GST] => 0.06 [PST] => 0.08 [total] => 0.14 [HST] => Y ) )

In the output above, we see that the decorator ($rateInfo) wraps an object named GetTaxRateCanadaResult, the result of the call to getTaxRateCanada(). This means that $rateInfo has public properties like abbreviation, province>, and GST. These are accessed like $rateInfo->province. Tip: StrikeIron result properties sometimes start with an uppercase letter such as Foo or Bar where most PHP object properties normally start with a lowercase letter as in foo or bar. The decorator will automatically do this inection so you may read a property Foo as foo. If you ever need to get the original object or its name out of the decorator, use the respective methods getDecoratedObject() and getDecoratedObjectName().

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327.6 Handling Errors


The previous examples are naive, i.e. no error handling was shown. Its possible that StrikeIron will return a fault during a method call. Events like bad account credentials or an expired subscription can cause StrikeIron to raise a fault. An exception will be thrown when such a fault occurs. You should anticipate and catch these exceptions when making method calls to the service:
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$strikeIron = new ZendService\StrikeIron\StrikeIron(array(username => your-username, password => your-password)); $taxBasic = $strikeIron->getService(array(class => SalesUseTaxBasic)); try { $taxBasic->getTaxRateCanada(array(province => ontario)); } catch (ZendService\StrikeIron\Exception\RuntimeException $e) { // error handling for events like connection // problems or subscription errors }

The exceptions thrown will always be ZendService\StrikeIron\Exception. Its important to understand the difference between exceptions and normal failed method calls. Exceptions occur for exceptional conditions, such as the network going down or your subscription expiring. Failed method calls that are a common occurrence, such as getTaxRateCanada() not nding the province you supplied, will not result an in exception. Note: Every time you make a method call to a StrikeIron service, you should check the response object for validity and also be prepared to catch an exception.

327.7 Checking Your Subscription


StrikeIron provides many different services. Some of these are free, some are available on a trial basis, and some are pay subscription only. When using StrikeIron, its important to be aware of your subscription status for the services you are using and check it regularly. Each StrikeIron client returned by the getService() method has the ability to check the subscription status for that service using the getSubscriptionInfo() method of the client:
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The getSubscriptionInfo() method will return an object that typically has a remainingHits property. Its important to check the status on each service that you are using. If a method call is made to StrikeIron after the remaining hits have been used up, an exception will occur. Checking your subscription to a service does not use any remaining hits to the service. Each time any method call to the service is made, the number of hits remaining will be cached and this cached value will be returned by getSubscriptionInfo() without connecting to the service again. To force getSubscriptionInfo() to override its cache and query the subscription information again, use getSubscriptionInfo(true).

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328.1 Introduction
ZendService\Technorati provides an easy, intuitive and object-oriented interface for using the Technorati API. It provides access to all available Technorati API queries and returns the original XML response as a friendly PHP object. Technorati is one of the most popular blog search engines. The API interface enables developers to retrieve information about a specic blog, search blogs matching a single tag or phrase and get information about a specic author (blogger). For a full list of available queries please see the Technorati API documentation or the Available Technorati queries section of this document.

328.2 Getting Started


Technorati requires a valid API key for usage. To get your own API Key you rst need to create a new Technorati account, then visit the API Key section. Note: API Key limits You can make up to 500 Technorati API calls per day, at no charge. Other usage limitations may apply, depending on the current Technorati API license. Once you have a valid API key, youre ready to start using ZendService\Technorati.

328.3 Making Your First Query


In order to run a query, rst you need a ZendService\Technorati instance with a valid API key. Then choose one of the available query methods, and call it providing required arguments.
Sending your rst query // create a new ZendService\Technorati // with a valid API_KEY $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY);

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// search Technorati for PHP keyword $resultSet = $technorati->search(PHP);

Each query method accepts an array of optional parameters that can be used to rene your query.
Rening your query // create a new ZendService\Technorati // with a valid API_KEY $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); // filter your query including only results // with some authority (Results from blogs with a handful of links) $options = array(authority => a4); // search Technorati for PHP keyword $resultSet = $technorati->search(PHP, $options);

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A ZendService\Technorati instance is not a single-use object. That is, you dont need to create a new instance for each query call; simply use your current ZendService\Technorati object as long as you need it.
Sending multiple queries with the same ZendServiceTechnorati instance // create a new ZendService\Technorati // with a valid API_KEY $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); // search Technorati for PHP keyword $search = $technorati->search(PHP); // get top tags indexed by Technorati $topTags = $technorati->topTags();

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328.4 Consuming Results


You can get one of two types of result object in response to a query. The rst group is represented by ZendService\Technorati\*ResultSet objects. A result set object is basically a collection of result objects. It extends the basic ZendService\Technorati\ResultSet class and implements the SeekableIterator PHP interface. The best way to consume a result set object is to loop over it with the PHP foreach() statement.
Consuming a result set object // create a new ZendService\Technorati // with a valid API_KEY $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); // search Technorati for PHP keyword // $resultSet is an instance of ZendService\Technorati\SearchResultSet $resultSet = $technorati->search(PHP);

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// loop over all result objects foreach ($resultSet as $result) { // $result is an instance of ZendService\Technorati\SearchResult }

Because ZendService\Technorati\ResultSet implements the SeekableIterator interface, you can seek a specic result object using its position in the result collection.
Seeking a specic result set object // create a new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati // with a valid API_KEY $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); // search Technorati for PHP keyword // $resultSet is an instance of ZendService\Technorati\SearchResultSet $resultSet = $technorati->search(PHP); // $result is an instance of ZendService\Technorati\SearchResult $resultSet->seek(1); $result = $resultSet->current();

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Note: SeekableIterator works as an array and counts positions starting from index 0. Fetching position number 1 means getting the second result in the collection. The second group is represented by special standalone result objects. ZendService\Technorati\GetInfoResult, ZendService\Technorati\BlogInfoResult and ZendService\Technorati\KeyInfoResult act as wrappers for additional objects, such as ZendService\Technorati\Author and ZendService\Technorati\Weblog.
Consuming a standalone result object // create a new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati // with a valid API_KEY $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); // get info about weppos author $result = $technorati->getInfo(weppos); $author = $result->getAuthor(); echo <h2>Blogs authored by . $author->getFirstName() . " " . $author->getLastName() . </h2>; echo <ol>; foreach ($result->getWeblogs() as $weblog) { echo <li> . $weblog->getName() . </li>; } echo "</ol>";

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Please read the ZendServiceTechnorati Classes section for further details about response classes.

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328.5 Handling Errors


Each ZendService\Technorati query method throws a ZendService\Technorati\Exception exception on failure with a meaningful error message. There are several reasons that may cause a ZendService\Technorati query to fail. ZendService\Technorati validates all parameters for any query request. If a parameter is invalid or it contains an invalid value, a new ZendService\Technorati\Exception exception is thrown. Additionally, the Technorati API interface could be temporally unavailable, or it could return a response that is not well formed. You should always wrap a Technorati query with a try ...
Handling a Query Exception $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); try { $resultSet = $technorati->search(PHP); } catch(ZendService\Technorati\Exception $e) { echo "An error occurred: " $e->getMessage(); }

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328.6 Checking Your API Key Daily Usage


From time to time you probably will want to check your API key daily usage. By default Technorati limits your API usage to 500 calls per day, and an exception is returned by ZendService\Technorati if you try to use it beyond this limit. You can get information about your API key usage using the ZendService\Technorati::keyInfo() method. ZendService\Technorati::keyInfo() returns a ZendService\Technorati\KeyInfoResult object. For full details please see the API reference guide.
Getting API key daily usage information $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $key = $technorati->keyInfo(); echo "API Key: " . $key->getApiKey() . "<br />"; echo "Daily Usage: " . $key->getApiQueries() . "/" . $key->getMaxQueries() . "<br />";

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328.7 Available Technorati Queries


ZendService\Technorati provides support for the following queries: Cosmos Search Tag DailyCounts

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TopTags BlogInfo BlogPostTags GetInfo

328.7.1 Technorati Cosmos


Cosmos query lets you see what blogs are linking to a given URL. It returns a ZendServiceTechnoratiCosmosResultSet object. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati::cosmos() in the API reference guide.
Cosmos Query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $resultSet = $technorati->cosmos(http://devzone.zend.com/); echo "<p>Reading " . $resultSet->totalResults() . " of " . $resultSet->totalResultsAvailable() . " available results</p>"; echo "<ol>"; foreach ($resultSet as $result) { echo "<li>" . $result->getWeblog()->getName() . "</li>"; } echo "</ol>";

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328.7.2 Technorati Search


The Search query lets you see what blogs contain a given search string. It returns a ZendServiceTechnoratiSearchResultSet object. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati\Technorati::search() in the API reference guide.
Search Query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $resultSet = $technorati->search(zend framework); echo "<p>Reading " . $resultSet->totalResults() . " of " . $resultSet->totalResultsAvailable() . " available results</p>"; echo "<ol>"; foreach ($resultSet as $result) { echo "<li>" . $result->getWeblog()->getName() . "</li>"; } echo "</ol>";

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Tag Query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $resultSet = $technorati->tag(php); echo "<p>Reading " . $resultSet->totalResults() . " of " . $resultSet->totalResultsAvailable() . " available results</p>"; echo "<ol>"; foreach ($resultSet as $result) { echo "<li>" . $result->getWeblog()->getName() . "</li>"; } echo "</ol>";

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328.7.4 Technorati DailyCounts


The DailyCounts query provides daily counts of posts containing the queried keyword. It returns a ZendServiceTechnoratiDailyCountsResultSet object. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati::dailyCounts() in the API reference guide.
DailyCounts Query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $resultSet = $technorati->dailyCounts(php); foreach ($resultSet as $result) { echo "<li>" . $result->getDate() . "(" . $result->getCount() . ")</li>"; } echo "</ol>";

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328.7.5 Technorati TopTags


The TopTags query provides information on top tags indexed by Technorati. It returns a ZendServiceTechnoratiTagsResultSet object. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati\Technorati::topTags() in the API reference guide.
TopTags Query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $resultSet = $technorati->topTags(); echo "<p>Reading " . $resultSet->totalResults() . " of " . $resultSet->totalResultsAvailable() . " available results</p>"; echo "<ol>"; foreach ($resultSet as $result) { echo "<li>" . $result->getTag() . "</li>"; } echo "</ol>";

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328.7.6 Technorati BlogInfo


The BlogInfo query provides information on what blog, if any, is associated with a given URL. It returns a ZendServiceTechnoratiBlogInfoResult object. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati\Technorati::blogInfo() in the API reference guide.
BlogInfo Query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $result = $technorati->blogInfo(http://devzone.zend.com/); echo <h2><a href=" . (string) $result->getWeblog()->getUrl() . "> . $result->getWeblog()->getName() . </a></h2>;

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328.7.7 Technorati BlogPostTags


The BlogPostTags query provides information on the top tags used by a specic blog. It returns a ZendServiceTechnoratiTagsResultSet object. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati\Technorati::blogPostTags() in the API reference guide.
BlogPostTags Query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $resultSet = $technorati->blogPostTags(http://devzone.zend.com/); echo "<p>Reading " . $resultSet->totalResults() . " of " . $resultSet->totalResultsAvailable() . " available results</p>"; echo "<ol>"; foreach ($resultSet as $result) { echo "<li>" . $result->getTag() . "</li>"; } echo "</ol>";

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328.7.8 Technorati GetInfo


The GetInfo query tells you things that Technorati knows about a member. It returns a ZendServiceTechnoratiGetInfoResult object. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati\Technorati::getInfo() in the API reference guide.
GetInfo Query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $result = $technorati->getInfo(weppos); $author = $result->getAuthor(); echo "<h2>Blogs authored by " . $author->getFirstName() . " " . $author->getLastName() . "</h2>"; echo "<ol>"; foreach ($result->getWeblogs() as $weblog) {

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echo "<li>" . $weblog->getName() . "</li>"; } echo "</ol>";

328.7.9 Technorati KeyInfo


The KeyInfo query provides information on daily usage of an API key. It returns a ZendServiceTechnoratiKeyInfoResult object. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati\Technorati::keyInfo() in the API reference guide.

328.8 ZendServiceTechnorati Classes


The following classes are returned by the various Technorati queries. Each ZendService\Technorati\*ResultSet class holds a type-specic result set which can be easily iterated, with each result being contained in a type result object. All result set classes extend ZendService\Technorati\ResultSet class and implement the SeekableIterator interface, allowing for easy iteration and seeking to a specic result. ZendServiceTechnoratiResultSet ZendServiceTechnoratiCosmosResultSet ZendServiceTechnoratiSearchResultSet ZendServiceTechnoratiTagResultSet ZendServiceTechnoratiDailyCountsResultSet ZendServiceTechnoratiTagsResultSet ZendServiceTechnoratiResult ZendServiceTechnoratiCosmosResult ZendServiceTechnoratiSearchResult ZendServiceTechnoratiTagResult ZendServiceTechnoratiDailyCountsResult ZendServiceTechnoratiTagsResult ZendServiceTechnoratiGetInfoResult ZendServiceTechnoratiBlogInfoResult ZendServiceTechnoratiKeyInfoResult Note: ZendService\Technorati\GetInfoResult, ZendService\Technorati\BlogInfoResult and ZendService\Technorati\KeyInfoResult represent exceptions to the above because they dont belong to a result set and they dont implement any interface. They represent a single response object and they act as a wrapper for additional ZendService\Technorati objects, such as ZendService\Technorati\Author and ZendService\Technorati\Weblog. The ZendService\Technorati library includes additional convenient classes representing specic response objects. ZendService\Technorati\Author represents a single Technorati account, also known as a blog author

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or blogger. ZendService\Technorati\Weblog represents a single weblog object, along with all specic weblog properties such as feed URLs or blog name. For full details please see ZendService\Technorati in the API reference guide.

328.8.1 ZendServiceTechnoratiResultSet
ZendService\Technorati\ResultSet is the most essential result set. The scope of this class is to be extended by a query-specic child result set class, and it should never be used to initialize a standalone object. Each of the specic result sets represents a collection of query-specic ZendServiceTechnoratiResult objects. ZendService\Technorati\ResultSet implements the PHP SeekableIterator interface, and you can iterate all result objects via the PHP foreach() statement.
Iterating result objects from a resultset collection // run a simple query $technorati = new ZendService\Technorati\Technorati(VALID_API_KEY); $resultSet = $technorati->search(php); // $resultSet is now an instance of // ZendService\Technorati\SearchResultSet // it extends ZendService\Technorati\ResultSet foreach ($resultSet as $result) { // do something with your // ZendService\Technorati\SearchResult object }

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328.8.2 ZendServiceTechnoratiCosmosResultSet
ZendService\Technorati\CosmosResultSet represents a Technorati Cosmos query result set. Note: ZendService\Technorati\CosmosResultSet extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResultSet.

328.8.3 ZendServiceTechnoratiSearchResultSet
ZendService\Technorati\SearchResultSet represents a Technorati Search query result set. Note: ZendService\Technorati\SearchResultSet extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResultSet.

328.8.4 ZendServiceTechnoratiTagResultSet
ZendService\Technorati\TagResultSet represents a Technorati Tag query result set. Note: ZendService\Technorati\TagResultSet extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResultSet.

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328.8.5 ZendServiceTechnoratiDailyCountsResultSet
ZendService\Technorati\DailyCountsResultSet represents a Technorati DailyCounts query result set. Note: ZendService\Technorati\DailyCountsResultSet extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResultSet.

328.8.6 ZendServiceTechnoratiTagsResultSet
ZendService\Technorati\TagsResultSet represents a Technorati TopTags or BlogPostTags queries result set. Note: ZendService\Technorati\TagsResultSet extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResultSet.

328.8.7 ZendServiceTechnoratiResult
ZendService\Technorati\Result is the most essential result object. The scope of this class is to be extended by a query specic child result class, and it should never be used to initialize a standalone object.

328.8.8 ZendServiceTechnoratiCosmosResult
ZendService\Technorati\CosmosResult represents a single Technorati Cosmos query result object. It is never returned as a standalone object, but it always belongs to a valid ZendServiceTechnoratiCosmosResultSet object. Note: ZendService\Technorati\CosmosResult extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResult.

328.8.9 ZendServiceTechnoratiSearchResult
ZendService\Technorati\SearchResult represents a single Technorati Search query result object. It is never returned as a standalone object, but it always belongs to a valid ZendServiceTechnoratiSearchResultSet object. Note: ZendService\Technorati\SearchResult extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResult.

328.8.10 ZendServiceTechnoratiTagResult
ZendService\Technorati\TagResult represents a single Technorati Tag query result object. It is never returned as a standalone object, but it always belongs to a valid ZendServiceTechnoratiTagResultSet object. Note: ZendService\Technorati\TagResult extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResult.

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328.8.11 ZendServiceTechnoratiDailyCountsResult
ZendService\Technorati\DailyCountsResult represents a single Technorati DailyCounts query result object. It is never returned as a standalone object, but it always belongs to a valid ZendServiceTechnoratiDailyCountsResultSet object. Note: ZendService\Technorati\DailyCountsResult extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResult.

328.8.12 ZendServiceTechnoratiTagsResult
ZendService\Technorati\TagsResult represents a single Technorati TopTags or BlogPostTags query result object. It is never returned as a standalone object, but it always belongs to a valid ZendServiceTechnoratiTagsResultSet object. Note: ZendService\Technorati\TagsResult extends ZendServiceTechnoratiResult.

328.8.13 ZendServiceTechnoratiGetInfoResult
ZendService\Technorati\GetInfoResult represents a single Technorati GetInfo query result object.

328.8.14 ZendServiceTechnoratiBlogInfoResult
ZendService\Technorati\BlogInfoResult represents a single Technorati BlogInfo query result object.

328.8.15 ZendServiceTechnoratiKeyInfoResult
ZendService\Technorati\KeyInfoResult represents a single Technorati KeyInfo query result object. It provides information about your Technorati API Key daily usage.

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329.1 Introduction
ZendService\Twitter provides a client for the Twitter API. ZendService\Twitter allows you to query the public timeline. If you provide a username and OAuth details for Twitter, or your access token and secret, it will allow you to get and update your status, reply to friends, direct message friends, mark tweets as favorites, and much more. ZendService\Twitter wraps all web service operations, including OAuth, and all methods return an instance of ZendService\Twitter\Response. ZendService\Twitter is broken up into subsections so you can easily identify which type of call is being requested. account allows you to check that your account credentials are valid application allows you to check your API rate limits. blocks blocks and unblocks users from following you. directMessages retrieves the authenticated users received direct messages, deletes direct messages, and sends new direct messages. favorites lists, creates, and removes favorite tweets. friendships creates and removes friendships for the authenticated user. search allows you to search statuses for specic criteria. statuses retrieves the public and user timelines and shows, updates, destroys, and retrieves replies for the authenticated user. users retrieves friends and followers for the authenticated user and returns extended information about a passed user.

329.2 Authentication
With the exception of fetching the public timeline, ZendService\Twitter requires authentication as a valid user. This is achieved using the OAuth authentication protocol. OAuth is the only supported authentication mode for Twitter as of August 2010. The OAuth implementation used by ZendService\Twitter is ZendOAuth.

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Creating the Twitter Class

ZendService\Twitter must authorize itself, on behalf of a user, before use with the Twitter API (except for public timeline). This must be accomplished using OAuth since Twitter has disabled its basic HTTP authentication as of August 2010. There are two options to establishing authorization. The rst is to implement the workow of ZendOAuth via ZendService\Twitter which proxies to an internal ZendOAuth\Consumer object. Please refer to the ZendOAuth documentation for a full example of this workow - you can call all documented ZendOAuth\Consumer methods on ZendService\Twitter including constructor options. You may also use ZendOAuth directly and only pass the resulting access token into ZendService\Twitter. This is the normal workow once you have established a reusable access token for a particular Twitter user. The resulting OAuth access token should be stored to a database for future use (otherwise you will need to authorize for every new instance of ZendService\Twitter). Bear in mind that authorization via OAuth results in your user being redirected to Twitter to give their consent to the requested authorization (this is not repeated for stored access tokens). This will require additional work (i.e. redirecting users and hosting a callback URL) over the previous HTTP authentication mechanism where a user just needed to allow applications to store their username and password. The following example demonstrates setting up ZendService\Twitter which is given an already established OAuth access token. Please refer to the ZendOAuth documentation to understand the workow involved. The access token is a serializable object, so you may store the serialized object to a database, and unserialize it at retrieval time before passing the objects into ZendService\Twitter. The ZendOAuth documentation demonstrates the workow and objects involved.
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/** * We assume $serializedToken is the serialized token retrieved from a database * or even $_SESSION (if following the simple ZendOAuth documented example) */ $token = unserialize($serializedToken); $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter(array( accessToken => $token, oauth_options => array( username => johndoe, ), )); // verify users credentials with Twitter $response = $twitter->account->verifyCredentials();

Note: In order to authenticate with Twitter, ALL applications MUST be registered with Twitter in order to receive a Consumer Key and Consumer Secret to be used when authenticating with OAuth. This can not be reused across multiple applications - you must register each new application separately. Twitter access tokens have no expiry date, so storing them to a database is advised (they can, of course, be refreshed simply be repeating the OAuth authorization process). This can only be done while interacting with the user associated with that access token. The previous pre-OAuth version of ZendService\Twitter allowed passing in a username as the rst parameter rather than within an array. This is no longer supported. If you have registered an application with Twitter, you can also use the access token and access token secret they provide you in order to setup the OAuth consumer. This can be done as follows:
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), oauth_options => array( // or use "oauthOptions" as the key; both work consumerKey => your-consumer-key, consumerSecret => your-consumer-secret, ), ));

If desired, you can also specify a specic HTTP client instance to use, or provide conguration for the HTTP client. To provide the HTTP client, use the http_client or httpClient key, and provide an instance. To provide HTTP client conguration for setting up an instance, use the key http_client_options or httpClientOptions. As a full example:
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$twitter = new Zend_Service_Twitter(array( access_token => array( // or use "accessToken" as the key; both work token => your-access-token, secret => your-access-token-secret, ), oauth_options => array( // or use "oauthOptions" as the key; both work consumerKey => your-consumer-key, consumerSecret => your-consumer-secret, ), http_client_options => array( adapter => Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Curl, ), ));

329.3 Account Methods


verifyCredentials() tests if supplied user credentials are valid with minimal overhead.
Verifying credentials $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->account->verifyCredentials();

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329.4 Application Methods


rateLimitStatus() returns the remaining number of API requests available to the authenticating user before the API limit is reached for the current hour.
Rating limit status $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->application->rateLimitStatus(); $userTimelineLimit = $response->resources->statuses->{/statuses/user_timeline}->remaining;

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329.5 Blocking Methods


create() blocks the user specied in the id parameter as the authenticating user and destroys a friendship to the blocked user if one exists. Returns the blocked user in the requested format when successful.
Blocking a user $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->blocks->create(usertoblock);

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destroy() un-blocks the user specied in the id parameter for the authenticating user. Returns the un-blocked user in the requested format when successful.
Removing a block $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->blocks->destroy(blockeduser);

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ids() returns an array of user identiers that the authenticating user is blocking.
Who are you blocking (identiers only) $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->blocks->ids();

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list() returns an array of user objects that the authenticating user is blocking.
Who are you blocking $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->blocks->list();

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329.6 Direct Message Methods


messages() returns a list of the 20 most recent direct messages sent to the authenticating user.
Retrieving recent direct messages received $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->directMessages->messages();

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skip_status, when set to boolean true, t, or 1 will skip including a users most recent status in the results. include_entities controls whether or not entities, which includes URLs, mentioned users, and hashtags, will be returned. sent() returns a list of the 20 most recent direct messages sent by the authenticating user.
Retrieving recent direct messages sent $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->directMessages->sent();

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The sent() method accepts an array of optional parameters to modify the query. count species the number of statuses to return, up to 20. page species the page of results to return, based on the count provided. since_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses after the specied identier (up to 24 hours old). max_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses earlier than the specied identier. include_entities controls whether or not entities, which includes URLs, mentioned users, and hashtags, will be returned. new() sends a new direct message to the specied user from the authenticating user. Requires both the user and text parameters below.
Sending a direct message $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->directMessages->new(myfriend, mymessage);

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destroy() destroys the direct message specied in the required id parameter. The authenticating user must be the recipient of the specied direct message.
Deleting a direct message $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->directMessages->destroy(123548);

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329.7 Favorites Methods


list() returns the 20 most recent favorite statuses for the authenticating user or user specied by the id parameter.
Retrieving favorites $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->favorites->list();

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The list() method accepts an array of optional parameters to modify the query.

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user_id species the ID of the user for whom to return the timeline. screen_name species the screen name of the user for whom to return the timeline. since_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses after the specied identier (up to 24 hours old). max_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses earlier than the specied identier. count species the number of statuses to return, up to 200. include_entities controls whether or not entities, which includes URLs, mentioned users, and hashtags, will be returned. create() favorites the status specied in the id parameter as the authenticating user.
Creating favorites $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->favorites->create(12351);

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destroy() un-favorites the status specied in the id parameter as the authenticating user.
Deleting a favorite $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->favorites->destroy(12351);

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329.8 Friendship Methods


create() befriends the user specied in the id parameter with the authenticating user.
Creating a friend $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->friendships->create(mynewfriend);

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destroy() discontinues friendship with the user specied in the id parameter and the authenticating user.
Deleting a friend $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->friendships->destroy(myoldfriend);

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329.9 Search Methods


tweets() returns a list of tweets matching the criteria specied in $query. By default, 15 will be returned, but this value may be changed using the count option.

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Searching for tweets $twitter = new Zend_Service_Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->search->tweets(#zendframework);

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The tweets() method accepts an optional second argument, array of optional parameters to modify the query. since_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses after the specied identier (up to 24 hours old). max_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses earlier than the specied identier. count species the number of statuses to return, up to 200. include_entities controls whether or not entities, which includes URLs, mentioned users, and hashtags, will be returned. lang indicates which two-letter language code to restrict results to. locale indicates which two-letter language code is being used in the query. geocode can be used to indicate the geographical radius in which tweets should originate; the string should be in the form latitude,longitude,radius, with radius being a unit followed by one of mi or km. result_type indicates what type of results to retrieve, and should be one of mixed, recent, or popular. until can be used to specify a the latest date for which to return tweets.

329.10 Status Methods


sample() returns the 20 most recent statuses from non-protected users with a custom user icon. The public timeline is cached by Twitter for 60 seconds.
Retrieving the public timeline $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->statuses->sample();

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homeTimeline() returns the 20 most recent statuses posted by the authenticating user and that users friends.

Retrieving the home timeline $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->statuses->homeTimeline();

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include_entities controls whether or not entities, which includes URLs, mentioned users, and hashtags, will be returned. exclude_replies controls whether or not status updates that are in reply to other statuses will be returned. userTimeline() returns the 20 most recent statuses posted from the authenticating user.
Retrieving the user timeline $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->statuses->userTimeline();

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The userTimeline() method accepts an array of optional parameters to modify the query. user_id species the ID of the user for whom to return the timeline. screen_name species the screen name of the user for whom to return the timeline. since_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses after the specied identier (up to 24 hours old). max_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses earlier than the specied identier. count species the number of statuses to return, up to 200. trim_user, when set to boolean true, t, or 1, will list the author identier only in embedded user objects in the statuses returned. contributor_details, when set to boolean true, will return the screen name of any contributors to a status (instead of only the contributor identier). include_rts controls whether or not to include native retweets in the returned list. exclude_replies controls whether or not status updates that are in reply to other statuses will be returned. show() returns a single status, specied by the id parameter below. The status author will be returned inline.
Showing user status $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->statuses->show(1234);

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update() updates the authenticating users status. This method requires that you pass in the status update that you want to post to Twitter.
Updating user status $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->statuses->update(My Great Tweet);

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Showing user replies $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->statuses->mentionsTimeline();

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The mentionsTimeline() method accepts an array of optional parameters to modify the query. since_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses after the specied identier (up to 24 hours old). max_id narrows the returned results to just those statuses earlier than the specied identier. count species the number of statuses to return, up to 200. trim_user, when set to boolean true, t, or 1, will list the author identier only in embedded user objects in the statuses returned. contributor_details, when set to boolean true, will return the screen name of any contributors to a status (instead of only the contributor identier). include_entities controls whether or not entities, which includes URLs, mentioned users, and hashtags, will be returned. destroy() destroys the status specied by the required id parameter.
Deleting user status $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->statuses->destroy(12345);

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329.11 User Methods


show() returns extended information of a given user, specied by ID or screen name as per the required id parameter below.
Showing user information $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->users->show(myfriend);

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search() will search for users matching the query provided.


Searching for users $twitter = new ZendService\Twitter\Twitter($options); $response = $twitter->users->search(Zend);

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The search() method accepts an array of optional parameters to modify the query. count species the number of statuses to return, up to 20. page species the page of results to return, based on the count provided. include_entities controls whether or not entities, which includes URLs, mentioned users, and hashtags, will be returned.

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330.1 Introduction
Windows Azure is the name for Microsofts Software + Services platform, an operating system in the cloud providing services for hosting, management, scalable storage with support for simple blobs, tables, and queues, as well as a management infrastructure for provisioning and geo-distribution of cloud-based services, and a development platform for the Azure Services layer.

330.2 Installing the Windows Azure SDK


There are two development scenarios when working with Windows Azure. You can develop your application using ZendService\WindowsAzure and the Windows Azure SDK, which provides a local development environment of the services provided by Windows Azures cloud infrastructure. You can develop your application using ZendService\WindowsAzure, working directly with the Windows Azure cloud infrastructure. The rst case requires you to install the Windows Azure SDK on your development machine. It is currently only available for Windows environments; progress is being made on a Java-based version of the SDK which can run on any platform. The latter case requires you to have an account at Azure.com.

330.3 API Documentation


The ZendService\WindowsAzure class provides the PHP wrapper to the Windows Azure REST interface. Please consult the REST documentation for detailed description of the service. You will need to be familiar with basic concepts in order to use this service.

330.4 Features
ZendService\WindowsAzure provides the following functionality: PHP classes for Windows Azure Blobs, Tables and Queues (for CRUD operations) Helper Classes for HTTP transport, AuthN, AuthZ, REST and Error Management Manageability, Instrumentation and Logging support

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330.5 Architecture
ZendService\WindowsAzure provides access to Windows Azures storage, computation and management interfaces by abstracting the REST -XML interface Windows Azure provides into a simple PHP API. An application built using ZendService\WindowsAzure can access Windows Azures features, no matter if it is hosted on the Windows Azure platform or on an in-premise web server.

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Blob Storage stores sets of binary data. Blob storage offers the following three resources: the storage account, containers, and blobs. Within your storage account, containers provide a way to organize sets of blobs within your storage account. Blob Storage is offered by Windows Azure as a REST API which is wrapped by the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob class in order to provide a native PHP interface to the storage account.

331.1 API Examples


This topic lists some examples of using the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob class. Other features are available in the download package, as well as a detailed API documentation of those features.

331.1.1 Creating a storage container


Using the following code, a blob storage container can be created on development storage.
Creating a storage container $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); $result = $storageClient->createContainer(testcontainer); echo Container name is: . $result->Name;

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331.1.2 Deleting a storage container


Using the following code, a blob storage container can be removed from development storage.
Deleting a storage container $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); $storageClient->deleteContainer(testcontainer);

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331.1.3 Storing a blob


Using the following code, a blob can be uploaded to a blob storage container on development storage. Note that the container has already been created before.
Storing a blob $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); // upload /home/maarten/example.txt to Azure $result = $storageClient->putBlob( testcontainer, example.txt, /home/maarten/example.txt ); echo Blob name is: . $result->Name;

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331.1.4 Copying a blob


Using the following code, a blob can be copied from inside the storage account. The advantage of using this method is that the copy operation occurs in the Azure cloud and does not involve downloading the blob. Note that the container has already been created before.
Copying a blob $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); // copy example.txt to example2.txt $result = $storageClient->copyBlob( testcontainer, example.txt, testcontainer, example2.txt ); echo Copied blob name is: . $result->Name;

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331.1.5 Downloading a blob


Using the following code, a blob can be downloaded from a blob storage container on development storage. Note that the container has already been created before and a blob has been uploaded.
Downloading a blob $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); // download file to /home/maarten/example.txt $storageClient->getBlob( testcontainer, example.txt, /home/maarten/example.txt );

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331.1.6 Making a blob publicly available


By default, blob storage containers on Windows Azure are protected from public viewing. If any user on the Internet should have access to a blob container, its ACL can be set to public. Note that this applies to a complete container and not to a single blob! Using the following code, blob storage container ACL can be set on development storage. Note that the container has already been created before.
Making a blob publicly available $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); // make container publicly available $storageClient->setContainerAcl( testcontainer, ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob::ACL_PUBLIC );

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331.2 Root container


Windows Azure Blob Storage provides support to work with a root container. This means that a blob can be stored in the root of your storage account, i.e. http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/somefile.txt. In order to work with the root container, it should rst be created using the createContainer() method, naming the container $root. All other operations on the root container should be issued with the container name set to $root.

331.3 Blob storage stream wrapper


The Windows Azure SDK for PHP provides support for registering a blob storage client as a PHP le stream wrapper. The blob storage stream wrapper provides support for using regular le operations on Windows Azure Blob Storage. For example, one can open a le from Windows Azure Blob Storage with the fopen() function:
Example usage of blob storage stream wrapper $fileHandle = fopen(azure://mycontainer/myfile.txt, r); // ... fclose($fileHandle);

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In order to do this, the Windows Azure SDK for PHP blob storage client must be registered as a stream wrapper. This can be done by calling the registerStreamWrapper() method:
Registering the blob storage stream wrapper

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$storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); // registers azure:// on this storage client $storageClient->registerStreamWrapper();

// or: // registers blob:// on this storage client $storageClient->registerStreamWrapper(blob://);

To unregister the stream wrapper, the unregisterStreamWrapper() method can be used.

331.4 Shared Access Signature


Windows Azure Bob Storage provides a feature called Shared Access Signatures. By default, there is only one level of authorization possible in Windows Azure Blob Storage: either a container is private or it is public. Shared Access Signatures provide a more granular method of authorization: read, write, delete and list permissions can be assigned on a container or a blob and given to a specic client using an URL-based model. An example would be the following signature:

http://phpstorage.blob.core.windows.net/phpazuretestshared1?st=2009-08-17T09%3A06%3A17Z&se=2009-08-17

The above signature gives write access to the phpazuretestshared1 container of the phpstorage account.

331.4.1 Generating a Shared Access Signature


When you are the owner of a Windows Azure Bob Storage account, you can create and distribute a shared access key for any type of resource in your account. To do this, the generateSharedAccessUrl() method of the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob storage client can be used. The following example code will generate a Shared Access Signature for write access in a container named container1, within a timeframe of 3000 seconds.
Generating a Shared Access Signature for a container $storageClient = $sharedAccessUrl = container1, , c, w, $storageClient $storageClient ); new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); $storageClient->generateSharedAccessUrl(

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->isoDate(time() - 500), ->isoDate(time() + 3000)

The following example code will generate a Shared Access Signature for read access in a blob named test.txt in a container named container1 within a time frame of 3000 seconds.

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Generating a Shared Access Signature for a blob $storageClient = $sharedAccessUrl = container1, test.txt, b, r, $storageClient $storageClient ); new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob(); $storageClient->generateSharedAccessUrl(

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->isoDate(time() - 500), ->isoDate(time() + 3000)

331.4.2 Working with Shared Access Signatures from others


When you receive a Shared Access Signature from someone else, you can use the Windows Azure SDK for PHP to work with the addressed resource. For example, the following signature can be retrieved from the owner of a storage account:

http://phpstorage.blob.core.windows.net/phpazuretestshared1?st=2009-08-17T09%3A06%3A17Z&se=2009-08-17

The above signature gives write access to the phpazuretestshared1 container of the phpstorage account. Since the shared key for the account is not known, the Shared Access Signature can be used to work with the authorized resource.
Consuming a Shared Access Signature for a container

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$storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Blob( blob.core.windows.net, phpstorage, ); $storageClient->setCredentials( new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Credentials\SharedAccessSignature() ); $storageClient->getCredentials()->setPermissionSet(array( http://phpstorage.blob.core.windows.net/phpazuretestshared1?st=2009-08-17T09%3A06%3A17Z&se=2009)); $storageClient->putBlob( phpazuretestshared1, NewBlob.txt, C:\Files\dataforazure.txt );

Note that there was no explicit permission to write to a specic blob. Instead, the Windows Azure SDK for PHP determined that a permission was required to either write to that specic blob, or to write to its container. Since only a signature was available for the latter, the Windows Azure SDK for PHP chose those credentials to perform the request on Windows Azure blob storage.

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The Table service offers structured storage in the form of tables. Table Storage is offered by Windows Azure as a REST API which is wrapped by the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table class in order to provide a native PHP interface to the storage account. This topic lists some examples of using the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table class. Other features are available in the download package, as well as a detailed API documentation of those features. Note that development table storage (in the Windows Azure SDK ) does not support all features provided by the API. Therefore, the examples listed on this page are to be used on Windows Azure production table storage.

332.1 Operations on tables


This topic lists some samples of operations that can be executed on tables.

332.1.1 Creating a table


Using the following code, a table can be created on Windows Azure production table storage.
Creating a table $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $result = $storageClient->createTable(testtable); echo New table name is: . $result->Name;

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332.1.2 Listing all tables


Using the following code, a list of all tables in Windows Azure production table storage can be queried.

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Listing all tables $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $result = $storageClient->listTables(); foreach ($result as $table) { echo Table name is: . $table->Name . "\r\n"; }

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332.2 Operations on entities


Tables store data as collections of entities. Entities are similar to rows. An entity has a primary key and a set of properties. A property is a named, typed-value pair, similar to a column. The Table service does not enforce any schema for tables, so two entities in the same table may have different sets of properties. Developers may choose to enforce a schema on the client side. A table may contain any number of entities. ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table provides 2 ways of working with entities: Enforced schema No enforced schema All examples will make use of the following enforced schema class.
Enforced schema used in samples class SampleEntity extends ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\TableEntity { /** * @azure Name */ public $Name; /** * @azure Age Edm.Int64 */ public $Age; /** * @azure Visible Edm.Boolean */ public $Visible = false; }

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Note that if no schema class is passed into table storage methods, ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table automatically works with ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\DynamicTableEntity.

332.2.1 Enforced schema entities


To enforce a schema on the client side using the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table class, you can create a class which inherits ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\TableEntity. This class pro-

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vides some basic functionality for the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table class to work with a client-side schema. Base properties provided by ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\TableEntity are: PartitionKey (exposed through getPartitionKey() and setPartitionKey()) RowKey (exposed through getRowKey() and setRowKey()) Timestamp (exposed through getTimestamp() and setTimestamp()) Etag value (exposed through getEtag() and setEtag()) Heres a sample class inheriting ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\TableEntity:
Sample enforced schema class class SampleEntity extends ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\TableEntity { /** * @azure Name */ public $Name; /** * @azure Age Edm.Int64 */ public $Age; /** * @azure Visible Edm.Boolean */ public $Visible = false; }

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The ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table class will map any class inherited from ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\TableEntity to Windows Azure table storage entities with the correct data type and property name. All there is to storing a property in Windows Azure is adding a docblock comment to a public property or public getter/setter, in the following format:
Enforced property /** * @azure <property name in Windows Azure> <optional property type> */ public $<property name in PHP>;

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Lets see how to dene a property Age as an integer on Windows Azure table storage:
Sample enforced property /** * @azure Age Edm.Int64 */ public $Age;

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Note that a property does not necessarily have to be named the same on Windows Azure table storage. The Windows Azure table storage property name can be dened as well as the type. The following data types are supported: Edm.Binary- An array of bytes up to 64 KB in size. Edm.Boolean- A boolean value. Edm.DateTime- A 64-bit value expressed as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The supported DateTime range begins from 12:00 midnight, January 1, 1601 A.D. (C.E.), Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The range ends at December 31st, 9999. Edm.Double- A 64-bit oating point value. Edm.Guid- A 128-bit globally unique identier. Edm.Int32- A 32-bit integer. Edm.Int64- A 64-bit integer. Edm.String- A UTF-16-encoded value. String values may be up to 64 KB in size.

332.2.2 No enforced schema entities (a.k.a. DynamicEntity)


To use the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table class without dening a schema, you can make use of the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\DynamicTableEntity class. This class inherits ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\TableEntity like an enforced schema class does, but contains additional logic to make it dynamic and not bound to a schema. Base properties provided by ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\DynamicTableEntity are: PartitionKey (exposed through getPartitionKey() and setPartitionKey()) RowKey (exposed through getRowKey() and setRowKey()) Timestamp (exposed through getTimestamp() and setTimestamp()) Etag value (exposed through getEtag() and setEtag()) Other properties can be added on the y. Their Windows Azure table storage type will be determined on-the-y:
Dynamically adding properties ZendServiceWindowsAzureStorageDynamicTableEntity $target = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\DynamicTableEntity( partition1, 000001 ); $target->Name = Name; // Will add property "Name" of type "Edm.String" $target->Age = 25; // Will add property "Age" of type "Edm.Int32"

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Optionally, a property type can be enforced:


Forcing property types on ZendServiceWindowsAzureStorageDynamicTableEntity $target = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\DynamicTableEntity( partition1, 000001 ); $target->Name = Name; // Will add property "Name" of type "Edm.String" $target->Age = 25; // Will add property "Age" of type "Edm.Int32"

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// Change type of property "Age" to "Edm.Int32": $target->setAzurePropertyType(Age, Edm.Int64);

The ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table class automatically works with ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\TableEntity if no specic class is passed into Table Storage methods.

332.2.3 Entities API examples 332.2.4 Inserting an entity


Using the following code, an entity can be inserted into a table named testtable. Note that the table has already been created before.
Inserting an entity $entity = new SampleEntity (partition1, row1); $entity->FullName = "Maarten"; $entity->Age = 25; $entity->Visible = true; $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $result = $storageClient->insertEntity(testtable, $entity); // Check the timestamp and etag of the newly inserted entity echo Timestamp: . $result->getTimestamp() . "\n"; echo Etag: . $result->getEtag() . "\n";

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332.2.5 Retrieving an entity by partition key and row key


Using the following code, an entity can be retrieved by partition key and row key. Note that the table and entity have already been created before.
Retrieving an entity by partition key and row key $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $entity= $storageClient->retrieveEntityById( testtable, partition1, row1, SampleEntity );

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332.2.6 Updating an entity


Using the following code, an entity can be updated. Note that the table and entity have already been created before.

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Updating an entity $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $entity = $storageClient->retrieveEntityById( testtable, partition1, row1, SampleEntity ); $entity->Name = New name; $result = $storageClient->updateEntity(testtable, $entity);

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If you want to make sure the entity has not been updated before, you can make sure the Etag of the entity is checked. If the entity already has had an update, the update will fail to make sure you do not overwrite any newer data.
Updating an entity (with Etag check) $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $entity = $storageClient->retrieveEntityById( testtable, partition1, row1, SampleEntity ); $entity->Name = New name; // last parameter instructs the Etag check: $result = $storageClient->updateEntity(testtable, $entity, true);

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332.2.7 Deleting an entity


Using the following code, an entity can be deleted. Note that the table and entity have already been created before.
Deleting an entity $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $entity = $storageClient->retrieveEntityById( testtable, partition1, row1, SampleEntity ); $result = $storageClient->deleteEntity(testtable, $entity);

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332.2.8 Performing queries


Queries in ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table table storage can be performed in two ways: By manually creating a lter condition (involving learning a new query language) By using the uent interface provided by the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table Using the following code, a table can be queried using a lter condition. Note that the table and entities have already been created before. 1422 Chapter 332. ZendServiceWindowsAzureStorageTable

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Performing queries using a lter condition $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $entities = $storageClient->storageClient->retrieveEntities( testtable, Name eq \Maarten\ and PartitionKey eq \partition1\, SampleEntity ); foreach ($entities as $entity) { echo Name: . $entity->Name . "\n"; }

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Using the following code, a table can be queried using a uent interface. Note that the table and entities have already been created before.
Performing queries using a uent interface $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $entities = $storageClient->storageClient->retrieveEntities( testtable, $storageClient->select() ->from($tableName) ->where(Name eq ?, Maarten) ->andWhere(PartitionKey eq ?, partition1), SampleEntity ); foreach ($entities as $entity) { echo Name: . $entity->Name . "\n"; }

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332.2.9 Batch operations


This topic demonstrates how to use the table entity group transaction features provided by Windows Azure table storage. Windows Azure table storage supports batch transactions on entities that are in the same table and belong to the same partition group. A transaction can include at most 100 entities. The following example uses a batch operation (transaction) to insert a set of entities into the testtable table. Note that the table has already been created before.
Executing a batch operation $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); // Start batch $batch = $storageClient->startBatch();

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// Insert entities in batch $entities = generateEntities(); foreach ($entities as $entity) { $storageClient->insertEntity($tableName, $entity); } // Commit $batch->commit();

332.3 Table storage session handler


When running a PHP application on the Windows Azure platform in a load-balanced mode (running 2 Web Role instances or more), it is important that PHP session data can be shared between multiple Web Role instances. The Windows Azure SDK for PHP provides the ZendService\WindowsAzure\SessionHandler class, which uses Windows Azure Table Storage as a session handler for PHP applications. To use the ZendService\WindowsAzure\SessionHandler session handler, it should be registered as the default session handler for your PHP application:
Registering table storage session handler $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $sessionHandler = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\SessionHandler( $storageClient , sessionstable ); $sessionHandler->register();

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The above classname registers the ZendService\WindowsAzure\SessionHandler session handler and will store sessions in a table called sessionstable. After registration of the ZendService\WindowsAzure\SessionHandler session handler, sessions can be started and used in the same way as a normal PHP session:
Using table storage session handler $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Table( table.core.windows.net, myaccount, myauthkey ); $sessionHandler = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\SessionHandler( $storageClient , sessionstable ); $sessionHandler->register(); session_start(); if (!isset($_SESSION[firstVisit])) { $_SESSION[firstVisit] = time(); }

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Warning: The ZendService\WindowsAzure\SessionHandler session handler should be registered before a call to session_start() is made!

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The Queue service stores messages that may be read by any client who has access to the storage account. A queue can contain an unlimited number of messages, each of which can be up to 8 KB in size. Messages are generally added to the end of the queue and retrieved from the front of the queue, although rst in/rst out (FIFO) behavior is not guaranteed. If you need to store messages larger than 8 KB, you can store message data as a queue or in a table and then store a reference to the data as a message in a queue. Queue Storage is offered by Windows Azure as a REST API which is wrapped by the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Queue class in order to provide a native PHP interface to the storage account.

333.1 API Examples


This topic lists some examples of using the ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Queue class. Other features are available in the download package, as well as a detailed API documentation of those features.

333.1.1 Creating a queue


Using the following code, a queue can be created on development storage.
Creating a queue $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Queue(); $result = $storageClient->createQueue(testqueue); echo Queue name is: . $result->Name;

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333.1.2 Deleting a queue


Using the following code, a queue can be removed from development storage.
Deleting a queue $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Queue(); $storageClient->deleteQueue(testqueue);

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333.1.3 Adding a message to a queue


Using the following code, a message can be added to a queue on development storage. Note that the queue has already been created before.
Adding a message to a queue $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Queue(); // 3600 = time-to-live of the message, if omitted defaults to 7 days $storageClient->putMessage(testqueue, This is a test message, 3600);

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333.1.4 Reading a message from a queue


Using the following code, a message can be read from a queue on development storage. Note that the queue and message have already been created before.
Reading a message from a queue $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Queue(); // retrieve 10 messages at once $messages = $storageClient->getMessages(testqueue, 10); foreach ($messages as $message) { echo $message->MessageText . "\r\n"; }

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The messages that are read using getMessages() will be invisible in the queue for 30 seconds, after which the messages will re-appear in the queue. To mark a message as processed and remove it from the queue, use the deleteMessage() method.
Marking a message as processed $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Queue(); // retrieve 10 messages at once $messages = $storageClient->getMessages(testqueue, 10); foreach ($messages as $message) { echo $message . "\r\n"; // Mark the message as processed $storageClient->deleteMessage(testqueue, $message); }

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333.1.5 Check if there are messages in a queue


Using the following code, a queue can be checked for new messages. Note that the queue and message have already been created before.

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Check if there are messages in a queue $storageClient = new ZendService\WindowsAzure\Storage\Queue(); // retrieve 10 messages at once $messages = $storageClient->peekMessages(testqueue, 10); foreach ($messages as $message) { echo $message->MessageText . "\r\n"; }

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Note that messages that are read using peekMessages() will not become invisible in the queue, nor can they be marked as processed using the deleteMessage() method. To do this, use getMessages() instead.

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INTRODUCTION TO ZEND FRAMEWORK 2


Overview Installation

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The user guide is provided to take you through a non-trivial example, showing you various techniques and features of the framework in order to build an application. Getting Started with Zend Framework 2 Getting started: A skeleton application Modules Routing and controllers Database and models Styling and Translations Forms and actions Conclusion

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ZEND FRAMEWORK TOOL (ZFTOOL)


Zend Framework Tool (ZFTool)

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LEARNING ZEND FRAMEWORK 2


Learning Dependency Injection Unit Testing a Zend Framework 2 application Advanced Conguration Tricks Using the EventManager Using Zend\Navigation in your Album Module Using Zend\Paginator in your Album Module Setting up a database adapter

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MIGRATION
Migration from Zend Framework 1 Namespacing Old Classes Running Zend Framework 2 and Zend Framework 1 in parallel

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340.1 Zend\Authentication
Introduction to Zend\Authentication Database Table Authentication Digest Authentication HTTP Authentication Adapter LDAP Authentication Authentication Validator

340.2 Zend\Barcode
Introduction to Zend\Barcode Barcode creation using Zend\Barcode\Barcode class Zend\Barcode\Barcode Objects Zend\Barcode Renderers

340.3 Zend\Cache
Zend\Cache\Storage\Adapter Zend\Cache\Storage\Capabilities Zend\Cache\Storage\Plugin Zend\Cache\Pattern Zend\Cache\Pattern\CallbackCache Zend\Cache\Pattern\ClassCache Zend\Cache\Pattern\ObjectCache Zend\Cache\Pattern\OutputCache Zend\Cache\Pattern\CaptureCache

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340.4 Zend\Captcha
Introduction to Zend\Captcha Captcha Operation CAPTCHA Adapters

340.5 Zend\Cong
Introduction to Zend\Cong Theory of Operation Zend\Cong\Reader Zend\Cong\Writer Zend\Cong\Processor The Factory

340.6 Zend\Console
Introduction to Zend\Console Console routes and routing Console-aware modules Console-aware action controllers Console adapters Console prompts

340.7 Zend\Crypt
Introduction to Zend\Crypt Encrypt/decrypt using block ciphers Key derivation function Password Public key cryptography

340.8 Zend\Db
Zend\Db\Adapter Zend\Db\ResultSet Zend\Db\Sql

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Zend\Db\Sql\Ddl Zend\Db\TableGateway Zend\Db\RowGateway Zend\Db\Metadata

340.9 Zend\Di
Introduction to Zend\Di Zend\Di Quickstart Zend\Di Denition Zend\Di InstanceManager Zend\Di Conguration Zend\Di Debugging & Complex Use Cases

340.10 Zend\Dom
Introduction to Zend\Dom Zend\Dom\Query

340.11 Zend\Escaper
Introduction to Zend\Escaper Theory of Operation Conguring Zend\Escaper Escaping HTML Escaping HTML Attributes Escaping Javascript Escaping Cascading Style Sheets Escaping URLs

340.12 Zend\EventManager
The EventManager

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340.13 Zend\Feed
Introduction to Zend\Feed Importing Feeds Retrieving Feeds from Web Pages Consuming an RSS Feed Consuming an Atom Feed Consuming a Single Atom Entry Zend\Feed and Security Zend\Feed\Reader\Reader Zend\Feed\Writer\Writer Zend\Feed\PubSubHubbub

340.14 Zend\File
Zend\File\ClassFileLocator

340.15 Zend\Filter
Introduction to Zend\Filter Standard Filter Classes Word Filters File Filter Classes Filter Chains Zend\Filter\Inector Writing Filters

340.16 Zend\Form
Introduction to Zend\Form Form Quick Start Form Collections File Uploading Advanced use of forms Form Elements Form View Helpers

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340.17 Zend\Http
Overview of Zend\Http The Request Class The Response Class The Headers Class HTTP Client - Overview HTTP Client - Connection Adapters HTTP Client - Advanced Usage HTTP Client - Static Usage

340.18 Zend\I18n
Translating I18n View Helpers I18n Filters I18n Validators

340.19 Zend\InputFilter
Introduction to Zend\InputFilter File Upload Input

340.20 Zend\Json
Introduction to Zend\Json Basic Usage Advanced Usage of Zend\Json XML to JSON conversion Zend\Json\Server - JSON-RPC server

340.21 Zend\Ldap
Introduction to Zend\Ldap API overview Usage Scenarios Tools

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Object-oriented access to the LDAP tree using Zend\Ldap\Node Getting information from the LDAP server Serializing LDAP data to and from LDIF

340.22 Zend\Loader
The AutoloaderFactory The StandardAutoloader The ClassMapAutoloader The ModuleAutoloader The SplAutoloader Interface The PluginClassLoader The ShortNameLocator Interface The PluginClassLocator interface The Class Map Generator utility: bin/classmap_generator.php

340.23 Zend\Log
Overview of Zend\Log Writers Filters Formatters

340.24 Zend\Mail
Introduction to Zend\Mail Zend\Mail\Message Zend\Mail\Transport Zend\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions Zend\Mail\Transport\FileOptions

340.25 Zend\Math
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340.26 Zend\Mime
Zend\Mime Zend\Mime\Message Zend\Mime\Part

340.27 Zend\ModuleManager
Introduction to the Module System The Module Manager The Module Class The Module Autoloader Best Practices when Creating Modules

340.28 Zend\Mvc
Introduction to the MVC Layer Quick Start Default Services Routing The MvcEvent The SendResponseEvent Available Controllers Controller Plugins Examples

340.29 Zend\Navigation
Introduction to Zend\Navigation Quick Start Pages Containers View Helpers View Helper - Breadcrumbs View Helper - Links View Helper - Menu View Helper - Sitemap

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340.30 Zend\Paginator
Introduction to Zend\Paginator Usage Conguration Advanced usage

340.31 Zend\Permissions\Acl
Introduction to Zend\Permissions\Acl Rening Access Controls Advanced Usage

340.32 Zend\Permissions\Rbac
Introduction to Zend\Permissions\Rbac Methods Examples

340.33 Zend\ProgressBar
Progress Bars File Upload Handlers

340.34 Zend\Serializer
Introduction to Zend\Serializer Zend\Serializer\Adapter

340.35 Zend\Server
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340.36 Zend\ServiceManager
Zend\ServiceManager Zend\ServiceManager Quick Start Delegator service factories Lazy Services

340.37 Zend\Session
Session Cong Session Container Session Manager Session Save Handlers Session Storage Session Validators

340.38 Zend\Soap
Zend\Soap\Server Zend\Soap\Client WSDL Accessor AutoDiscovery

340.39 Zend\Stdlib
Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Filter Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Strategy Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\Aggregate\AggregateHydrator

340.40 Zend\Tag
Introduction to Zend\Tag Creating tag clouds with Zend\Tag\Cloud

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340.41 Zend\Test
Introduction to Zend\Test Unit testing with PHPUnit

340.42 Zend\Text
Zend\Text\Figlet Zend\Text\Table

340.43 Zend\Uri
Zend\Uri

340.44 Zend\Validator
Introduction to Zend\Validator Standard Validation Classes File Validation Classes Validator Chains Writing Validators Validation Messages

340.45 Zend\Version
Getting the Zend Framework Version

340.46 Zend\View
Zend\View Quick Start The PhpRenderer PhpRenderer View Scripts The ViewEvent View Helpers Advanced usage of helpers

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Introduction to Zend\XmlRpc Zend\XmlRpc\Client Zend\XmlRpc\Server

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341.1 ZendService\Akismet
ZendServiceAkismet

341.2 ZendService\Amazon
ZendServiceAmazon

341.3 ZendService\AppleApns
ZendService\Apple\Apns

341.4 ZendService\Audioscrobbler
ZendServiceAudioscrobbler

341.5 ZendService\Del.icio.us
ZendServiceDelicious

341.6 ZendService\Developer Garden


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modules/zendservice.google.gcm

341.9 ZendService\LiveDocx
ZendService\LiveDocx

341.10 ZendService\Nirvanix
ZendServiceNirvanix

341.11 ZendService\Rackspace
Zend\Service\Rackspace

341.12 ZendService\ReCaptcha
ZendServiceReCaptcha

341.13 ZendService\SlideShare
ZendServiceSlideShare

341.14 ZendService\StrikeIron
ZendServiceStrikeIron

341.15 ZendService\Technorati
ZendServiceTechnorati

341.16 ZendService\Twitter
ZendServiceTwitter

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